Voith\'s SolarSoft provides tissue machine speed increases

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HEIDENHEIM, Germany, June 16, 2008 (Press Release) - A leading UKdivision of a global tissue manufacturer has converted a standardrubber covered suction pressure roll with 19.8% open area toVoith's SolarSoft polyurethane cover with additional blinddrilling, which has 31.76% open area. This change has immediatelyallowed a machine speed increase in excess of 100 m/min usingstandard machine settings.
This change is a major move forward. The standard rubber cover wasreplaced by a polyurethane. The tissue machine restarted withoutany problems. Without changing anything else on the paper machinethe speed increased in excess of 100 m/min, which leads to aproduction increase up to 5 tons per day.
SolarSoft is the latest generation in polyurethane covers of theVoith Paper Rolls Solar series. It is specially developed forsuction pressure and pressure rolls of tissue machines. The firstresults clearly show that the machine speed, output and felt lifecan be increased, as well as significant tissue qualityimprovements. Additionally, the high tear resistance and elasticityof SolarSoft provides a high operating safety and machineavailability.
Voith Paper is a division of Voith and is one of the leadingpartners to the paper industry. Voith Paper optimizes the paperproduction process through constant innovations. More than a thirdof worldwide paper production is produced on Voith Paper machines.
Voith sets standards in paper, energy, mobility and servicemarkets. Founded on January 1, 1867, Voith has a current workforceof 37,000, sales of EUR 4 billion and over 270 locations worldwide.It is one of the largest family-owned enterprises in Europe.