It's the result of the largest investment of its kind in Asia and was designed with one purpose in mind, to make a one-stop destination for paper makers; from paper machines to rolls service, to fabrics.
The new facility has unprecedented capacity to support the industry in China and Asia with delivery times that will surprise…pleasantly. A large team of world class paper-making experts on the ground means Voith can advise Asian customers on optimal configurations to maximize quality, output and efficiency.
Voith Paper City has a staff of more than 1,200 people. It encompasses 111,049m(2), 66,139m(2) for Paper Fabric and Roll Systems and 44,910m(2) for Paper System.
The new fabrics plant at Voith Paper city alone is 55,000 m(2) and showcases unique weaving processes, the biggest press fabric carding & needling line in the world, and the most modern forming factory.
Voith team of international paper experts ensures your production runs smoothly, on time and with high quality.
The list of new technology break-throughs and Asian firsts for the new plant is impressive:
- The largest and most modern forming factory in the world
- The new I-Series™ products providing improved resilience, stability and longer life expectancy in harsh environments
- Velocity™, a new yarn technology
- Infinity™, a new and superior press technology
- Hyperpunch™ technology
- The largest and fastest needle loom in the world
- Smoothflex ™, our unique process belt system
- LEED Gold certified facilities
Voith I-Series forming fabrics utilize a completely unique SSB design concept to generate a fabric with a much wider range of operating features, offering today‘s papermaker an improved overall performance and optimal cost efficiencies.
Infinity™ is exclusive to Voith and eliminates many of the deficiencies associated with traditional manufacturing. Using Infinity inside your fabric allows improved dewatering which keeps the fabrics cleaner, reduces fibre loss and maintains fabric integrity.
Improving the dewatering performance means energy savings for the paper maker. In addition, less chemicals and less steam are required, which supports an environmentally friendly solution.
The needling department has impressive operating parameters of 1,200 punches per minute generated with a needling force of 120 tons per needle beam, resulting in a highly efficient needling process.
Voith employs Hyperpunch technology within the carding and needling process to ensure the highest quality of press fabrics in the market.
Voith’s process belts, with the trade name SmoothFlex™, are manufactured in the new plant. The process belts are used predominantly in tandem shoe press applications and help to facilitate the transfer of the paper web at high speeds.
Voith’s new fabric plant is one of very few buildings in China to be LEED Gold certified. With this standard the building gains international acknowledgement for environmental best practices.
The CHP plant makes a substantial contribution to Voith’s sustainability. CHP generates 600kw of electricity which is consumed directly and provides the base load for Voith’s constant operations. And at Voith nothing goes to waste, even the heat produced by the generators is used to warm both oil and water for the production processes.
Voith’s new fabric plant relies completely on low powered automated LED light systems, which are also produced by Voith. Voith has the biggest LED light installation in China. Further energy is saved by auto dimming the lights to exploit all available daylight.
The entire fabric plant is completely airtight. Combined with a state of the art AC system, this allows Voith to control the temperature and humidity inside the plant in a narrow band. This lab-like environment means Voith can produce an incredibly stable and uniform product, first time, every time.
Voith’s commitment in the Chinese market was further signaled by the opening of its China Training Centre, the largest training facility of Voith outside Germany. The centre will introduce the German model of dual vocational training to China, taking graduates from Chinese technical schools and giving these interns a further one year practical course at Voith. Graduates will emerge from the centre grounded in the art and science of paper making and the realities of industrial manufacturing.
So come and visit Voith’s Paper City.
Whether you make pulp, packaging paper, board, graphical or specialty papers or tissue, Voith has the right solution for you. Voith has the most innovative technologies from around the world to bring the future of paper making to Asia.