Omnia Advanced Materials has started up PM1 at its Beaver Falls facility in New York, USA, following a successful rebuild by Toscotec. After an idle period, the paper machine was modified to resume operations with the installation of a completely new dryer section. PM1 produces highly customized specialty paper including gaskets, absorbency, and filtration media for numerous industrial and consumer applications.
Toscotec supplied the entire dryer section including 20 TT SteelDryers featuring a diameter of 1,250 mm (49.2 inches), a useful drying width of 2,175 mm (86.6 inches), and an operating pressure of 10barg (145 psig). It also applied a non-stick coating on many of the steel dryers to ensure effective cleaning during the papermaking process.
Toscotec developed a customized solution designed to deliver a significant increase in PM1’s paper width compared to the pre-existing width. The rebuild achieved its target of increasing the machine’s production capacity.
Founded in the 1950s Omnia Advanced Materials produces a wide range of tailor-made products including absorbent media (such as air fresheners, fragrant scent strips, humidity indicators), industrial filter applications in the F&B, pharmaceutical, chemical, and automotive industries, and gasket.
Toscotec designs and manufactures machines, systems and components for the production of tissue and paper & board.
