26 PROJECTS & CONTRACTS


Sappi increases capacity at its Saiccor pulp mill


supplying a range of processes. Valmet will be supplying a new baling line and rebuilding a cutter layboy, and in a separate order will deliver a magnesium oxide No 3 brown stock washing and screening line. The value of the orders is more than €10 million. Target for the Vulindlela project


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s part of the Vulindlela project at Sappi’s Saiccor pulp mill in South Africa, Valmet is


is to reduce the environmental footprint of the mill and to increase its annual output from 783,000 to 890,000 ADt. The baling line includes a new


cross cutter roll, new baling line machinery with a bale quality system. In addition, a bale quality system will be installed on the existing baling line. The existing conveyors between the cutter and the new baling line will be upgraded to fit the new production. The capacity of the


new baling line will be 1,200 ADt per day. “Valmet was


selected as the supplier of this equipment for their cost effective and innovative solution that meets the required production rate,” says Wayne Weston, Vulindlela Project Director at Sappi. For the brown stock washing and screening line, the order includes the deknotting, screening and brown stock washing area, and auxiliaries like centrifugal pumps, field instruments, control valves, tower and tanks. The delivery also includes a service agreement on performance and reliability monitoring for the TwinRoll presses. The monitoring consists of a cloud application on the Valmet platform.


“Valmet’s large reference base


for fibreline key equipment, such as the TwinRoll presses for sulphite pulp/dissolving pulp, gives confidence to our customers that we can handle their special processes. We are happy to be a part of the Vulindlela Project and it is an important breakthrough for Valmet to utilize the TwinRoll presses in the Saiccor mill,” says Eva Engelfeldt, sales manager for the Fiber Processing Business Unit at Valmet. Located south of Durban, the


Saiccor pulp mill is the world’s largest manufacturing site for fully bleached sulphite dissolving wood pulp.


India’s Century Pulp and Paper orders second tissue line


A complete tissue production line has been ordered from Valmet by Century Pulp and Paper (CPP) for its mill at Lalkua in India. The Advantage tissue line will be CPP’s second from Valmet, the first being installed in 2008. “We are excited to be the first


company in India to install a tissue line equipped with an Advantage ViscoNip press. The combination of the state-of- the-art pressing technology and Advantage ReDry will provide significant energy savings, uniform moisture profile and nip load flexibility up to 150 kN/m,” says J P Narain, chief


January/February 2019


From left: Salim Ahmad Saifee (CPP), Anil Setia (CPP), J P Narain (CPP), Tomas Karlsson (Valmet) and Nandkumar DM (Valmet)


executive of Century Pulp and Paper. “The new production line will add over 36,000 tonnes of high- quality facial tissue, toilet tissue, kitchen towel and napkin grades to the company’s current annual


production capacity.” The TM7 line will comprise


Advantage DCT 100HS tissue machine with a width of 2,850mm and a design speed of 2,000 metres per minute. It will be equipped with an OptiFlo


headbox, a 16-foot Yankee cylinder, an AirCap and Hot Air system, as well as a SoftReel A reel. It also features the new ReDry technology, a novel way to recover energy from hood exhaust air to heat the web before drying. The raw material is virgin


fibre, and the production line is optimized to save energy and enhance the quality of the final product.


A division of Century Textile and Industries Ltd, CPP produces writing and printing paper, and is a leading manufacturer of tissue and board, as well as Rayon Grade Pulp (RGP) products.


Pulp Paper & Logistics


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