Paper Technology Journal 19 - Voith

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Within a short time, UPM Shotton developed
into one of the largest and most important
suppliers of newsprint based on
TMP and recovered fibre.
In 2002, UPM established the “100%
Shotton” Project. This means that, in
future, Newsprint will be produced exclusively
from domestic recovered fibre.
A new, third recovered fibre system has
been installed (see twogether issue
18/04).
Fig. 1: Shotton Paper 2003.
Fig. 2: 1980 (Steel plant).
Fig. 3: Schematic of PM 2.
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Within the three-week November 2003
shutdown, the PM 2 was rebuilt:
● the third press was converted into a
shoe press
(max. linear load 1,050 kN/m),
● the fourth press was replaced by an
additional dryer group with two
ProRelease boxes,
● the fifth dryer group was converted
from two-tier to single-tier,
● a ropeless threading system was
installed,
Technical Data PM 2
Construction year 1989/2004
Manufacturer/Rebuild Valmet/Voith
Press Sympress + NipcoFlex
V reel (m/min) actual 1,623
target 1,700
PC (km 2 /m/d) actual 2.05
target 2.15
Tons (t/d) actual 770
target 807
Basis weights (g/m 2 ) 42.5-48.8
Paper grade Newspaper
19/05
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