Pulp Paper & Logistics


ANDRITZ 17


The Kyiv mill’s press section with (left to right) Aleksandr Yakovina (PJSC


Kyiv), Georg-Michael Sautter (ANDRITZ), Aleksandr Kravchenko (PJSC Kyiv) and Vitaly Solovyov (PJSC Kyiv)


Kyiv’s BM1 produces white-top liner and white-lined chipboard


weight grades in the 150-180 gsm range.” What is perhaps most


remarkable about Yakovina’s claim that guarantee runs were unnecessary is that this was not an easy project. Says Aleksandr Kravchenko, the


mill’s chief technical officer: “It was a tough start-up.” The mill planned a 21-day shutdown for the project (from last paper to first paper), with three of those days set aside for the start-up. As Yakovina explains, “There


are problems to be solved in every start-up,” and, in this case, that meant “we eliminated some threading issues in the press section and into the dryers”. Georg-Michael Sautter, senior


including Unilever, Nestlé, and McDonald’s.


Problems solved “We are trying to continue modernising step-by-step to reflect market requirements – for example, BM1 is starting to produce lots of


products in low grammages (150- 200 gsm) for flexographic printing,” Yakovina says. In this respect, the upgrade to


the press section in early 2019, as Yakovina continues, “has improved all of the low grammages, as well as enabling us to make lighter-


director sales for Paper & Board at Andritz, says, “What I remember most was that during the installation we had meetings every morning and the team leader came to me calmly, gave me a notebook and pen, and said ‘Write that down [Sautter’s recommendations] and I will communicate it to our specialists.’ Every morning, we solved some issues.” Indeed, Yakovina confirms this.


“We solved all of the problems and started up on schedule,” he says. And the machine achieved


the contracted values for dryness, bulk, and smoothness right away.


You’ve got to have faith Sautter points out, “Normally, it takes six or seven months to acceptance.” But in this case, the expert with more than 30 years of industry experience says, “It only took three.”


Which brings us back to Yakovina


saying there was no need for guarantee runs. He explains why: “We saw that all the contract values were being achieved in normal operation, so we didn’t need to do a warranty test run. This is rare.” Vitaly Solovyov, chief of


cardboard production at Kyiv, adds, “This depends on the supplier’s experience.” And the Kyiv team had seen


plenty of evidence of Andritz’s experience. Before going ahead with this upgrade, they twice visited one of the identical BMs: at Naberezhnye Chelny in Russia as well as Reno de Medici in Arnsberg, Germany and the Iggesund mill at Workington in the UK.


It’s complicated That led to the green light for this project, which cost several million


4 May/June 2020


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