The fiberline upgrade will cover areas such as wood handling, cooking, brown stock screening, washing and oxygen delignification.
May 2, 2024 - Valmet announced that it will deliver a comprehensive fiberline technology upgrade to Lecta's integrated pulp and paper mill in Zaragoza, Spain. The upgrade enables a significant capacity increase in pulp production, while reducing operational costs and improving the availability of the fiberline.
The fiberline upgrade will cover areas such as wood handling, cooking, brown stock screening, washing and oxygen delignification, enabling a significant capacity increase in pulp production, while reducing operational costs and improving the availability of the fiberline.
"Our fiberline consists of equipment originally installed in 1975 and 1990," explained Primitivo Prados, Mill Manager at Lecta Zaragoza. "Despite having been well-maintained and regularly refurbished, it has reached the end of its lifecycle. We believe that by replacing old equipment with Valmet's new technologies we will improve the efficiency of our process significantly through better availability and reduced energy consumption and maintenance costs."
Valmet's delivery consists of a comprehensive technology upgrade for the fiberline, including a new log feeding system and a Valmet Chip Cutter for wood handling, a cooking modification with Valmet OptiBin solution and Valmet Chip Pumps, a new screening room, an additional washing stage with a new Valmet TwinRoll Press, and an Oxygen Delignification stage modification.
The delivery is scheduled for Lecta's annual shutdown in April 2025.
Lecta is a leading European manufacturer and distributor of specialty papers for labels and flexible packaging, coated and uncoated paper for publishing and commercial printing, and other high-value innovative products, such as 100% recyclable and biodegradable functional papers. Lecta operates seven mills in Spain, France and Italy.
Valmet is a leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries.
SOURCE: Valmet
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