Vasasensor offers PressEyes® for shoe press, a wireless sensor system that
monitors the pressure profile in paper machine press nips equipped with a shoe
press. PressEyes provides paper manufacturers with valuable information and new
variables in real time, enabling optimization of the production process.
Increased production
PressEyes’ increased control of the paper machine press section allows the
press nips to be adjusted to optimal pressure profiles. Through adjustment of
the press nips, the operator optimizes the dewatering process of the paper pulp.
This enables an acceleration of the web speed in the drying section which often
is a bottle-neck in the production process. As a result of this, an increased
production is achieved.
Reduced energy costs
Increased dewatering of the paper web in the press section, thanks to
PressEyes, reduces the need for drying the web in the paper machine dryer
section. This reduces the use of energy to dry the paper web.
Improved paper quality
The continuous monitoring of the pressure profile enables a consistent and
improved paper quality.
Decreased machine downtime
During full production, PressEyes can be used as an early warning system,
thus reducing unplanned machine downtime. Continuous control of the pressure
profile in press nips from the control room reduces time spent trouble-shooting
machine defaults.
Reduced amount of spillage
Increased control of the press section and less machine downtime leads to a
reduced amount of spillage.
It has been exiting to follow Vasasensor’s development of PressEyes. To
measure the pressure profile in real-time makes Vasasensor’s system unique.
The system will enable a groundbreaking method to study the pressure profile in
a shoe press – in an early stage being able to take measures or exclude the
shoe press as a cause of problem in the process.
Mr. C-G Salomonsson, The Packaging Greenhouse
