From Stock Preparation to the Finished Product - An integrated approach to develop cost-effective solutions in Tissue, PaperCon 2010 Conference

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With the continued pressure to reduce costs, both manufacturers and suppliers have had to reduce head count to remain competitive in today’s world. The result has been the lack of resources to focus on common problems that compromise the optimization of the day-to-day tissue making process. Commonly seen problems are, variable wet-end chemistry and the overuse of wet-end chemicals resulting in unstable Yankee coating and deteriorated creping efficiency. The resulting less consistent tissue does not receive the attention it once did and without this ongoing optimization, machine performance, quality and productivity all suffer. Many of these issues can be traced back to unstable quality of incoming raw materials; process upsets in stock preparation and uncontrolled dosages of process and functional additives. All of these issues have a negative impact on the bottom line.