Thursday, August 2, 2012

Stora Enso's PM Rebuild Ups Production 10%

Rebuild of PM 1 increases production by 10% at Stora Enso's Sachsen newsprint mill in Germany: After Voith carried out a rebuild of the Eilenburg PM 1 at Stora Enso Sachsen, Germany, the paper machine was successfully started up again in May 2012. The aims of Stora Enso were to improve runability and to eliminate existing bottlenecks in the system. Furthermore, the maximum operating speed of the paper machine was increased to 2,000 m/min, corre-sponding to a production increase of about 10% (depending on the grade range).