Experience of Seventeen Compact Wet End Systems
Paul Olof Meinander · Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry · 2002
Ten years ago most papermakers were convinced that a system needs to be voluminous and heavy for controllability and stability. In order to improve grade changing dynamics, author of this paper began developing a compact papermachine wet end. The results have proven that compactness is beneficial even more broadly. Quoting Voith ¹ the trend is now opposite - systematic collecting and direct feeding of individual water flows back into system. In its gas less form this is actually covered by a POM Technology patent ².