Encore Tissue Starts up New TT SYD at Australian Tissue Mill

Encore Tissue, Australia, has started up a new Toscotec Steel Yankee Dryer (TT SYD) on ET 3 at its Laverton North mill in Melbourne, Australia. The rebuilt tissue machine started producing high quality tissue paper immediately after startup. 

The Australian tissue maker purchased a second generation TT SYD of 3,600 mm dia. to replace an existing cast iron yankee dryer.

 

 

 

Following the installation of Toscotec’s Steel Yankee Dryer, Encore Tissue expects to increase the machine operating speed from 1,400 m/min. to 1,900 m/min. They also expect an increase in production and machine efficiency, and a real improvement of the finished product quality, from the point of view of homogeneity of the tissue structure. 

With this sale, Toscotec sets a new record in the steel yankee dryer market: 203 TT SYD units sold in 36 countries across five continents.

 

Toscotec Sales Director Marco Dalle Piagge said that "in the year 2000, we installed the first steel Yankee dryer in Italy. Eighteen years later, we have TT SYD units running in mills all over the world. We are proud of the technological revolution we have pioneered and of the journey—certainly not without obstacles—that led our company to an unquestioned leadership in the tissue market."

 

Toscotec R&D Director Stefano Marenco noted that "what we have achieved is an important recognition, but it will not be the end of the road. Toscotec is always looking for solutions that can improve the tissue process and reduce the energy cost. TT SYD is not an exception. Our R&D department is abuzz, and there will be new developments soon."