Syphon retrofit has mill-wide benefits

摘要

It's an ideal situation if a paper or board mill project aimed at reliability and improved machine operation can have a cascading, positive effect on the operating costs in other mill departments. The ROI effect is thus amplified. That sort of scenario was realized earlier this year at Sonoco's Trent Valley mill in the hamlet of Glen Miller, Ont. A board machine dryer-section project to solve chronic syphon reliability and dryer flooding problems did just that and, additionally, lowered the costs of generating steam. The cogeneration plant crew gives thanks, as well as the board mill production staff.