Simplifying process in pulping

and coarse cleening process

New innovations
Where it all started
Fine screening process developement, 7 years.
Existing RCF-pulping and Coarse screening
Goal for developement
• Energy savings
• No accumulation of plastic
• Fiber yield increase
• Less equipment
• Simplifying process
• Space requirements
First ideas, all in one
First generation, RCF pulping and coarse
screening of TamPulping Oy 2007-2010

Coarse screened pulp forward

Still problem with reject accumulation
Final solution
SimplyOne Concept
Today’s leading edge
technology Main Assembly
4 1 2 1. Pulpers in two stages
2. Ragger if needed
3. Coarse screening rotor units
4. Reject washing
5. Heavy rejects removal three
places
6. Plastic reject compactor

6 5 3
Results

• HC cleaning and
• coarse screening
• Moved to pulpers
No Vats needed
Reducing main part
Of piping and pumping
 Comparison OCC-lines
existing and SimplyOne
Startpoint SimplyOne
Year 2000 Today Comments
Number Number
Eguipment 29 10 SimplyOne has only value-added equipment - 19
Motors 17 9 The less Equipment the less motors -8
Pumps 7 3 The less Equipment the less pumps -4
Tanks 4 0 SimplyOne do not needs tanks -4
Agitator 3 0 No tanks no agitators -3
Coarse Screens 3 0 SimplyOne do coarse screening in rotor units -3
Cleaneners 7 0 Wearing Parts and need energy
-7
Screening
plates 6 3 Wearing Parts -3
Rotors 6 3 Wearing Parts -3
Gatevalves 10 6 Valuable big valves -4
Reject removals 7 4 The more removals the more fiber losses -3

Consequence of the table:

Less building volume, electrification, control loops, piping, valves and operating costs

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Results in figures
• Energy 20-40%
• Fiber yield >95%
• Investment <20-30%
• Maintenance <10-15%
• Runnability no accumalation of plastic
• Space requirements, less than classic system
Rotor is key element

Rotor Screen plate Main features

• Standard rotor with tailored

dimensions
• Strong agitation and deflaking
• Possibility to feed dilution water
through the rotor to screen plate
• Small perforation screen plate will
be possible
Accepted pulp out Dilution water In

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How it works.
• Animation
Video
Balance example
 Rotor with changeable wearing
resistant front edge for recycled
paper pulpers
• Rotor can be equipped with
replaceable wear plates
• More durable materials can be used in
rotors in recycled pulp lines
• Cost-effective to change when wear is
a big factor

How to do it for an existing rotor ?

- Cut of old vanes
- Weld new vanes to center part
- Bolt wearing edges
- Make balancing

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Slotted screen plate for better quality and energy saving

• SimplyOne® slotted screen plate is

developed as a result of long-term
research for recycled fiber and
bale pulp
• Heavy particles can be separated
from recycled fiber and bale pulp
at an early stage in the process
• Narrow-slotted screen plate
retains the fiber bundles in the
pulper, giving them more time to
break down

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Slotted screen plate opportunities in bale
pulpers
• Keep the bale wire pieces and other
heavy particles inside the pulper and
they will not escape to paper making
process
• No cleaning elements like HD
cleaners, pressure screens or magnet
traps are needed in line
• Prevents any flakes to come out from
pulper
• No deflaking after pulper is needed

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What was the outcome of the developement project

Energy savings from 10 to 30 %

Fiber yield over 95 %
A lot less equipments
Means less maintenance costs
Good runnability , no stops for emtying the pulper
All kind of waste possible OCC, Mixed Office,
Wetstrenght, Tetrapak etc.
Example, Corex
Pori Finland
Rebuild from batch
process, fiberloss 35%
After rebuild
fiberloss 65% less
Capacity increase
100 TPD
Example TetraPak
Fiberloss 2-3%
TetraPak
Fiberloss 3-4%
 SimplyOne – Options

SimplyOne Compact – SimplyOne AddOn – Existing

All new pulper can be utilized

SimplyOne Rotor – New

and rebuilds
SimplyOne Compactor –
SimplyOne FibreYield – Light reject compacting
Fibre recovery and heavy
reject removal

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 Contacts
Göran Antila
• Sales
• Tel +358 500363018
• e-mail: goran.antila@prpulping.com

Perttu Huusko
• Sales
• Tel +358 400 798 633
• e-mail: perttu.huusko@prpulping.com

Jouko Hautala
• R&D
• Tel +358 400 631 778
• e-mail: jouko.hautala@prpulping.com
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