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Smart Technology » Ackumen™ ECHOWISE® Pro for Pulp and Paper
While the goals of papermaking have not changed, a number of pressures have thrown the usual processes out of balance: exploding demand for packaging and tissue, greying of your expert staff, and increasingly tight budgets.
Mills are doing their best to stay on top of all these variables: pulling manual samples and running tests; using chemicals as primary levers for process control; and attempting to standardize across machines and/or grades by setting master KPIs.
These approaches end up creating more variables in processes, leading to slowdowns and shutdowns that impact production; excessive costs through maintenance, troubleshooting, and chemical usage; and increased likelihood of quality problems like breaks, pinholes, and other defects.
This is because mills have been working to take out variability from what they can see. But first, you need to understand and control what is unseen: entrained air.
To control entrained air, you need to measure and troubleshoot it in real time, so you can remove this previously hidden variable as a disruptor; balance defoamer usage with the realities of your process; and standardize your air control strategy across your entire fleet of paper machines and grades.
When you minimize air’s influence in the pulp and paper process, you’ll see and solve other issues in your process to improve overall machine efficiency; you’ll use the right amount of chemical, often reducing defoamer needs by 30-40%; and you’ll operate more consistently and predictably for increased production and higher quality at lower total costs.
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