Metso's delivery will include a new top wire former, press section modifications, air borne dryer rebuild, dry end pulper rebuild, and a new high-capacity cutter layboy.
The rebuild will significantly increase the pulp machine's capacity. Brian Grantham, GM, Hinton Pulp, noted that "the upgrade to the pulp machine will allow the mill to produce more green power, reduce its natural gas consumption, and lower its carbon footprint."
Hinton Pulp is a division of West Fraser Timber Co., an integrated wood products company producing lumber, wood chips, LVL, MDF, plywood, pulp, and newsprint. The company has operations in western Canada and the southern U.S.
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