Xerium Technologies Books Order for 200th SmartRoll
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Xerium Technologies Inc., Raleigh, N.C., USA, this week reported that the company has booked its 200th SmartRoll™, the industry's first continuous pressure-sensing paper machine press roll based on the SMART technology. Xerium's SMART applications are all based on an embedded roll cover sensor system that provides constant, real time operating data to help optimize production, reduce energy consumption, and control costs.
"Since that first sale just over two years ago, we estimate that SmartRoll has saved our customers more than $40 million in reduced energy consumption and other cost reductions," said Stephen R. Light, chairman, CEO, and president of Xerium Technologies. "Reaching this SmartRoll milestone in such a short time demonstrates that manufacturers are hungry for technology that produces real performance benefits at lower cost."
This week's announcement marks the 200th SmartRoll that has been booked since entering full commercial availability as a single application in mid-2009. Xerium now deploys 14 individual SMART technology applications throughout the paper machine, all of which are based on the company's system for measuring nip pressures in real time, to analyze and optimize moisture removal in the press section.
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