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Mondi Ruzomberok PM 19 - Industrial Internet

Learn how Mondi Ruzomberok PM19 utilizes Valmet Industrial Internet products and solutions to interactively train personnel prior to start-up, ensure smooth start-up with remote support from Valmet Performance Center, optimize strenght properties with Advanced Process Controls, and to improve performance with Centerline Advisor, by comparing the current process status to the centerline of the best historical performance. Watch the video!

MM Količevo BM 3: Investing for the future with OptiSizer Curtain

Watch the video to learn more about MM Količevo's OptiSizer Curtain investment. In October 2023 MM Board & Paper's rebuilt BM 3 board machine and the first-ever hard nip sizer with a curtain application were successfully started up at the MM Količevo mill in Slovenia. Prior to the rebuild, board machine BM 3 did not have a sizer. A prototype technology in sizing was chosen because it was the only technology flexible enough to fulfill all requirements of the product portfolio.

Video tour in Valmet Virtual Mill – A virtual learning experience

Valmet Virtual Mill is a software platform that includes paper or board machine in a virtual reality. The Virtual Mill is a digital design twin of the customer’s machinery and surrounding facilities, and it can be used for training the operators and maintenance personnel before both the start-up and major shutdowns.

Innovation in Järvenpää Paper Technology Center: Hard nip sizing with curtain application

Watch the video to learn more about Valmet’s novel innovation OptiSizer Curtain. The most recent innovation in surface sizing, hard nip sizing with curtain application, was developed and tested in Valmet’s Paper Technology Center in Järvenpää. The results from the pilot machine have been exciting: the sizer can successfully run up to 1700 m/min.

Paper coating process optimization brings savings at Cartiere del Garda

A rebuild of air dyers with new Valmet nozzles on Cartiere del Garda’s off-line coating machine in Italy has increased speed, reduced energy consumption and improved web stability. On top of everything, they can now guarantee their printing paper customers better quality – even on lighter grades.

Valmet – OptiCalender Metal Belt

OptiCalander Metal Belt introduces a completely new method of making board. The metal belt calender simplifies the entire board-making process and releases drying capacity by removing the speed limits caused by Yankee cylinders. This results in extremely high bulk and stiffness, together with very smooth surfaces.

100% recycled containerboard making line at Pratt Industries in the US, Valparaiso

Pratt Industries has invested in 100% recycled board production line supplied by Valmet. The PM 16 OptiConcept M board machine in Valparaiso, Indiana had an extremely fast and smooth start-up in 2015.

Felt profile measuring beam

Valmet’s Felt Profile Measuring Beam is the first in the world to include a suspension mechanism that prevents errors in results. The fixed beam also eliminates the need to enter the running machine while measuring, which increases safety and saves both time and costs.

Valmet for safe and efficient maintenance

Valmet provides maintenance outsourcing services for pulp, paper and board mills around the world, taking full charge of a mill's maintenance function.