Valmet has received an order for a new baling line and a cutter layboy rebuild as part of the Vulindlela project at the Sappi Saiccor mill in South Africa. The start-up of the rebuilt cutter and the new baling line is scheduled for the 3Q 2019. An order with this scope of supply is usually valued around Euro 4 million, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
The overall targets for the Vulindlela project are to reduce the environmental footprint of the mill and to increase its total production from 783 000 ADt/a to 890 000 ADt/a.
Valmet's delivery includes a new cross cutter roll, new baling line machinery with a bale quality system. In addition, a bale quality system will be installed on the existing baling line. The existing conveyors between the cutter and the new baling line will be upgraded to fit the new production. The capacity of the new baling line will be 1200 ADt/d.
The Saiccor mill is one of the production facilities for Sappi Dissolving Wood Pulp. The mill has the capacity to produce approximately 800,000 tons per annum of Sappi Verve, its dissolving wood pulp (DWP) grade, mostly for export market.
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