Nippon Paper, Japan, has ordered a Metso (Finland) Pulp Expert automatic pulp laboratory for its Yatsushiro integrated pulp and paper mill in Japan. This makes a total of three Pulp Experts purchased by Nippon Paper during 2014. The first, delivered to the Iwakuni mill in spring 2014, will be followed by a second startup at Nippon Paper's Ishinomaki mill in December. 

 

Startup for the Yatsushiro Pulp Expert, installed in the mill laboratory, is scheduled for January 2015. The automated pulp laboratory will be equipped with measurement modules for fiber/shives, brightness with spectrophotometer, tensile, and tear. The mill expects to save considerable time and resources in routine pulp quality tests as well as facilitating further research and development in pulp processing.

 

The Pulp Expert, Metso explains, automates many routine pulp quality measurements to significantly enhance testing frequency and accuracy, enabling laboratory personnel to concentrate on more challenging process development tasks. It plays a major role in achieving better and more uniform pulp, leading to improved paper quality and stable runnability. It can automatically take samples and, depending on measurement modules installed, reliably test consistency, drainage, strength properties, porosity, bulk, optical properties, and fiber length from different locations in the process.