#37 How can tissue manufactures realize hidden production potential with digitalization?
The tissue industry is driven by high-speed production, fast grade changes, and constant pressure to reduce waste and energy use. However, many mills struggle with visibility and knowing exactly where and why losses happen. From sheet breaks and quality deviations to energy and fiber overuse, hidden inefficiencies cause losses everyday.
ANDRITZ addresses this challenge with an integrated portfolio of digital solutions. Central to this offering is Metris Insights, a data platform tailored for tissue production. Enhanced by Optimization of Process Performance (OPP) and Metris Advanced Process Control (APC), it enables real-time optimization, automation, and efficiency improvements across production operations.
Metris Insights integrates data from all mill systems into a single, user-friendly platform, providing real-time dashboards, statistical process control, machine learning tools, cost and energy tracking, soft sensors for key process variables, and automated reporting and alerts.
In short, the combination of Metris Insights, OPP and APC gives operators and decision-makers the visibility they need to move from guessing to knowing and from reacting to optimizing.
In this podcast we speak to John Schroeder, Director Packaging and Tissue Digital Solutions from ANDRITZ about the immediate positive improvements digitization brings to tissue production processes.
For more information on Metris Insights and OPP in tissue production visit our website: https://www.andritz.com/pulp-and-paper-en/pulp-production/automation-and-digitalization-pulp-en/automation-digitalization-solutions-fiberline/metris-plant-insights
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#36 How to increase revenues by lifting the quality of the wood chip side stream in sawmills?
As demand for quality wood chips increases at pulp mills across the globe and the sourcing of logs in some regions becomes more difficult, the wood chip side stream at sawmills can often be a significant revenue source. This means sawmill operators have a genuine opportunity to fill the gap by supplying wood chips to pulp mills. However, top quality chips are key.
To ensure the production of quality chips at sawmills located across the globe, ANDRITZ mission in the supply of chipping technology is to always work to improve chip quality, reduce operational costs, increase uptime and maintain consistency of output – all in the safest of environments.
ANDRITZ sawmill products include debarking and chipping equipment, including its PowerHead canter and the well-known TurnKnife system. This equipment is in use in sawmills all around the world – operating on various wood species in a variety of climates.
In this podcast we talk to two ANDRITZ experts, Andreas Henning, Global Product Group Manager, and Adrian Yeoman, Customer Service Manager for Australia and New Zealand, about how sawmills can open up new revenue streams by utilizing the very best in chipping technology.
For more information, visit our website: https://www.andritz.com/products-en/pulp-and-paper/service-solutions/sawmill-chipping
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#35 What difference can digitalization and AI really make to pulp mill operational performance?
Today’s pulp mills are operating under intense pressure to be more sustainable, more efficient, and more reliable. One of the biggest challenges is dealing with process variability. These include fluctuations in raw material quality, changing production demands, and complex chemical dosing requirements. These issues not only affect the stability of the operation but also drive up costs and reduce efficiency.
ANDRITZ has developed a combination of optimization and artificial intelligence tools to assist pulp mills in reducing chemical usage, minimize failures and achieve greater stability in operations – with some remarkable results.
Metris Optimization of Process Performance (OPP) and Metris Copilot integrate advanced analytics with AI to enhance mill operations. Metris OPP leverages plant data to detect inefficiencies and define optimal conditions, while Metris Copilot delivers real-time, AI-driven recommendations, enabling continuous performance improvement and informed, data-based decision-making.
In this podcast we talk to André Demuner, Global Automation and Digitalization Business Manager at ANDRITZ about how these new technologies allow pulp mills to move from simply managing problems to preventing them entirely.
For more information, visit our website: https://www.andritz.com/pulp-and-paper-en/pulp-production/automation-and-digitalization-pulp-en
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#34 What benefits will ANDRITZ’s acquisition of A.Celli Paper bring to tissue, paper, and board customers?
ANDRITZ recently acquired A.Celli Paper, an Italian company with extensive experience in tissue, paper and board machinery and services. The company offers turnkey tissue plants and tissue machines including key components and services, as well as winders, unwinders, and rewinders, and packaging solutions for all kinds of tissue, paper, and board production.
The company operates in more than 60 countries, with the A.Celli Paper brand being well-known globally with around 1,000 installations. Its installed technology includes over 100 tissue machines, 400 rewinders for tissue and paper and 100 roll handling systems.
The acquisition now enables ANDRITZ to be a full line supplier to the tissue paper and board industries, from stock preparation to finished reel.
In this podcast, we welcome experts from the former A.Celli Paper, Luca Billi Sales Director and Chiara Allegrini Operations Manager and Alexander Wassermann, Executive Vice President, ANDRITZ Paper & Tissue to discuss the extra benefits now available for tissue, paper and board producers.
For more information, visit our website:
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#33 What difference can digital solutions make to the stock preparation process?
With rising pressures to reduce costs and increase productivity, paper manufacturers are constantly looking for ways to improve all aspects production. Inefficiencies in the stock preparation stage can lead to high costs, poor fiber yield, and inconsistent quality in the paper making process. The challenges are compounded by raw material variations, unexpected breakdowns, and a lack of real-time data on operational performance.
So, what can manufacturers do to tackle these issues? That's where Metris OPP (Optimization of Paper Production) and ACEs (Advanced Control and Expert Systems) come in. These digital solutions are designed to bring more control, efficiency, and predictability to the stock preparation process.
By integrating digital solutions like Metris OPP and ACEs, paper manufacturers can make real strides in optimizing operations and achieving both cost savings and sustainability goals. The future of paper production is smart, connected, and efficient.
In this podcast we take a deep dive with ANDRITZ expert John Schröder, Director, Packaging & Tissue Digital Solutions to find out how the combination of OPP and ACE can vastly improve the stock preparation process.
For more information, visit our website: https://www.andritz.com/products-en/pulp-and-paper/automation-and-digitalization-paper-en/automation-digitalization-solutions-stock-preparation
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