16 INDUSTRY NEWSZANDRIT


Not just maintenance – continuous improvement


Whenever there is servicing of a pulp mill or paper making line there is an opportunity to enhance its efficiency and productivity. This is the essence of a service provided by ANDRITZ that it calls Overall Production Efficiency. PPL reports


T


he importance of maintenance to a mill’s profitability and efficiency cannot


be overstated. Maintenance effectiveness and equipment availability is critical to continuous and stable production. And while maintenance is a critical focus, it may not be the business focus of the


mill. Product development, production, customer management, logistics, etc. are all core activities. There are outside experts who take maintenance and process optimization as core activities – and these experts can complement well the in-house capabilities within a mill. One of those outside expert


companies is ANDRITZ, which has


over the last 20 years enhanced a service that it calls Overall Production Efficiency, or OPE.


OPE: striking the correct balance In addition to availability, the equipment – in fact the entire process line – must be tuned to achieve the best balance of throughput and efficiency, at the lowest total cost. That is


how quality is obtained and money is made. There are maintenance outsourcing companies which can provide very solid maintenance work, but do not have the process knowledge


Pulp Paper & Logistics


March/April 2015


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