Automated paper and board testing laboratory on your mill floor. Valmet Paper Lab

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1 Automated paper and board testing laboratory on your mill floor Valmet Paper Lab 1

2 The Valmet Paper Lab for off-line and at-line From the source of the first revolution in automated laboratory paper testing comes a completely regenerated Paper Lab to better match the needs of paper making today. 2 The Valmet Paper Lab gives you freedom to select from the lab right out next to the line to give you the instant interactivity and real-time communications you need for faster results. You get answers without having to wait. Additionally, Valmet Paper Lab brings other unique features. By being designed in a highly modular manner, you have the flexibility to personalize it to your own mill environment to make it a member of your paper making team. All modules work together as a seamless package, ensuring the highest level of productivity. And we have built in the lowest This concept offers - Financial Freedom: move beyond limitations and find new revenue-saving opportunities - Innovative Freedom: move faster into new paper and board grades - Flexibility Freedom: move closer to customizing paper to the exact specifications of your customers cost of ownership so that you are free to move ahead and focus on improving your production performance.

3 At-Line: Freedom to move next to the line for real-time communications and faster results. Off-line: Enjoy greater productivity right in your lab based on over 30 years of leading experience. Standards: Proven modules comply with all paper industry standards and norms. Productivity: Highest productivity through automated testing. Scalability: Testing system made of tailored size platform plus widest range of standard modules to test over 400 properties. Valmet Paper Lab frees you up to focus on other key aspects of production. You don t need to wait for results you are free to do other jobs. You re free to move on. 3

4 Streamlining your end product quality testing The Valmet Paper Lab provides the same great results of managing and optimizing your papermaking process. It allows you to be faster to react or be even proactive to disturbances or off-spec situations. The generation is on the move, active and energetic. Now you have the freedom to choose how and where. The regenerated Valmet Paper Lab Automated Testing Laboratory provides papermakers with the tools to manage quality and optimize the papermaking process. Suitable for testing of all kinds of paper and board, it offers the widest selection available of industry-standard tests just minutes in the laboratory or immediately at-line after every reel turnup. Individual rolls can be checked before they leave the winder or sheeter to allow for proactive quality management decisions. Special features of the generation Valmet Paper Lab is compact in size, freeing up more space in the lab or making it easy to take next to the line. The concept has been specially created with a modern design for a fresh look. Scalable, modular and personalized A key design feature of the regenerated Valmet Paper Lab is its modularity to better respond to the industry s demands for enhanced productivity. Modularity has also extended to the measurement platform itself to provide a perfect tailor-made fit to your own business circumstances. As a newcomer to automated paper testing, you can begin even with a few modules, growing with time to a bigger system if appropriate.select from S, M, L or even XL and then grow or cut back with time. Existing blocks and Paper Lab modules you may already have can all be fully utilized as part of your new system Ergonomics, safety and ease Valmet is committed to ergonomics, safety and ease of use in all its solutions. Operators have full trust in the convenience and functionality that are basic properties of all Valmet Paper Lab products. Design takes ergonomics and ease of use to a more sophisticated level and safety responds to the more demanding operating mill environments of today. This includes an automatic frame opener, making it easier to operate. Optimized heavy-duty package Valmet Paper Lab is optimized to work as a complete package rather than being pieced together from various bench-top instruments. It is constructed of heavy-duty elements to work seamlessly together for top performance, now available for next to the machine environment. Benefits for the paper and board maker Higher performance through automated testing Automated testing enables more frequent, accurate and repeatable test results. By receiving rapid, reliable test results, you are quickly able to make necessary adjustments and get back to running paper production on-spec. This is directly linked to optimal raw material and energy utilization as well as minimized environmental impact. Compliance with ISO 9000 and other standards ISO 9000 quality certification in many cases is a business necessity in validating the value of the paper product coming out of the process. Valmet Paper Lab complies with rigorous testing standards and calibration procedures. Low life cycle costs The best return on investment comes through low cost of ownership, excellent reliability and superior performance. E.g. existing Paper Lab modules can be included in the new Valmet Paper Lab. The old tie fits the new suit. To extend the product life cycle and lower the cost of ownership, Valmet uses Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) in developing all product and maintenance programs. 4

5 Valmet Paper Lab At-Line No need to wait 24/7 The Valmet Paper Lab moves your testing to the spot that gives you the greatest value. Testing sequence refined to the smallest detail With no time to waste, the PM operation team can rely on the functionality of the tools needed in the test sequence. Results transfer immediately to the automation system for process management control purposes. A machine operator needs only 2 hours of training to perform tests directly next to the line. If desired, a small test cabin can be included in the delivery. Sampling & sample preparation To quickly deliver samples from the paper machine, tabletop sample preparation units roll cross direction strips onto cores for easy loading into the sample feeder. Or to eliminate unnecessary tear-off paper and for even faster sample preparation, a walk-along sample cutter prepares one cross direction strip of paper, wrinkle free. Sample feeding A flexible sample feeding system satisfies the needs for testing cross direction strips, machine direction strips or individual sheets. Favorite features of old feeders are combined into one device, and the feeder comes as a standard part of Valmet Paper Lab. Testing After putting the sample core on the sample feeder, push one key to start testing. Measurement results are automatically shown on the mill screens. Valmet Paper Lab Off-Line Streamlined lab operations For more thorough analysis of samples, being in the laboratory may give you a perfect choice: Freedom to move your focus. Validation of quality paper The off-line laboratory may still be the most appropriate place to validate the paper quality, even if the routine testing moves to the machine floor. Responsibility for compliance remains in the lab to calibrate all floor. Free up more time to develop something new At-line testing frees up lab personnel to focus on more-value adding tasks, such as developing new grades for the customer-driven marketplace or optimizing raw material and energy utilization. Run trials or research as well as calibrate on-line measurements. Bench-top mode for single sheet testing. 5

6 How the Valmet Paper Lab works Valmet Paper Lab is the most powerful automated paper testing system with the widest selection of industry standard tests on the market for all kinds of grades from 15 up to 650 g/m 2 and even up to 800 g/m 2. Choose from testing modules, platform options and flexible software. Sample cutters. New motorized table-top and walk-along cutters. Sample testing. Selectable testing programs for each production line and grade. Measurement results are sent to the mill data system. Easy operating system. The operating system is based on robust and secure Linux. Sample tray available in different formats, e.g. to analyze laboratory sheets instead of CD profile samples. Sample size options. Samples can be laboratory sheets, US letter, A4, A3 and CD/MD reels. Information entry. Sample ID entry to Valmet Paper Lab by using the keyboard, the mill information system or barcode reader. Quality Management System interface. Valmet Paper Lab interfaces with the Valmet online quality management system for automatic measurement and calibration verification. 6

7 Productivity at a higher level A fundamental business belief at Valmet is how life cycle thinking applies to continuous increases in productivity. This not only ensures that we are keeping your next needs in mind at all times. It also means that we give you the freedom to move ahead by incorporating existing solutions into new ones. Trust in results Valmet Paper Lab is based on over 30 years of world s leading experience. We offer the widest range of standard modules to test over 400 properties. In addition, we were the first to introduce testing for automated tear, tensile, optical, formation, multi-filler, SCT, blackening, and scarredness. Well-being and motivation When everything happens with ease, safety and ergonomics, the well-being and motivation experienced by your personnel helps them achieve desired results. Valmet Paper Lab has been specifically designed with well-being and motivation in mind. Productivity Valmet Paper Lab enables higher productivity by offering you the freedom to choose: You can take paper & board testing to the floor next to the paper machine to speed up results. Or, you can use the modules and their features more effectively in your lab. Higher productivity also comes through the flexibility of personalizing the measurement modules in any way that best suits your needs. You can start small and build on as you need. Plus, the lowest costs of ownership designed into the modular product concept boost productivity and profitability. Quality certified Valmet Paper Lab testing modules comply with standards established by ISO and the paper industry s major technical associations. In fact, the automated tests are more accurate and repeatable than the manual tests they replace. That means you can rely on Valmet Paper Lab to report unquestionable information to use confidently when evaluating your paper quality. Each module arrives fully factory certified and ready to perform. Accurate testing can begin in a matter of hours. Test modules for board and paper Burst Tear Tensile Smoothness-2 Bendtsen Smoothness-2 Parker Print Surf Smoothness-2 Sheffield Smoothness-2 Bekk Smoothnes-2/Porosity-Oken Porosity Bendtsen Porosity Gurley Porosity Sheffield UV-Color Diffuse Gloss-2 TAPPI 75 Caliper Basis Weight Tensile Stiffness Orientation Formation Multi-Filler Moisture SCT Bending Stiffness (Board and Paper models) Blackening Scarredness 7

8 Adding more lifetime to world-class productivity Valmet offers a wide selection of service solutions that help you achieve quality and performance targets and provide longer lifetime for your measurement and control applications. Valmet Services minimize raw material and energy costs, increase production availability and decrease reject by aiming at taking care of every part of the life cycle with preventive service actions. Results include optimized resourcing, service tools, a cumulative knowledge base, savings and win-win solutions. Services include: Start-up support Spare parts Calibration tools On-demand services Product upgrades Training Installed base audits Preventive Maintenance Agreement (PMA) Remote service For more information, contact your local Valmet office. Specifications in this document are subject to change without notice. Product names in this publication are all trademarks of Valmet Corporation. Valmet Corporation, BR81321_EN_02, 05/2018.