MACHINE: Fluting mediums machine, deckle width at winder - 5440mm
FIRST COMMISSIONED: 1960
MACHINE GRADES: Fluting Mediums
GRAMMAGE RANGE: 100 – 150 gsm
MECHANICAL SPEED: 600 mpm
OPERATING SPEED: 350 - 550 mpm
FORMING SECTION: Walmsley MF Fourdrinier, Single Ply
PRESS SECTION: 3 Nip press, Suction 1st and 2nd Press Tampella 3rd Press Inverted
Blind drilled, single felted
DRYERS: 52 Dryers, 1525mm diameter, 4 Sections, 3 Pre Dryers – 38 Dryers
1 Post Dryer – 14 Dryers. Walmsley
SIZE PRESS: Beloit Horizontal Size Press Located after Dryer No. 38. Single side starch application.
MOISTURE CONTROL: Automated CD Moisture control – VIB Moisturiser
REELER: Walker Underfeed, 5400 mm at Reeler
WINDER: Twin drum, Max Speed 1800mm. Max Trimmed Width 5350mm
DRIVES: DC Drive – Control Techniques (Mentor) + Siemans Winder – Brake Drum
CONTROLS: Measurex 2002 Operating System, Reeler Scanner -
grammage and moisture, Machine Drive - ABB DC 2004
WASTE PAPER PLANT: Possibly available, subject to prior sale, consisting of:
Approx 35 tph, Continuous Hydrapulper x 2 – BlackClawson 20 ft, Lamort Poir Dethrasher, 2 x stage Blackclawson HD Cleaners, 3 x Bird 14A Centri Screen 2mm holes, Escher Wyss Fibrisor 2.3mm holes, Tertiary Course Screen, 2 x Escher Wyss Reject Sorters Model 2B 2.3mm, 2 x Primary Fractionators – Valmet Tas 240 0.15mm, 1 x Secondary Fractionator Tas 240
Long Fibre Cleaning – Celico 500t 5 stage 380tpd
Long Fibre Primary Screening – 2 x Valmet 0.2 slotted
Secondary Fine Screen – Valmet Tas 200 0.2mm slot
Tertiary Fine Screen – Valmet Tas 100 0.2mm Slot
Wedge wire slotted screen
5 x Assorted drum thickners 380 tpd
8 x Wedgewire Hill slide thickners 650 tpd
ADDITIONAL MACHINERY: Slurry Starch System Jet Cooker, Auto strapping units, Conveyors / Elevators, Voith Fibron Tail feeder
MACHINE EFFICIENCY: Time Efficiency 93%, Finishing 98%
FURNISH: 60% OCC / 40% MWP