On the morning of our second day in Sweden our group traveled
by car to visit the BillerudKorsnäs
mill in Gruvön. In 2016 this mill rebuilt their existing pulp
mill including the addition of an ImpBin and pressure diffuser designed by
Valmet. Work has also already begun on the installation of a new board machine
that will be 400 m long and will increase mill production from 710,000 to
850,000 tonnes per year. Pulp mill production manager, Jonas Lindqvist,
provided us with a presentation about the mill and a tour of the pulp mill that
included a trip up to the top of the new ImpBin.
By mid-morning our group was on the road
again to Nordic Paper in Säffle. This mill produces
30,000 tonnes per year of greaseproof paper. This mill uses a mechanical
treatment instead of fluorochemicals to achieve a dense, natural barrier.
Nordic Paper utilizes a sulfite and sulphate pulping process as well as a chip
steaming process that occurs within a silo to remove fatty acids in an average
of two days compared to the two week process that occurs with outside storage.
These chips are produced on site using a single log de-barker system. Angelica Uttersäv and Henrik Kjellgren provided
our group with a presentation about the mill and the applications of
greaseproof paper in food packaging and baking such as the packaging for a
stick of butter and cupcake liners. Pulp mill manager, Linda Östberg, gave
our group a tour of the mill including the paper machine that was producing
green paper to be used as cupcake liners.
In the afternoon our group travelled up
the road to BTG Instruments in Säffle. Sven-Arne Damlin
organized presentations for our group about the products and services offered
by BTG as well as how research is conducted to remain competitive in the market
and meet customer specific objectives for process improvement. Our group was
given a tour of the on-site facility where many of the instruments are
manufactured and shipped directly to the customer. One operator constructs an
entire instrument from start to finish in an average of eight hours with a
range from four hours to a few days depending on the complexity. Each
instrument is then tested at the facility before shipment.
BillerudKorsnäs
Nordic Paper
BTG Instruments
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