Lucart, Italy, has started up a new Toscotec (Italy) TT WIND-P tissue rewinder at its facility in  Laval sur Vologne – France. The tissue rewinder features two unwind stands and handles parent rolls of 2,900 mm width and 2,600 mm dia. at the maximum speed of 1,400 m/min.

Toscotec’s machinery is equipped with a slitting unit of 150 mm minimum width, automatic control of all unwinding and rewinding operations, and sectional drive system. 

 

 

The turnkey project includes Toscotec’s proprietary automation and control system. This recently developed system is integrated into Toscotec’s rewinder technology and guarantees a significant increase in efficiency and productivity. Supervision during erection, commissioning, and startup was performed by Toscotec’s Service division YES – Your Expert Service.

 

The new "state-of-the-art" rewinder serves the PM 9 tissue machine and represents another important collaboration between Lucart and Toscotec after the rebuilding of PM 10 in late 2016.

 

Lucart’s President Alessandro Pasquini noted that "Toscotec has been working with us since 2008. They have grown to become a strong partner for Lucart and we are now cooperating on a number of interesting projects. This new rewinder at Laval sur Vologne mill has been performing well and meets our expectations."

 

Lucart’s history goes back to the 1930s when the Pasquini family decided to set up a papermaking factory in Villa Basilica (Lucca). Today the Group’s total production capacity is more than 300,000 metric tpy with 10 paper machines and 58 converting lines.