2020-11-26
Sun Paper started up PM 39 successfully ahead of schedule
“We are cooperating with a passionate team”, stated Hongxin Li, Chairman of Sun Paper. “Voith is customer-oriented and highly dedicated to the work involved. We are impressed by the high efficiency of Voith’s project execution. We are looking forward to greater achievements by working closely together.”
The new line will release 450,000 tons per year and has become the single production line with the highest capacity at Sun Paper. As the 17th line of graphic paper grade that Voith installed in China, PM 39 boasts a width of 10.5 meters, a designed speed of 1,800 m/min, and will produce uncoated offset paper with a basis weight range of 50-100 g/m2.
The project once again demonstrated Sun Paper’s strong capacity in project execution. Despite the negative impact inserted by the pandemic, both parties from Sun Paper and Voith have quickly made adjustments. It took 16 months from order award to start-up. For example, the installation of the first dryer to the main equipment completion was done within six months, and the entire commissioning process only took seven weeks.
At present, the Voith-supplied graphic paper machines PM 21, PM 24 and PM 29 operating at Sun Paper have an excellent performance in terms of quality, profit, and efficiency. And PM 39 will further enhance Sun Paper’s competitiveness in this field.
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The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, oil & gas, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has more than 19,000 employees, sales of € 4.3 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.
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The Group Division Voith Paper is part of the Voith Group. As the full-line supplier to the paper industry, it provides the largest range of technologies, services, and products on the market, and offers paper manufacturers holistic solutions from a single source. The company’s continuous stream of innovations facilitates resource-conserving production and supports customers in significantly reducing their carbon footprint. With its comprehensive automation products and leading digitization solutions from the Papermaking 4.0 portfolio, Voith offers its customers state-of-the-art, digital technologies to increase the availability and efficiency of their systems in all areas of the production process.