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PMT starts up a new secondary Headbox overseas
PMT has recently started up a new, approximately 6 m wide, secondary Headbox on a North American Linerboard machine, replacing an existing, older secondary Headbox. Identity and location of the Paper Mill are confidential and cannot be disclosed. The replacement of the old Headbox was quickly accomplished during a normal maintenance shutdown.PMT Industries celebrates 50 years of production at its Bolton site
PMT Industries has celebrated 50 years of production of Yankee Dryers at its Bolton site.
The site opened in February 1961 and the official opening was performed by Sir Keith Joseph Bt. M.P. Minister of State, Board of Trade, on 1 December 1961.
Dryers have been produced by associated companies since 1860.
In 1961 when the Bolton site opened four foundries from Bury & Wigan - Walmseys (Bury) Ltd, Walmsleys (Wigan) Ltd, Bentley & Jackson Ltd and Ashworth & Parker Ltd were consolidated on the one site.
The site has had various names including Walmsleys (Bury) Ltd, Beloit Walmsley, Beloit Bolton, and Sandusky Walmsley Limited.
In October 2006 the site closed and 3 months later the Foundry and Yankee Dryer Machining & Assembly facilities were re-opened by PMT Industries.
Retaining the skills and experience of many of the former employees of the previous company, and having purchased the intellectual property rights to all Yankee Dryers produced by the previous site occupants, a new era began in January 2007.
PMT Industries Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of PMT Italia SpA, which is part of the Nugo Group. The group has two main divisions, power generation and paper machinery; PMT Industries being part of the paper machinery division.
As one of only a few foundries in the world with deep pits, the company has the capability to produce very large cast iron components, not only for the paper industry but also for other industries.
It is recognised for its excellence in quality castings.
PMT Yankee, MG and Paper Dryers continue to be designed and manufactured at the 14,000 m factory where state of the art computerised design, engineering, foundry and machining resources combine with traditional skills and craftsmanship in a unique single location.
Around 330 Yankee and MG dryers have been designed and manufactured since 1961 and many hundreds of paper dryers, continually developing the designs and production techniques and building up a vast experience and know-how in this specialised area of papermaking technology.
The castings produced are up to 150 tonnes in weight and some unusual moulding techniques are necessary in order to produce the very large castings.
The foundry has one of the largest melting capacity medium frequency electric furnace installations in Europe. The twin 9 MW inverter powered and computer controlled furnaces melt 38 Tonnes of iron per hour, with each 12 Tonnes charge being melted to 1450° C in just 38 minutes.
PMT to supply replacement suction rolls in Indonesia
A leading pulp and paper company in Indonesia has selected PMT Italia as supplier for two replacement suction rolls (one pick-up roll and one press roll) for its pulp machine located in Sumatra, Indonesia.
The pulp machine produces Pulp from Acacia Mangium and Eucalyptus bleached wood. These suction rolls will be designed and manufactured in order to improve machine efficiency and clothing life. The start up is planned for the third quarter of 2012.
PMT Italia S.p.A. confirms with this supply its presence in Indonesia and demonstrates its capability to understand Indonesian paper mills’ requirements for a fruitful cooperation in facing a rapidly expanding pulp & paper production in this area.
CMPC Tissue S.A. signed a major service contract with PMT
Pinerolo, May 2nd, 2011, during Tissue World in Nice, CMPC Tissue S.A. signed a major service contract with PMT Italia S.p.A. for improving the energy efficiency and performance of nearly all of their Latin American Tissue Machines.
In short, PMT Industries (a subsidiary of PMT Italia S.p.A.) will retrofit at least ten (10) Yankees of varying sizes in CMPC’s tissue mills in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil with new head insulation in order to optimise the drying and energy efficiency throughout their tissue production organization.
With this order, PMT solidifies its status as the premier supplier of Yankee technology worldwide – for retrofit, service as well as new Yankees. The development was driven by the rapidly increasing price of energy supplies as well as environmental and safety concerns. Addressing all those needs was accomplished by focusing the attention on the need for greater efficiency by reducing energy consumption, but without detriment to output.
CMPC will in the future benefit from a design which was developed to ensure that the increase in efficiency does not come at the expense of the machine operation, and the smooth external finish helps with cleanliness on the dryer end, and improves safety in the event that water sprays onto the end face of the Yankee. By retrofitting these Yankees, CMPC is improving their production cost structure, while at the same time further focusing on the environment by ensuring a more efficient and energy saving production process throughout their whole tissue production organization.
The total cost of the project cannot be disclosed, but it is expected that payback is in less than a year for each Yankee retrofit.