World’s first PrimeFilter D disc filters started up!

ANDRITZ has successfully started up next-generation disc filter technology with eight PrimeFilter D disc filters at Malaysia Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.

The new PrimeFilter D is the latest ANDRITZ innovation in thickening and fiber recovery, enabling the mill to handle higher feed consistencies and higher-freeness pulp, even in the most demanding applications, while in parallel offering significant improvements in operation and maintenance.

Malaysia Lee & Man Paper ordered a total of 15 PrimeFilter D disc filters for their four kraft paper production lines, applied as stock thickener and save-all disc filters in the white-water system of the PM water loops. After successful start-up of the first eight units, start-up of the remaining seven machines is planned for completion by the end of the year.

Malaysia Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited, established in May 2018, is one of the production locations of Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd. and has four wet pulp production lines and four paper production lines, with an annual capacity of 300,000 tons of packaging paper.

PrimeFilter D - Technically superior performance with less maintenance

ANDRITZ has successfully launched the new PrimeFilter D as cutting-edge technology in thickening and fiber recovery. The new disc filter is perfectly suited for all system applications with many different pulp types and leads the way for upgraded performance and reliability in fiber processing.