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Valmet’s environmental savings: A success story from the Columbus Service Center upgrades

Discover how Valmet's upgraded roll cover production in Columbus, Mississippi has led to significant environmental savings and operational improvements. Learn about the enhancements made and the positive outcomes achieved from this transformation.

Celebrating the success of the inaugural Valmet Technology User Group

Valmet successfully hosted its Technology Users Group (VTUG) Conference from February 17-20, 2025, in Orlando, Florida. This first-of-its-kind event in North America welcomed over 60 mill customers for an expanded program covering wet end, finishing, shoe press, and winder technologies—delivering valuable insights and collaboration opportunities.

Valmet hosts successful 2024 Roll Maintenance School in North America

Strengthening Maintenance Expertise: A Recap of Valmet's 2024 Roll Maintenance School

Boosting performance with benchmarking

In a constantly evolving business landscape, staying ahead of competition is no easy task. It requires not only understanding your own operations but also those of your competitors. This is where benchmarking comes in!

Valmet hosts inaugural Roll Maintenance School in Mexico, showcasing customer excellence through training

Valmet’s first Roll Maintenance School in Mexico brought together 40+ participants for hands-on training and bilingual learning—highlighting our growing commitment to customer support across Latin America.

Instructions for safely taking and using calender nip impressions

Nip impressions are usually taken at installation or to investigate causes for poor paper quality. Taking nip impressions is dangerous if not performed correctly, and should only be done by trained personnel.

Measuring wound-in tension - WIT-WOT and gap test methods

Among the most important factors determining the quality of a finished paper roll is consistent roll structure. Wound-in tension is the most important component of roll structure. The WIT-WOT and Gap Test are methods of measuring wound-in tension.

Start with an audit - common reeling problems and their solutions

Valmet offers reel audits and assessments to help fully understand all aspects of a reeling problem. Discussed here are some common items found when Valmet assesses reel operational challenges.

Headbox apron shower troubleshooting variables, and a case study

The key word in papermaking is uniformity, and the apron shower plays a primary role in maintaining this characteristic. Shower water volume, pressure and temperature are critical factors. The case study involves the three indicators of a thermal bow problem in the apron lip.

Roll grinding procedures, wheels, belts, setup, end relief, tips

Successful roll grinding depends on many factors. The knowledge and experience of an operator, the condition of the roll grinding equipment, and continued preventive maintenance of equipment, all contribute to the ability to meet dimensional tolerances and surface finish requirements.