Robust process industry measuring instruments

Cake solids measurement elevates dewatering control

JEA’s Buckman Wastewater Treatment Plant, in Jacksonville, Florida, chose Valmet Dry Solids Measurement (Valmet DS), installed on the dewatering centrifuge, for accurate cake measurement. It’s been implemented for the plant wide mass balance control scheme.

Reliable solids measurements for centrifuge control

Vaasa Water’s Pått wastewater treatment plant wanted their new centrifuge to operate fully automatically, which requires several continuous measurements. With a Valmet TS and Valmet DS the plant can control the polymer dosing and measure the dry content. The whole project paid for itself in about 1.5 years through the considerable savings in the reprocessing costs of the dried sludge.

Exceptional board quality achieved on a high-speed board machine featuring automated retention control

Valmet RM3 is helping Kipaş Kağıt PM1 measure and control their headbox and white water consistency. The analyzer is reliable and maintains the stability in the wet end of their fast-running board machine. With Valmet RM3, the mill maintains competitiveness through continuous real-time monitoring of retention.

Developing an energy saving control system for sewage sludge drying equipment with real-time moisture content measurement

Nippon Steel Engineering, in Japan, wanted to increase the amount of dewatered sludge to the drying plant. With Valmet DS and Valmet HS their input moisture increased by 3.3% and the output moisture by 1%. At the same time, their fuel usage per moisture input was decreased by 5.5%.

Real-time measurement and consistency control that can withstand harsh conditions

Facing challenges in achieving accurate and reliable consistency measurements, Modern Karton, Turkey, turned to Valmet for a solution that could withstand harsh conditions. By implementing Valmet OCR (Optical Consistency Measurement) in PM4, the mill achieved significant improvements in their consistency control processes.

Retention measurement for a stable wet end and optimized paper quality

Opal Packaging, Australia, is using Valmet Retention Measurement in their BM9 to measure and control headbox and white water consistency, while optimizing their chemical consumption and paper quality.

Improving recovery boiler safety

A North American pulp mill was looking to improve the operations and safety of their recovery boiler. They invested in a Valmet Furnace Imaging System, IR (Portable Mid-IR mobile inspection camera) with off-axis lens to safely manage the firing rate of their boiler.

Optimized sludge dewatering removes constant manual sampling

Irish Water’s Athlone Wastewater Treatment Plant improved the control of its sludge dewatering process with a Valmet Sludge Dewatering Optimizer and two online Valmet Total Solids Measurement, achieving 7% less energy on centrifuge and 18% dry solids in their cake sludge.