Europac Viana PM4 vacuum system is fully installed and fulfills all guarantees. This turn-key vacuum system rebuild project includes five (5) Ecopump Turbos, one low vacuum EP Blower, new Ecodrop water separators and full Ecoflow system. Turnkey delivery includes equipment, mechanical installation, piping, automation and installation supervision.
Old vacuum systems had 10 liquid ring pumps and 2 blowers. Total power consumption of the vacuum system was 3900 kW and SEC was 76 kWh/t. Now after short optimization period total energy consumption is 1800 kW / SEC 35 kWh/t. Total energy saving is over 17 GWh/year or 1,7 MEUR/a.
Europac Viana do Castelo mill is located in North parts of Portugal. Viana PM4 is one of the bigger virgin fiber krafliner machines in Europe. Machine is 6,4-meter-wide and produces almost 400 000 t kraft paper a year.
About Runtech
Runtech is your reliable partner, whenever you are looking for solutions to improve the runnability and efficiency of your tissue, board, paper and pulp machines.
With our patented solutions in vacuum system energy saving and system optimization, press section and forming section dewatering and doctoring optimization, as well as ropeless tail threading you can understand and control your paper machine operation conditions in the most cost-effective way.
The Runtech story started from a group of paper making professionals. It dates back to 1989, when Ecopump Oy started paper machine optimization services. In 1997, Runtech Systems Oy was established and later on in 2008 Ecopump Oy was merged to Runtech Systems. Selotek Oy was acquired in 2011.