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Improve Pulp Production
Process and Reduce Customer Claims with Procemex Dirt Count Analyzer
The Procemex Dirt Event Count Analyzer is an online measurement system. It detects and classifies dirt and shives according to ISO and TAPPI standards providing both dirt count per square meter and dirt area per square meter (ppm).
Dirt that does not qualify as dirt according to the standard is rejected from the calculation. Beyond standards, some objects like metal wires, oil and special particles relating to different raw materials are detected and classified based on their shape.
With Procemex Dirt Event Count Analyzer you can improve your pulp production
process and reduce customer claims arising from shives and dirt in pulp.
With visual, real-life image you can attain and analyze information fast and make more accurate decisions. The most cutting-edge advantage is, that the system enables an early discovery of defects. This allows the operators to take fast actions, which result in more efficient production and improved quality.
Web Monitoring Solutions for Pulp Industry
Procemex Web Monitoring Cameras along the production lines provide additional eyes for operators and clarify what happened during the milliseconds when a web break took place. With sufficient number of cameras in the right locations, the cameras provide required accuracy and clarity about the root cause of an event. Additionally, integration with Web Inspection reduces downtime, helps the operators in handling production quality, and production efficiency issues with the help of the systems’s smart analysis tools.
Procemex Dirt Count Analyzer
The Inspected Web Area is up to 100% of total Production. By Measuring your full Production mills can:
- Reduce Customer Claims
- Reduce Compensation Costs
- Improve Pulp Quality
Compare Procemex® Dirt Event Count Analyzer and conventional systems
Key benefits using Dirt Count Analyzer
- Inspected web area is up to 100 % of total production.
- Dirt classes comply with ISO5350-2 and TAPPI/ANSI T563 standards.
- Camera pixel resolution of 0,1 mm: even smallest dirt is caught accurately under all conditions.
- An easy and illustrative graphical user interface.
- Compact inspection beam fits smallest machine positions.
- Connection with bale tracker systems.
- Belongs to Procemex One Platform Solution
Procemex Solution – Dirt Count Analyzer
- Provided a system based on Procemex 2.1 Mpix smart cameras and strobe LED light technology (Procemex One Platform Solution)
- Same type of cameras and lights were already in use on one paper machine at the mill.
- Procemex strobe LED lights easily penetrated the hardwood pulp and produced crystal clear and extremely detailed images and measurement.
- Procemex® Dirt Count Analyzer measures 3 out of 7 bales. As the measurement frame reaches already across the machine, it is easy to add cameras and measure all bales later on – if needed.
- Dirt count data transferred to the mill quality system
Results with Procemex Dirt Count Analyzer
Procemex® Dirt Count Analyzer Displays
- Trends
- Per bale view
- Per set view
The system’s simple yet advanced design solutions offer unlimited potential for customization. In addition to quality data transfer, Procemex® Dirt Count Analyzer is widely accessible from other mill systems via various links and database view – connections. The most cutting-edge advantage the customer experienced was the early discovery of defects. This allowed their operators to take fast actions, which ultimately resulted in more efficient production and improved quality.
How the Dirt Count Analyzing Process Works?
The Procemex® Pulp Dirt Count Analyzer is an online measurement system. Dirt detector classifies pulp dirt and shives according to ISO and TAPPI standards providing both dirt count per square meter and dirt area per square meter (ppm).
Dirt that does not qualify a dirt according to the standard is rejected from the calculation. Beyond standards, some objects like metal wires, oil and special particles relating to different raw materials are detected and classified based on their shape.
The Procemex® Dirt Count Analyzer is measuring in transmission with strobe LED lights with the camera resolution of 0.1 x 0.1 mm to meet TAPPI/ISO standards. You can choose between full CD/MD coverage or one camera per bale or just few measurement points.
The Procemex® Dirt Count Analyzer detects dirt in real time and stores every defect individually into the system database. The dirt detector keeps operators up to date with the amount of defect per set, per bale and per time. The amount of dirt in each bale is indicated both in real time values and with color coding. Operators can monitor real time dirt count trends indicating process changes and enable fast corrective reaction.
The dirt detector values are transferred to the customer quality data management and bale tracking systems providing an easy access to any of the historical information.
Case Story – Pulp Mill
The Starting Point
The customer had an existing dirt detector system. The ‘black box’ type of a system provided a dirt count number from one measurement spot.
Their current system was getting old, and there were issues with support and spare part availability. They wanted a modern online Dirt Count Analyzer with a classification function that complies with the ISO-5350-2 specification.
Procemex Solution
- Provided a system based on Procemex 2.1 Mpix smart cameras and strobe LED light technology Same type of cameras and lights were already in use on one paper machine at the mill.
- Procemex strobe LED lights easily penetrated the hardwood pulp and produced crystal clear and extremely detailed images and measurement.
- Procemex® Dirt Count Analyzer measures 3 out of 7 bales. As the measurement frame reaches already across the machine, it is easy to add cameras and measure all bales later on – if needed.
- Dirt count data transferred to the mill quality system
Results
Procemex® Dirt Count Analyzer Displays
- Trends
- Per bale view
- Per set view
The system’s simple yet advanced design solutions offer unlimited potential for customization. In addition to quality data transfer, Procemex® Dirt Count Analyzer is widely accessible from other mill systems via various links and database view – connections. The most cutting-edge advantage the customer experienced was the early discovery of defects. This allowed their operators to take fast actions, which ultimately resulted in more efficient production and improved quality.
When Speed Matters
It’s not just a number on screen. With visual, real-life image you can attain and analyze information fast and make more accurate decisions.
Further reading: Reduction in Compensation Costs in Pulp Mill Production (published on Cision news)
