From quality control systems to production management software, Honeywell provides the automation infrastructure paper manufacturers need to compete.
Paper and Sheet Manufacturing
Improve paper and sheet manufacturing operations
Maintain tight tolerances, reduce waste and enhance production across pulp, paper, board and tissue operations.
Maintain tight tolerances, reduce waste and enhance production across pulp, paper, board and tissue operations.
Drive Quality and Efficiency in Paper Manufacturing
Paper manufacturing demands precision at high speeds with rigorous quality requirements. Honeywell's automation solutions integrate quality control, measurement sensors and predictive controls to maintain consistent on-specification production while reducing raw material consumption and minimizingreduce downtime.
Maintain Tight Quality Tolerances
Our Experion MX quality control systems, with machine and cross-direction, enable high-speed operations to maintain tolerances across sheet profile. Advanced scanning platforms measure basis weight, moisture, caliper and other properties that feed data in near real-time to multivariable predictive controls to adjust actuators. The result is tighter quality specifications, reduced off-spec product and faster grade changes that can help meet demanding production schedules.
Integrated Automation Technology for Paper Manufacturing Operations
Common Questions About Paper Manufacturing Automation
Quality control systems use high-speed scanners to continuously measure sheet properties like basis weight, moisture and caliper across machine and cross direction. This data feeds advanced control algorithms that automatically adjust process variables like headbox dilution, steam distribution and rewet shower outputs to maintain tight quality tolerances.
By keeping production on specification, you can reduce off-spec product, minimize reduce sheet breaks and achieve faster changes between different paper grades.
Paper manufacturing companies can see substantial cross-direction weight profile variations improvement compared to manual controls or other automated controls. Multivariable controls may help reduce moisture profile 2-sigma spread. 3
Operations can achieve fiber savings through tighter target control or realize similar production increases by shifting targets. Additional benefits can include a reduction in sheet break recovery times and grade change durations. 3
QCS 4.0 remote monitoring continuously tracks the health and performance of quality control systems, automatically detecting issues like scanner misalignment, sensor drift or control tuning degradation. Honeywell can help diagnose problems and implement corrective improvement remotely, reducing the need for costly on-site service calls. This proactive approach helps maintain system performance and prevent issues from escalating into problems that cause production downtime.
