APPLICATION SHEET

CONSISTENCY CONTROL AFTER THE MACHINE CHEST

ON A FOUR-LAYER BOARD MACHINE

Resulting in:
ƒ Improved operating conditions
ƒ More stable basis weight

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 APPLICATION SHEET

Problem
A mill producing packaging board from recycled fiber (OCC and ONP) is using consistency measurement to stabilize the basis weight. In the
four-layer board the bulk layer with the highest basis weight is the most important for the stability of the total basis weight. Without accurate
consistency measurement there’s no consistency compensation on this layer and there will be basis weight variations on the final product.

The mixture of raw materials makes consistency measurement in this position a complicated task.

Installation
An ACT-2500, AmpliForceTM was installed after the machine chest on the bulk layer. The consistency in this position is in the range 2.8-3 %.

Control strategy
The accurate consistency measurement of the ACT-2500 is used to control the flow of thick stock. This feed-forward control stabilizes the
consistency in the short circulation.

The ACT-2500, AmpliForceTM measures the consistency after the machine chest accurately.

Benefits
More stable operating conditions on the board machine.
Less variation in basis weight of the board produced on the machine.
Future installations of ACT-2500 after the machine chest on the remaining three layers will improve this situation even further.

BTG Instruments AB
Box 602, SE-661 29 SÄFFLE Tel: +46 533 426 00 pulptec@btg.com
Sweden Fax: +46 533 125 00 www.btg.com

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