Leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries, Valmet, recently introduced Mill-Wide Optimisation (MWO) to enhance overall pulp and paper mill performance and profitability. With Valmet MWO, production teams can boost the mill’s performance by making well-informed decisions across different process areas to reach shared goals.
Mill-Wide Optimisation helps mills maximise on-spec production at minimum cost by steering mill operations towards shared goals.
The optimisation observes the balance of performance across the entire mill in real-time and considers current and future states of the mill. As a result, sub-optimisation of individual processes that do not align with overall mill goals can be avoided. MWO also provides the ability to balance environmental sustainability considerations with production, quality, and cost.
“The pulp and paper industry is transitioning towards self-governing autonomous operations and a younger workforce with new roles and responsibilities. Valmet MWO helps to capitalise on these changes and unlock a mill’s full potential,” says Greg Fralic, Product Manager, Mill-Wide Optimisation, Automation Systems business line at Valmet.
Optimising production, quality and costs
Mill-wide production planning helps mills to keep up with the daily changes in production bottlenecks. Valmet MWO reflects the mill's current state and maximises production, subject to existing and projected bottlenecks, at the same time stabilising the process and balancing pulp and liquor inventories.
Mill-wide quality planning helps attain the intended final product quality while keeping costs low. It adjusts the quality targets at each step, from chip to finished product.
An audit as the first step
To move away from optimising individual processes, pulp and paper mills need to be evaluated as a whole. The Valmet Mill-Wide Optimisation Audit reveals the production potential and the corresponding return on investment. Based on historical data, the audit helps to evaluate potential production increases, identify limitations, and highlight use cases for mill-wide optimisation. It also helps to uncover development opportunities that can move the mill towards fully optimised operations.
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