A vision comes true
Imagine a world in which everybody uses tissue! This does not seem unrealistic considering that tissue, unlike other paper grades, promises continuous growth of approx. 3.5% for the next few years.
The increasing demand will be met by existing tissue producers and their future investments, as well as by newcomers. Enhancements in production and end product quality will be a decisive success factor if these companies are to become or remain successful.
ANDRITZ has reacted to these future challenges and built the world’s most modern Tissue Innovation and Application Center so that customers, suppliers, and R&D institutes can test and develop tissue solutions.
Tissue Innovation and Application Center
Location
Graz, Austria
Grades
production of dry-creped, textured and structured (TAD) tissue
Highlights
1 machine with various different configurations, CrescentFormer option, shoe press, steel Yankee, TAD drums.
Trials and trainings for tissue producers, pulp producers, suppliers to the tissue industry, converters, and R&D institutes.
Gerald Steiner
Senior Vice President Paper/Board and Tissue
ANDRITZ
Franz Harrer
Head of R&D and Technology Tissue
ANDRITZ
The ANDRITZ stock preparation laboratory is able to investigate a broad range of physical and chemical processes. Ìt’s our daily business and passion to conduct research and development work by analyzing samples of various pulp types and sampling locations.
These might come from the pilot plant or from the customer — so to say your tool to perform trials and optimization work under the best conditions. A reliable way to predict the subsequent improvement of your mill’s performance! Stock preparation testing, such as: Strength analysis (tensile, tear index, porosity, burst index), optical analysis (dirt specks, brightness, color location, ERIC value), physical fiber analysis (fiber length, freeness, Somerville, stickies, Bauer McNett), chemical fiber and effluent analysis (ash content, COD, BOD), and sheet forming —can be completed in the laboratory.
The tissue machine laboratory enables research and development regarding basis weight, caliper, tensile, formation, and softness (panel method). The laboratory is equipped with precision scales, basis weight die, oven, caliper tester, tensile tester, light box, and PPF (Pinch Pull Force) tester. In addition, tests can be conducted in the laboratories of the Technical University of Graz.
With our hydraulic laboratory ASTROE, we have an internationally recognized institute for hydraulic development and investigation work at our disposal. Optimization on a computer using CFD and numerous model tests forms the basis of the high efficiencies achieved by the ANDRITZ pumps for the PrimeLineTIAC as well as for all kinds of pulp and paper applications.
