Reduce chemical consumption

• The main cost drivers are mass starch and surface starch, followed by strengthening chemicals and other process chemicals.
• Lower waste paper quality promotes the use of chemicals to keep strength parameters and/or machine availability at least stable.
• The prices and availability of different types of starch vary - sometimes greatly.
• Handling chemicals is sometimes tricky.

With our know-how, products and solutions, we can help you to reduce your chemical consumption as follows - and all while maintaining or even improving product quality:

• Improvement of the formation and thus
  • reduced starch consumption.
  • reduced need for strength agents.
• Reduced starch consumption thanks to modern cooking processes in starch preparation.
• Flexibility in the use of different types of starch.
• Reduction of cleaning chemicals by optimizing the cleaning process for wires and felts through better conditioning.

All projects presented…

• ... show that it is possible to save resources while reducing production cost.
• ... achieved consistent or even improved product quality.
• ... have a return on investment of a few months only taking into account the overall added value achieved.
• ... have been implemented many times - no prototypes or trial installations.

TARGETS ACHIEVED

• Starch consumption reduced by 330 t per year with the same production.
• Same or even improved product quality.
• Return on investment within a few months.

TARGETS ACHIEVED

• Reduction of the mass starch used by 12%.
• By improving the formation.
• Same or even improved product quality.
• Return on investment within a few months.

TARGETS ACHIEVED

• Switch from potato starch to corn starch.
• Up to 70 % savings in steam consumption due to significantly higher consistency.
• Same or even improved product quality.
• Return on investment within a few months.

TARGETS ACHIEVED

• Elimination of chemical shower system due to optimized felt conditioning.
• Elimination of chemicals required to operate chemical shower system.
• Increased service life of felt and reduced vacuum.
• Same or even improved product quality.
• Return on investment within a few months.