"THE MACHINES ALWAYS HAVE TO IMPROVE"

Smurfit Kappa Hoya in Germany has an interesting history, the site was originally a military airport and then was transformed into a carton mill in 1957. And the word "transformation" is a key word at Hoya, as it keeps pace with ever more demands on speed and output. The mill uses 100% rec...

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Published in:PPI 2012-11, Vol.54 (11), p.38
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Efficiency
Machinery
Paperboard
Production capacity
Pulp & paper industry
Raw materials
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Summary:Smurfit Kappa Hoya in Germany has an interesting history, the site was originally a military airport and then was transformed into a carton mill in 1957. And the word "transformation" is a key word at Hoya, as it keeps pace with ever more demands on speed and output. The mill uses 100% recycled fiber as its raw material source and has two machines PM 2 and PM 4, but it is PM 2 that has seen a flurry of attention over the years. Frank Wortmann, technical manager on PM 2 says the challenges were to completely renew the drive and dryer sections of PM 2 as they had an old geared system that had speed limitations. They needed a complete rethink here, and in fact a completely new drive system. Now PM 2 is running a lower basis weight paper (90 g/m2) at a speed of 1,000 m/min, and by all accounts the management are delighted with the results so far.
ISSN:0033-409X