Bekaert Solaronics supplied Kingdecor (Zhejiang) with two 6-rows infrared UniDryer® hoods for drying of laminated paper on its Paper Machine 1 in China, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
Thanks to its high energy efficiency and flexibility, the UniDryer® will achieve uniform total drying after the size press while maintaining the high-quality levels of the specialty paper.
The UniDryer® system consists of high velocity air flotation nozzles for an optimal convective heat transfer, high performance gas infrared emitters and integrated blowing fans. The combination of these features results in a fast heat-up, a high evaporation rate and ultimately in better paper quality.
The system will be equipped with Gem12E, the latest generation of Bekaert Solaronics emitters that allow an increased drying efficiency by approximately 10% compared to the regular Gem12 emitters.
Kingdecor (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd. is a joint venture established by Schattdecor AG from Germany and Zhejiang Special Paper Co. Ltd from China. The paper mill has an annual production capacity of 180,000 tons of decor base paper, which is being exported to Asia, North America and Australia.
