Paper Technology Journal 19 - Voith

Fig. 1: The paper machine in Yaslik
shortly before official handover.
Fig. 2: DuoFormer D.
and Krefeld (Germany) and Schio (Italy)
and the rest from São Paulo (Brazil) by
ship via Bandar Abbas (Iran). All 100
trucks arrived without major accidents.
This was the first positive point. Also the
excellent constructed building was finished
in time.
The production line was designed to use
the two local raw materials straw pulp
and cotton linters.
The stock preparation plant for bleached
straw pulp came from India and the line
for cotton linters came from Spanish and
French suppliers. Fortunately the stock
preparation plant is also suitable to produce
long and short fibre pulp. This
helped to start the production line in the
foreseen time. Machine erection was
done by an Indian company, SFE, well
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known by Voith. In crucial moments,
more than 230 people were on site in
order to complete erection in time. Voith
provided one erector supervisor, Mr. M.
Lago, responsible for the complete erection
of the paper machine from the headbox
to the winder. Mr. A. Antoniazzi,
responsible for the complete commissioning,
instrumentation and check-out,
played a crucial role to start up the production
line. Technological support came
from some specialists from Europe.
At present, the final product of writing
and printing papers is made from 35%
straw and 35% cotton. Already a basis to
reach the project target: Paper production
from 50% straw and 50% cotton. An
early start-up has been made possible by
the edition of long and short fibres,
bought on the market, to the above men-
Caspian
Sea
Kazakhstan
Aral Sea
Dzanga
Turkmenistan
Iran
Technical Data
Tashauz
Kzyl-Arvat
Ashkabad
Yaslik
Kazakhstan
Amudarya
Usbekistan
Karakum Canal
Kushka
Untrimmed width 3,550 mm
Operating speed 600 m/min
Design speed 900 m/min
Daily production 180 t/day
Basis weight 60 g/m 2
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Amu-Darya
Afghanistan
19/05
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