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Pump training continues despite pandemic restrictions
on travel because of Covid-19 requirements. Learning more about important pieces of equipment, such as high energy pumps, is vital to improving their reliability and efficiency. As an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and independent service provider, Sulzer dedicates a number of resources to training for customers that can be delivered across the globe. For those in the pulp and paper industry that have extensive training requirements, courses can be arranged solely for their employees and focus on the equipment that they work with every day. Typically, these would
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he Sulzer Academy is continuing its pump training courses, despite the restrictions
Getting to grips with one of the pump models
cover pump fundamentals, best operating practices, maintenance and overhaul, potential upgrades and rerates. Every training course can be
tailored to suit each customer to focus on the products they are using or pump fundamentals and best practice, passing on knowledge that has been accumulated over many decades. This can include “hands-clean”
training, where trainees can dismantle and reassemble precision-made, one-third scale models of different pump types, or true ‘hands-on’ training with actual pumps in the Sulzer workshop. With Covid-19 restrictions on
travel and training, however, the training courses have been adapted to suit an on-line virtual environment. This varies from
short live Webinars on Pump Essentials which are often delivered free to established customers, to dedicated online training which may be written around the specific operating instructions for a client’s pump system. Each part of the online training is limited to two hours and is punctuated with interactive sections and open discussions to keep the trainees engaged. Over the past two years, the
training material has been overhauled with 3D graphics showing pump components in fine detail, animations showing the pump fluid flow, and even augmented reality tours of large pump skids. Training is usually delivered in English, but course material can be translated to local languages as necessary.
Detect pulp contamination with higher accuracy
Helping to address the challenges in detecting pulp contamination with advanced automated colour inspection technology is a surface inspection system from Ametek Surface Vision. The SmartView system is said
to provide a highly-effective and accurate automated inspection system optimised for pulp inspection, utilising a combined transmission-reflection view. Surface inspection systems
are integral to the pulp- making process by providing a full inspection of the pulp, an essential raw material in the production of paper. The production process presents a
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unique set of challenges as pulp is not a homogeneous product due to the presence of different fibres and particles of varying colours.
SmartView is said to provide a highly-effective and accurate automated inspection system optimised for pulp, utilising a
combined transmission-reflection view. Volker Köelmel, Surface Vision’s global manager of plastic, nonwovens & paper, said: “Our technology in surface inspection systems successfully supports the pulp-manufacturing process by providing tools specifically designed for pulp inspection, including defect area statistics, dirt count, and parts per million. By delivering the best aspects of light and reflection through SmartView, the inspection image looks smoother, images of the defects from the inspected surface are precise, and defects located inside the pulp are sufficiently visible.”
Pulp Paper & Logistics
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