PULP & PAPER

The pulp and paper industry is a broad and diverse one that uses a variety of complex processes to produce pulp, paper, biomaterials, and packaging materials/solutions from raw materials.

Unfortunately, fouling and scaling of equipment is a major cause of both process downtime and quality defects in end-products at pulp and paper mills. Traditionally, fouling has been cleaned up by using toxic chemicals and manual mechanical washing procedures. These require production interruptions, causing both production losses and increases in labor, water and chemical consumption.

The production losses caused by shutdowns can cost pulp and paper mills tens of thousands of dollars per hour, or more. Luckily, there's a solution: Altum's high-power, software-guided ultrasound. For example, we have extensive experience in solving fouling issues in recovery lines, including various black liquor evaporation processes.

Altum's innovative ultrasound solution prevents fouling from happening or efficiently removes it to ensure the process can function as intended with minimal process downtime. No need to stop production or dismantle equipment.

• Big gains in your process and manufacturing uptime by removing and preventing fouling when the process is up and running in, for example, black liquor evaporators and pipelines.
• Production and financial gains as you can produce more with less energy.
• Significantly reduce costs related to constant maintenance breaks.
• Reduce environmental impact of the operations by using less chemicals and water, while running the processes on more consistent, stable levels = Lower CO2 emissions