Recap of Last Week’s Spring Yankee Dryer Safety Committee Meeting
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TAPPI’s Yankee Dryer Safety and Reliability Committee 2020 Spring Meeting was held May 12-14 as a free event providing an opportunity for Tissue professionals around the globe to contribute toward solving Yankee Dryer issues challenging the industry. Yankee Dryers are one of the most dangerous and costly pieces of equipment of a tissue mill. TAPPI’s Yankee Dryer Committee’s goal is to develop standard practices, methods and solutions to ensure effective operations and maintenance while also improving the levels of safety associated with its operation.
With over 140 registrants representing production, converting, and suppliers, there was a perfect mix of opinion to ensure high quality content from a neutral position. Attendees of the meeting gained insights to solve specific problems while networking with other professionals in the field.
In this meeting various topics were discussed including:
- Yankee Failures Update and Current State Review by Magnus Hogman, Valmet
- Tech Talks on Measuring Surface Roughness by Toscotec and Fracture Mechanics of Welds by A.Celli
- Presentation on Visual Vibration Analysis by Dan Nower, RDI Technologies
- Various Committee and Working Group Updates
This year’s spring meeting was collaborative effort and TAPPI would like to extend thanks to everyone who participated in making the meeting a success.
Meeting minutes and presentations will be posted on TAPPI’s Connect Forum in the Tissue Community for TAPPI members to view. You must be a TAPPI member in order to access this part of the forum. For more information about TAPPI Membership please see the link below.
If you were unable to attend this meeting, TAPPI’s Yankee Dryer Safety and Reliability Committee will hold their Fall Meeting in October (as a virtual meeting) and the next Spring Meeting will be in conjunction with TissueCon in April 2021. Please stay tuned for additional announcements on future meetings and Yankee Dryer Safety and Reliability Committee updates.
Learn more about TAPPI’s Yankee Dryer Safety and Reliability Committee.
