Liquid Packaging Board (LPB)

Pulping and Detrashing System

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 LPB pulping and detrashing equipment

 LPB pulping and detrashing system operation
 Reference LPB-line

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 LPB Pulping and Detrashing Equipment
FibreSolve FSV - equipment description

 Slushing unit
 Rotor
 Drive
 Vat
 Hood / Splash guard
 Foundation

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 LPB Pulping and Detrashing Equipment
FibreSolve FSV - slushing unit

 Rotor
 Screen plate
 Annular channel /Bearing housing
 Shaft
 Sealing

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 FibreSolve FSV Pulper
FibreSolve FSV - rotor

 Cleaning blades

 Mechanical forces

 Generation of pressure to increase throughput of

screen plate (spec. at high consistencies)

 Cleaning of screen plate with slanted shape

 Pumping blades

 Generation of good turbulence to enable

 High consistencies

 High sheer forces

 Increase contact with rotor

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 LPB Pulping and Detrashing Equipment
FibreSolve FSV – CFD simulation

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 LPB Pulping and Detrashing Equipment
Detrashing pump DP

 Big cross section areas

 Trouble-free operation
 Low wear

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 LPB Pulping and Detrashing Equipment
FibreWash drum FWD

 Open screen area from 0.123 – 0.6 m²

 Big accumulation volume, because of the slanted drum
 Over-mounted
 Two-threaded screw
 Drum cleaning via outside jet-pipe
 Easy inspection via two openings

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 LPB pulping and detrashing system operation
Feeding and pulping

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 LPB pulping and detrashing system operation
Detrashing - Discharge cycle 1

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 LPB pulping and detrashing system operation
Detrashing - Washing cycle

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 LPB pulping and detrashing system operation
Detrashing - Discharge cycle 2

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 LPB pulping and detrashing system operation
Detrashing - Washing and rejecting cycle

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 Reference LPB-line
Project Overview

● Furnish: 100% unused LPB

● Pulper feed capacity: 80 BDMT/d

● Line accept capacity: 35 BDMT/d at storage tower

● Final Product: Middle ply of WLC

● Start-up: June 2009

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 Reference LPB-line
Process Layout

Drum screen
FWD4 (Ø 12 mm)
11 kW

Pulper (20 m³) Detrashing pump 1st stage coarse screen 2nd stage coarse screen
FibreSolve FSVc (Ø 12 mm) DP300-650 ModuScreen C2R (Ø 2.4 mm) ModuScreen T2C (Ø 2.4/2.6 mm)
250 kW 55 kW 37 kW 55 kW

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Liquid package board (LPB) furnish

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Pulper before washing and cleaning cycle

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Rejects from Andritz FibreWashDrum

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