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Kadant Fiberline China Successfully Starts-up OCC System at Shanying International's Jingzhou Mill

Kadant recycled fiber processing system The new line is equipped with a Kadant recycled fiber processing system and an approach flow system with a design capacity of 400,000 tons per year.

October 22, 2020 - Kadant Fiberline (China) Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Kadant Inc., announced it successfully started up the OCC system at ShanYing International's Jingzhou mill in southern Hubei province, China.

The new line is equipped with a Kadant recycled fiber processing system and an approach flow system with a design capacity of 400,000 tons per year.

ShanYing uses domestic recovered paper as raw material and manufactures 60 to110 gsm corrugating base paper from the finished pulp on paper machine 23 (PM23), which has a trim width of 7.8 meters and a design speed of 1,300 mpm.

According to Kadant, the innovative technologies and equipment supplied by Kadant Fiberline China enable excellent stock quality and yield significant savings in energy consumption.

The OCC line features pulping loop automation, an automated grapple hoist, ragger, and rag rope cutter. The new line is designed to:

  • Improve productivity
  • Provide the mill with modern pulping operations and controls
  • Use encoders for absolute positioning
  • Permit full DCS access to all parameters, functions, and alarms

"We are pleased to have been selected by ShanYing and to supply a proven OCC system and related equipment for this modernization projects," said Peter Ma, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Kadant Fiberline China. "Our expertise in recycled fiber processing position us well for projects such as this where product, process, and controls integration are required for maximum uptime, production, and quality."

About Kadant Fiberline China

Kadant Fiberline (China) Co. Ltd., is a leading fiber processing and recycling equipment supplier that designs, manufactures, and services equipment used in virgin and recycled paper stock preparation and paper machine approach-flow applications.

Based in Westford, Massachusetts, Kadant Inc. is a global supplier of high-value, critical components and engineered systems used in process industries worldwide. For further information, visit: www.kadant.com.

SOURCE: Kadant Inc.