International technology Group ANDRITZ has successfully started up the world’s largest steel yankee for tissue production at Hengan Group Jinjiang. The PrimeDry Steel Yankee (4.9 m diameter and 6.2 m shell length) is installed in the new ANDRITZ PM15 tissue machine, and enables safe and energy-efficient machine operation.
“We have eight ANDRITZ tissue machines in operation. PM15 with the world’s largest steel yankee for tissue is now the icing on the cake,” says Zhang Qunfu, Chief Engineer of Hengan Group. An additional ANDRITZ machine with a steel yankee will be started up later this year for Hengan, which is one of the leading tissue producers in China.
PM15 (a PrimeLineTM W6 model) has a design speed of 2,100 m/min, a width of 5.6 m, and is equipped with energy-saving components such as yankee head insulation and a re-evaporation system. ANDRITZ’s scope of supply also includes the complete stock preparation system and machine controls. The machine was started up two weeks ahead of schedule.
The ANDRITZ PULP & PAPER business area, which manufactures tissue machine components in Europe and China, is thus further strengthening its position as one of the leading suppliers of tissue machines and local services in China.