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Metso will supply advanced process and quality vision system, Metso PQV, to three Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership’s pulp mills (CPLP) in British Columbia, Canada.  Metso PQV is using the most advanced high-resolution, high-speed digital imaging technology available on the market, and will target improvements to the mills’ efficiency and quality control.

The new Metso PQV will replace an existing off-line dirt count analysis system. Through faster, more accurate and more efficient detection of defects in the produced pulp, the mills will improve quality control.

“Implementation of the Metso PQV across all four of our fibre lines confirms our commitment to constantly improve our quality to CPLP’s global customers,” stated Joe Nemeth, President and CEO of CPLP.

Metso PQV integrates web quality inspection and web break analysis capabilities. The delivery scope to Canfor Pulp LP includes a dirt count application for full web-length pulp quality analysis.  

Metso PQV incorporates high intensity LED-illumination and transmission imaging to analyze the on-line dirt count of the pulp according to TAPPI’s statistical dirt count index significantly improving the dirt count measurement accuracy.

The new systems were delivered in March 2011 and will be fully operational during this Autumn. Total value of the delivery is EUR 1,3 million.

Metso, the pioneer in measuring and controlling retention, has reached an important milestone with the delivery of its 300th Metso RM3 retention analyzer to the paper and board industry. It was installed on BM 2 at Stora Enso Imatra Mills’ Kaukopää production unit in Imatra, Finland, in May. The wet end of the machine that produces packaging and graphic grades was equipped with a total of three analyzers for measuring white water consistency of all layers online. The delivery also included two Metso MCA microwave consistency sensors for measuring total consistency after the machine chest.
Earlier the white water analyses on BM 2 were carried out in the mill laboratory with water samples taken manually from the production line. Now the RM3 analyzers measure white water consistency online.

“With the help of the new white water consistency measurements, we are able to stabilize retention better than before. This decreases machine fouling, in addition to improving runnability and product cleanliness,” says BM 2 Supervisor Riku Suurnäkki.

Reliable and accurate RM3 is suitable for all monitoring and closed loop control applications. It is the only optical measurement on the market able to measure both true ash consistency and total consistency from a continuous sample flow. It can also be used to measure stock flocculation. Retention and ash controls based on reliable measurements provide excellent tools for enhancing production efficiency, improving quality and lowering production costs in a paper or board production process.

RM3 represents the third generation in Metso’s retention measurement technology, which has become an industry standard. The analyzer’s success is based on over 20 years’ experience in optical consistency measurements as well as on continual, fruitful cooperation with paper and board makers. The analyzers are widely used at paper and board mills and DIP plants around the world.

The Kaukopää production unit is part of Stora Enso’s Imatra Mills with an annual capacity of over a million metric tons of board and paper. Specialized in packaging, paper and wood products, Stora Enso has about 26,000 employees globally. Its net sales in 2010 reached 10.3 billion euros.

Metso has strengthened its product offering with the addition of a new valve design derived from our traditional V-port segment valve series. The new two-way-tight, single-seat design is suitable for a wide range of applications and is available for R-series valves. The optional two-way-tight feature covers the size range from DN25 up to DN700 (1” up to 28”) in all available pressure classes.

Cost-efficient shut-off

With our V-port segment valve series, we are able to improve process performance and reduce variability in control applications. However, there are a lot of applications where two-way-tight, on-off type performance is required. The customer benefit of the new V-port segment valve design is that it offers the possibility of combining control and on/off performance in a single valve assembly. The standard bi-directional shut-off classifications of the V-port segment valves are according to 10x ISO Rate D / FCI 70.2 Class IV; optional improved tightness classes are ISO Rate D / FCI 70.2 Class V @ dp 20 bar.

Economical solution provider

One of Metso’s paper mill customers installed a DN 600 RE flanged, V-port segment valve in a steam discharge application. In this particular case, low-pressure, superheated steam flows through the two-way-tight valve at 200 deg C. A traditional valve solution for this application would have been a two-way-tight ball valve. However, by selecting the new two-way-tight, V-port segment valve, the customer was able to save 50% on his capital costs.

In pulp mills there are many applications where two-way tightness is required. For example, there are many such valves next to batch– and continuous digesters. In the bleaching department, the on-off valve after the chemical mixer is typically quite large and can require the two-way tightness feature.

Availability of the new two-way-tight option

The two-way-tight option is available for both RA and RE valve series for all standard pressure classes and flange drillings. It is also available in all standard body materials. If there is a requirement for other materials, the local Metso sales office can help.

Metso will rebuild two board machines for M-real in Finland: the BM 1 cartonboard machine at the Kyro mill and the BM 1 cartonboard machine at the Äänekoski mill. The start-up of the rebuilt Kyro BM 1 machine is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2011 and that of the rebuilt Äänekoski BM 1 machine for the second quarter of 2012. The combined value of the orders is over EUR 15 million.

Metso's delivery to the Kyro mill will include a rebuild of the press, dryer and coating sections. In a coating drying rebuild, new energy-efficient high-drying-capacity PowerDry Plus air dryers will be added both to increase drying capacity and to replace old gas infrared dryers. The Kyro BM 1 produces folding boxboard in the basis weight range of 200 to 370 g/m². After the rebuild, the annual board capacity of the Kyro mill will increase to approximately 190,000 tonnes.

Metso’s delivery to the Äänekoski mill will include a rebuild of the headbox, the coating section and the reel including an automatic parent roll transfer system to the new winder. A new ValFlo headbox and a new WinDrum two-drum winder will aim at capacity increase. The Äänekoski BM 1 produces folding boxboard in the basis weight range of 185 to 360 g/m². After the rebuild, the annual board capacity of the Äänekoski mill will increase to approximately 240,000 tonnes.

M-real is Europe’s leading primary fiber paperboard producer and a major paper supplier. The company’s customers include brand owners, carton printers, converters, publishers, printing houses, merchants and office product suppliers. In 2010, the company’s sales totaled EUR 2.6 billion, and it has approximately 4,500 employees. M-real is part of the Metsäliitto Group.

Metso will supply Hamburger-Rieger GmbH & Co. KG with a rebuild of their PM 1 paper machine at their Spremberg mill in Germany. The start-up of the rebuilt machine is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2011. The value of the order will not be disclosed.

Metso’s delivery will include a rebuild of the existing pond size press into a film size press and supply of a TurnFloat air turn as well as a PowerDry Plus air dryer for coating drying.

The new film size press with two new applicator beams will enable the mill to produce both surface sized and pigment coated papers. The applicator rolls will be provided with a CoteFalcon cover, suitable for both film coating and surface sizing. Contactless drying with the high-capacity PowerDry Plus air dryer provides the most efficient solution with respect to paper quality and energy consumption. The maximum trim width of PM 1 is 5,300 mm at a production speed of up to 1,200 m/min.

The Spremberg mill of Hamburger-Rieger has been producing white top testliner grades from 100 % waste paper since 2005.

source: Metso Pulp and Paper

Metso will supply Vaskiluodon Voima Oy in Vaasa, Finland, with a 140-megawatt bio-gasification plant. Vaskiluodon Voima’s total investment is about 40 million euros, over half of which is attributable to Metso’s delivery. The bio-gasification plant is scheduled for commissioning in December 2012. Metso’s full-scope solution includes fuel handling, a drying plant and a circulating fluidized bed gasifier, modification work on the existing coal boiler, and automation and IT systems.

The bio-gasification plant will be constructed as part of the existing coal-fired power plant. The plant will be fueled primarily with wood-based biomasses, particularly forest residue, and the produced gas will be combusted along with coal in the coal boiler. The delivery includes the drying plant where biomass will be dried to the proper level for gasification. As a result of the new solution, close to 25-40 percent of the coal can be replaced with renewable energy, which will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 230,000 tons per year. This is the first time in the world that biomass gasification is being adopted on such a large scale.

”Metso has a great opportunity to offer a solution that includes biomass drying technology and gasification. This provides the possibility for a diverse range of biofuels and a significant share of biomass in the combustion process. At the same time, our cost- and eco-efficient solution provides an opportunity to significantly increase the use of biofuel. The size class of the delivery makes this delivery interesting to large coal-fired power plants around the world,” explains Juhani Isaksson, Metso’s Manager responsible for gasifiers and pyrolysis systems.

”The fact that Metso is a full-scope supplier of bio-gasification plants and is capable of combining the power plant process, biomass drying, modification of the existing coal boiler, and the automation into a functional and competitive package supported the decision to start collaboration with Metso. A significant advantage of Metso’s gasification solution is the diversity of the fuel selection; it gives us flexibility in acquiring biomass,” says Mauri Blomberg, Managing Director, Vaskiluodon Voima.

Vaskiluodon Voima Oy is a power and heat production company equally owned by EPV Energia Oy and Pohjolan Voima Oy. EPV Energia Oy is a Finnish company specializing in power and heat production and procurements, and its domicile is Vaasa, Finland. Pohjolan Voima Oy is a national energy company; its main products are power and heat.

Technical information

Metso’s delivery to Vaskiluodon Voima is a full-scope solution that includes biomass reception, pre-handling, a large-scale KUVO dryer and a circulating fluidized bed gasifier, the modification work for the existing coal boiler plant, and the electrification and automation for the entire delivery. The order is included in Metso’s Energy and Environmental Technology’s Q2/2011 orders received. The automation delivery includes the automation and IT systems for the gasifier and the fuel handling integrated with the existing Metso DNA system, and adjustments to the existing coal boiler. Vaskiluodon Voima’s current coal boiler was also supplied by Metso.

Jari Koikkalainen has been appointed President of Metso Paper and Fiber Technology, China region as of August 1, 2011. He is currently Senior Vice President, Sales, Metso’s Paper business line and head of the company’s Paper and Fiber Technology sales function.

In his new position, Koikkalainen’s main focus will be to further strengthen Metso Paper and Fiber Technology’s market position by developing their sales and service in China to meet local customer expectations even better. He will also head the local management team to ensure excellent cooperation between all parts of the Metso organization.

Koikkalainen will be located in Beijing and he will report to Pasi Laine, President, Paper and Fiber Technology.

Koikkalainen succeeds Ari Harmaala, who has served Metso for 25 years, of which 18 years in Asia.

Metso will supply complete woodyard equipment and defibrator systems with chipwashers for the two new MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard) projects of Duratex S.A. in Brazil. The equipment for the first project placed in Itapetininga, São Paulo, will be delivered in December 2011 and for the second project at a later date. The order value is less than EUR 25 million.

The woodyard in both cases comprises log receiving, drum debarker and chipper, chip screens and reclaimers for chips and bark storage. The refining system for each project comprises Metso’s advanced large capacity defibrator as well as chipwasher.

The two new MDF plants will have an effective capacity of 1.2 million m³ per year when completed.

Duratex is the leader in the panels business in Southern Hemisphere, and the new investments will lift its annual MDF nominal capacity to 3.2 million cubic meters, which should generate expected additional annual net revenue of about EUR 430 million (Brazilian Real 1.0 billion). The market for woodpanels in Brazil increased by 21% in 2010 and that for MDF even more, by 26%.

source: Metso

Metso will supply new Metso IQ quality control systems to two supercalenders on paper production line 6 at Stora Enso’s fine paper mill in Oulu. Both systems have optical caliper sensors with associated paper profile controls.

Metso is globally a strong QCS supplier and a market leader of optical online caliper sensors for paper industry.

Stora Enso is an integrated paper, packaging and forest products company producing newsprint, magazine paper, fine paper, consumer board, industrial packaging and wood products. The Oulu Mill, in Finland, is one of the world’s largest and most modern facilities manufacturing art quality coated woodfree papers.

Metso will rebuild the folding boxboard machine at the San Juan del Río mill of Cartones Ponderosa, S.A. de C.V. in Mexico. The start-up of the rebuilt machine is scheduled for the second quarter of 2012. The value of the order will not be disclosed. The order is included in Paper and Fiber Technology’s Q2 2011 orders received.

Metso's delivery will include rebuilds of the coating and drying sections. Drying capacity will be increased with two impingement dryers enabling both a production and a speed increase. Replacing the coating station with a curtain coater and a new coating color supply system will further improve the folding boxboard quality.

Cartones Ponderosa, S.A. de C.V. located in San Juan del Río is the leading producer of coated cardboard in Mexico. The company produces more than 50% of the total Mexican recycled coated board made, and is the only exporter in its field.