Innovate, develop, optimize!A unique resource at your service

Jenny Lahti-Samuelsson

Technology Manager, Tissue Mills business unit

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Tissue Technology Center lift your ideas to a higher level

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The home of innovations

Environment &

surroundings

Valmet´s Tissue Technology Center

is located within close distance from

the city center.

You can easily take a walk from the

hotels in the city to Valmet´s premises while enjoying the

friendly atmosphere, the closeness of the water and the nice

surroundings.

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A record hard to beat – counting more than 1000 customer trials

"We are proud to announce the

historic milestone of 1,000 pilot

trials together with customers.

Counted in trial days this results in

well above 3,000 days of pilot

machine operations. All these days

and all great cooperation with tissue

and paper producers from all over

the world, as well as partner

suppliers to the tissue industry has

given us tremendous knowledge,

experience and insights in the

tissue making process.

We are excited to continue this

journey together with our

customers," says Karl-Johan

Tolfsson, Manager of Valmet

Tissue Technology Center.

The thousandth customer tissue trial were celebrated by the whole Valmet and RISE team.

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2000 2010 2018

OptiFloTM Headbox

Development projects from pilot to full scale verified concepts and products

Product

Development

Conceptual

DevelopmentAdvantage™ NTT®

Advantage™ QRT ®

Advantage TM ViscoNip®

Press

Advantage™

ReDry™

Advantage™

SoftReel™

Advantage TM

ReTurne®

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Pilot trials at Tissue Technology Center Creative environment for testing, innovating and training

More than 1000 customer trials

Full flexibility – tissue pilot machine

wide range of tissue making concepts

• Joint development

• Customer trials

• Demo and verification

• Own product development

• Fully equipped analysis laboratory

• Extensive expert network

• Training

• Machine speed: up to 2000 m/min (6500fpm)

• Sheet width on reel: 500 mm (20 inch)

• Basis weight range: 11-50 gsm (7-30 lbs/R)

• Roll diameter: 1150 mm (Max 1400)

• Pulp consumption: 50-150 kg

• Core Size: 305 mm (inner diameter)

Innovate, develop and optimize

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Our expert

network• Research & Delveopment

engineers

• Machine design engineers

• Process engineers

• Paper makers = machine operators

• Laboratory technicians & paper QA

experts

• Clothing manufacturers & suppliers

• Chemical users & suppliers

• Converting, manufacturers and pilot

facilities

• Universities

Innovate, develop and optimize

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Development or testing need

Pilot trial planning

Shipping pulp and chemicals

Report

A Fibers journey

Converting

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General machine features

1. Three layer headbox with dilutioncontrol

2. Yankee hood with High temp toe(HTT) - up to 700 C

3. ViscoNip press

4. Variable creping doctor

5. Belted reel

Other features

o Closed water loop

o Standard suction pressure roll

o Symbelt shoe press

o Calender steel/steel (heated) or steel/rubber

5

2

1 3 4

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Valmet Automation - Valmet IQ for tissueQuality control and monitoring offering for tissue machine

IQ Dilution Profiler

• Basis Weight

IQ Web Inspection System

• End product quality

Inspection

• Monitor Performance

IQ Web Monitoring System

• 6 Cameras

IQ Steam Profiler

• Moisture profile

• Press dryness

IQ Scanner

• Non-nuclear BW

and Moisture

• Softness

• Color

Dynamic center line and Lab intergration Industrial internet solutions

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DYNAMIC CENTERLINE

REPORT

TO MANGEMENT

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Reliable test results

Standard

• Basis weight

• Caliper / Density

• Dry Tensile Strength

Special

• Emtec softness tester

• Absorption

• Air Permeability

• Brightness

• Formation

• Layer purity test

• Basis weight profile

• Consistencies

• Freeness or °SR

• Charge

• Stretcch MD/CD

• Wet Tensile

Strength

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Converted bath products – Roll bulk

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Caliper comparison DCT vs NTT

PLAIN MODE, Pilot machine General comparison, NTT in Texture

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Tissue R&D Pilot Facility

Product

quality

Capacity and

Efficiency

Energy efficiency

and sustainability

Flexibility

Cost efficiency

Runnability

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