Stabilizing, improving, and optimizing plant performance with ANDRITZ APC^™

Remove bottlenecks, increase energy efficiency, produce higher quality products more consistently, and lower production costs.

Advanced Process Control (APC) is an enhancement of the basic process control aimed at delivering value to our customers in terms of throughput, quality, and cost. APCs utilize various technologies to optimize the process in response to business drivers with minimum resources without compromising throughput, quality, and cost targets.

The APC supervisory process management system autonomously optimizes the process area based on cost/value. APC is an automated “expert operator” that works to fully optimize a process.

The expert operator in APC is always fully attentive, never distracted, and achieves optimum conditions for the plant. APC can be implemented to determine the best setpoints so that the process can operate at maximum efficiency.

ANDRITZ APC^™ solutions for Paper mills

ANDRITZ offers a suite of Advanced Process Control solutions to enhance industrial operations

Control optimization with ANDRITZ APC (Advanced Process Control). “It works reliably – better than our best operator” is how APC multivariable, predictive, and adaptive controller is described by many mills.

The APC supervisory process management system autonomously optimizes the process area based on cost/value. APC is an automated “expert operator” that works to fully optimize a process.

Key characteristics:

ANDRITZ Knowhow built into Advanced Plant Control Advanced Process Control Libraries
Efficient and consistent deployment of controls
Embedded documentation of control functions
Available for final Customers’ deployment via a low-code

Measurable value to customers

At ANDRITZ Pulp and Paper, digitalization is all about measurable results. ANDRITZ APC delivers tangible improvements across key performance areas, helping plants operate more efficiently, reliably, and profitably.

What you can achieve:

Up to 5% production increase

Up to 5% cost reduction

Up to 40% quality losses reduction

Up to 1% mill availability increase

Up to 10% productivity increase

Up to 25% operator actions reduction

Up to 5% increase energy efficiency

These improvements are driven by multivariable, predictive, and adaptive control strategies acting as an automated expert operator, alongside continuous collaboration between ANDRITZ experts and the mill's teams. All of this aims to autonomously optimize process setpoints, minimize the impact of disturbances, and maximize throughput, consistent product quality, and cost efficiency across the paper mill.