L&W Freeness Online has given the mill significant improvements in visibility of the mixture’s refining trends, giving feedback in as little as 5 mins, compared to 35 minutes from their previous control.
This improvement has enabled the mill to reduce waste of raw material at the start of the production process, as well as ensuring more efficient product changes, important to the mill as they have short production runs across a range of grades.
The ability to integrate L&W Freeness Online with their Distributed Control System (DCS) will increase visibility of data for operators, ensuring steadiness and uniformity for their production process. Since implementation, the mill has experienced high reliability in data accuracy as well as a significant reduction in sheet breaks.
“Effective cooperation between Ermolli’s Departments (Maintenance, Production and Quality) and ABB was a key factor to success. The collaboration made is it possible to install and use L&W Freeness Online comfortably, delivering great results. Also, great appreciation showed by Ermolli’s workers represents a reason for great satisfaction”, said Alessandro Fae, Quality Manager, Cartiere Ermolli.
“At ABB, we believe in sustainable solutions and customer satisfaction. Our L&W Fiber Freeness Online is a trademark solution known for its measurement quality and accuracy. It’s equipped with fully automated sample handling, preparation, and measurement for both freeness and fiber properties. Cartiere Ermolli is one of our key partners and their belief in our technology and solutions has resulted in significant improvements for the mill’s process and measurement team,” said Rahul Yadav, Global L&W Business Driver, Europe.
The implementation of L&W Freeness Online has ensured that the mill can remain competitive and optimize product quality, enabling operators to confidently monitor the refining process, while freeing up time for to focus on other areas for optimization.