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Wetend Technologies has reached the milestone of 300 TrumpJet mixing stations and over 1000 TrumpJet mixers supplied with the new fresh deliveries.

USA

Funding support from US Department of Energy (DOE) for TrumpJet Flash Mixing Technology for paper mills in USA at 2010: Wetend Technologies Ltd will supply a set of TrumpJet® Flash Mixing systems for four (4) paper making lines on US East Coast. Objective is to radically reduce environmental load including energy, fresh water, carbon dioxide release and chemical consumption.

China

Two brand new fine paper machines at Guangxi Yongkai in China have installed TrumpJet® Flash Mixing Technology for quality and environmental improvements as well. Also Sun Paper at Yanzhou mill will run six different wet end chemicals through TrumpJet mixing systems. Also Zhumadian Baiyun Paper will install the TrumpJets for seven wet end additives.  In addition more than 10 new mixing stations will be installed shortly in China for four paper and board machine lines.

Germany

A German top modern newsprint line with record speed has installed TrumpJet® Flash Mixing system to also reduce fresh water and energy and to optimize use of chemicals.

Japan

Numerous sets of individual TrumpJet® mixing installations will be built for two liner board lines. The machines are running four and three ply sheet.

New technology – A, B and C of Mixing

The new starch and filler dosing system is supported with the retention aid mixing concepts developed by Wetend Technologies Ltd with excellent manner and it makes the complete wet end process more efficient, simple, and easier to manage.

The first TrumpJet® Flash Mixing station for the starch & filler concept has been installed on a papermaking line in China. It is now in continuous production with the following excellent results and savings:

·         Reduced starch consumption 20%

·         Reduced CPAM consumption >30-40%

·         Reduced APAM consumption >30-40%

·         Total and filler retention unchanged

·         Improved operation of centrifugal cleaners with less

·         good filler in rejects of cleaners

·         Consumption of optical brightener slightly reduced

·         ASA consumption or sizing unchanged

·         Quality unchanged

·         Formation unchanged

·         Tensile MD/CD slightly better or the same

·         Bonding strength the same

·         CD/MD profiles unchanged

·         Dewatering unchanged

·         Total net efficiency increased

The mixing system has been istalled on fine paper production line producing 350.000 tn/a with a world speed record paper machine running speed 1700m/min.

The Trumpjet systems supplied worldwide save 42 million square meters of fresh water, 1,6 MWh of energy and reduce 1 million tons of CO2 emission annually.

For more info contact:

WETEND TECHNOLOGIES LTD.

Kaartilantie 7

FIN-57230 Savonlinna

Finland

Tel. +358 10 836 0100

www.wetend.com

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