Toscotec, Lucca, Italy, will rebuild the corrugated production dryer section of Smurfit Kappa Papelsa’s PM 1 at Barbosa mill, Colombia. The project will improve efficiency, increase operating speed, and boost reel gross production by more than 40%. The crucial point of the dryer section modification is the application of the TT SteelDryer technology throughout the entire paper for packaging machine, with five sections and a total of 42 dryers. The scope of the supply also includes an advanced rope-less tail threading system and sheet stabilization designed to reach an operating speed of 1,000 m/min.

. 

Toscotec service specialists will provide supervision, commissioning, and startup assistance. The order is scheduled for the end of 2016 and expected erection and startup for the beginning of 2017.

Steel dryer Toscotec technology is a well-known and proven solution with more than 1,200 units running worldwide, providing an extremely high drying capacity. The main benefits Papelsa is looking for, with the application of the new 11 bar coded TT SteelDryers are:

• Higher heat transfer rate thanks to the thinner shell thickness of the steel dryer 
• Wider drying face length with the same space requirements, leading to the possibility of drying a wider sheet width 
• Safer equipment. 

Smurfit Kappa Group’s (SKG) vision is to be recognized as the most successful paper-based packaging company in the world, with around 45,000 people employed across 370 sites located in 34 countries. SKG is located in 21 countries in Europe, and 13 in the Americas and is the only large-scale pan-regional player in Latin America. Barbosa Mill is part of SKG located near Medellin.