ANDRITZ SPECTRUM Podcast

One of the toughest challenges in the production of nonwovens is
maintaining product uniformity at high speeds. Issues like the 'smile effect,' where fiber accumulates on the edges of the mat, lead to quality losses and wasted material. Producers are also under pressure to cut costs, save fiber, and reduce manual interventions, all while meeting sustainability goals such as lowering energy usage and emissions."

The actual process of producing nonwovens can be described as similar to baking bread - but at industrial speed. Fiber mats have to be laid evenly, layer after layer, without clumping at the edges or thinning...

ANDRITZ recently acquired Diamond Power International, a global company which brings a large range of complimentary cleaning products and services to boiler operators in the pulp, paper and power industries.
The company has been supplying specialist boiler cleaning services for over 100 years, and has a comprehensive portfolio covering boiler cleaning systems and process optimization tools including sootblowers, replacement parts, and upgrades, boiler cleaning controls, cameras and monitoring, port rodders and dampers gauges and level indicators.

Diamond Power’s products have been developed to assist customers in solving challenges, improving efficiencies as well as enabling them to respond to changing markets,...

The tissue industry is driven by high-speed production, fast grade changes, and constant pressure to reduce waste and energy use. However, many mills struggle with visibility and knowing exactly where and why losses happen. From sheet breaks and quality deviations to energy and fiber overuse, hidden inefficiencies cause losses everyday.

ANDRITZ addresses this challenge with an integrated portfolio of digital solutions. Central to this offering is Metris Insights, a data platform tailored for tissue production. Enhanced by Optimization of Process Performance (OPP) and Metris Advanced Process Control (APC), it enables real-time optimization, automation, and efficiency improvements across production operations.

Metris...

As demand for quality wood chips increases at pulp mills across the globe and the sourcing of logs in some regions becomes more difficult, the wood chip side stream at sawmills can often be a significant revenue source. This means sawmill operators have a genuine opportunity to fill the gap by supplying wood chips to pulp mills. However, top quality chips are key.

To ensure the production of quality chips at sawmills located across the globe, ANDRITZ mission in the supply of chipping technology is to always work to improve chip quality, reduce operational costs, increase uptime and maintain consistency...