Cartulinas CMPC Maule First to Buy PulpEye in Chile

Cartulinas CMPC S.A., Chile, an affiliate of Empresas CMPC S.A., manufactures and markets folding boxboard since 1951. It produces folding boxboard products in two mills, one located close to the city of Valdivia and the other in the Maule region of Chile. Inaugurated in 1998, the Maule mill is located 280 km south of Santiago and has an output capacity of its board machine of 380,000 metric tpy in 200 – 400 gsm. 

The PulpEye analyzer for BTMP production is initially equipped with modules measuring fibre and shive modules and the blow line sampler RefinerEye. In the stock preparation area, the PulpEye unit is equipped with a module for freeness. The order also includes a complete control package as well as the new PulpOnTarget package for calculation of bulk and strength properties on the end product.

"When the PulpEye online analyzers are installed, we will get an even better on line measurement and hence an improved on line process control," said Jorge Aldana, technical director at CMPC Papeles Business Line. "By having continuous data from pulp production, we will get reliable prediction of critical variables in the board machine, which will increase productivity and quality even further."

 

 

Juan Carlos Ruiz, regional manager at Elof Hansson International in Chile, said that "the PulpEye delivery to Cartulinas CMPC Maule is an important breakthrough into the Chilean pulp and paper industry for this top-of-line technology "I am very satisfied that Cartulinas CMPC Maule, one of the biggest folding boxboard mills in the world, will make good use of the technical possibilities offered by PulpEye equipment in their production."

The Maule mill began operating in 1998, is currently one of the most modern cartonboard mills in the world. The mill’s production process is equipped with a state-of-the-art control system that enables an efficient, high quality, and environmentally friendly operation highlighting the FSC® and PEFC ™ chain of custody certification. It is located 250 km south of Santiago in the Maule region.

The Elof Hansson Group (Gothenburg, Sweden, founded in 1897) conducts international trade in forest, industrial and consumer products across the world. Through its Industry Division, the products and services are offered worldwide within three business segments: Equipment & Components, Special Projects, and Pulp & Paper Projects.

PulpEye is an innovative measurement technology Swedish company, focusing on online applications and services in the pulp and paper industry. Its main product is the PulpEye pulp analyzer. The company has offices in Örnsköldsvik, Sundsvall, Västerås (Sweden), and in Ottawa and Vancouver (Canada).