Paper Technology Journal 17 - Voith

The improvements attained thereby are
then checked and documented. In this
connection, various types of partnership
agreements can be agreed upon for
reaching the customer’s goals by teamwork
with Voith Process Solutions.
Module 1: Productivity
Productivity is primarily improved by the
following parameters:
● Reduction of shut down times whether
planned or unplanned
● Reduction of broke amount
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● Increasing the production rate by raising
the operating speed and minimizing
break time.
As a renowned paper machinery manufacturer
with decades of process experience
in most of the paper mills worldwide,
Voith Paper is predestined for
detecting faults and errors (Fig. 2) and
enhancing efficiency by optimizing the
respective components.
In particular, Voith Paper has vast experience
in taking measures to reduce shutdown
times.
Fig. 2: “Fanning” a high-pressure shower.
Module 2: Product quality – Example paper defects analysis
Which quality group generates the highest loss?
Classification into different ranks organises the priority.
Quality group/Parameter
Holes
Dirt
Doubling
Blistering
Cuts
Size lumps
Slitter dust
Splice problems
Mottling
Module 2: Product quality
Loss/Month in Euro
38 658
3 896
4 539
3 764
8 739
23 978
2 997
341
2 844
Rank
1
5
4
6
3
2
7
0
8
53
Not only total quality, but, above all, consistently
high quality is essential for success
in today’s markets. This demands
systematic discipline. Accordingly, the
main tasks of this module are as follows:
● Quality data acquisition
and analysis
● Printing results acquisition and
analysis
● Evaluation of print comparisons
● Paper fault analysis (Fig. 3)
● Complaints analysis.
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