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How innovative roll handling equipment can increase safety and create energy savings in paper mills - Paper Technology International 2023

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How innovative roll handling equipment can increase safety and create energy savings in paper mills - Paper Technology International 2023
innovative roll handling
How
equipment can increase safety and
create energy savings in paper mills
Jonis Mahmutllari, Sales & Marketing Manager, MoveRoll Oy
INTRODUCTION:
Safety and energy saving are two of the most important considerations when it comes to efficient operations in a paper mill. Firstly,
and most importantly, is the safety of employees, as working with moving products and machinery can lead to potentially hazardous
situations. Every factory goal is to minimize the hazards and of course have zero accidents. Secondly, the safety of machinery and products
produced at the location are also an extremely important consideration. Damaged equipment can lead to production downtime, which is
highly costly in a paper mill; damage to paper rolls themselves are equally costly.
Energy savings have become an increasingly
important aspect of profitability for any business, especially
with the current energy crisis the world is facing. Therefore,
managers in paper mills must make sure that when making
new investments, the above aspects are taken into very
careful consideration.
One company constantly developing innovative Roll
Handling solutions, that offer increased safety and energy
savings is MoveRoll Oy, a Finnish based company. The
unique roll handling equipment of MoveRoll offers several
benefits for system integrators and paper mills.
The innovative products can easily be integrated into
current roll handling systems, and offer a simple and practical
way to gently convey, kick, receive and slow down paper
rolls. MoveRoll’s conveyors, kickers, receivers and braking
pads offer both easy installation and maintenance, resulting in
savings for both system integrators and paper mills.
Increased safety in paper roll handling is of utmost
importance for MoveRoll. When we are developing new products,
one of our first questions is always how a new product can best
improve roll handling and give maximum operator safety.
How do MoveRoll Conveyors increase safety in paper mills?
MoveRoll Conveyors are flat (40 mm) and have a modular
built. It is easy to install them on a level factory floor. The conveyors
use standard pressure elements to transport rolls in a simple rolling
motion.
Ramps or sloped floors in the finishing area are a very
often a risk to operator safety when rolling paper or cardboard rolls
move freely on them. Usually, the rolls gain speed, move in an
uncontrolled fashion and bounce back and forth heavily when they
hit against steel stops. Consequently paper mill staff working near
or on these ramps are at risk of getting hit by paper rolls or even
getting crushed between them.
With MoveRoll Conveyor however, ramps are not needed
anymore for moving rolling paper and cardboard rolls from point
A to point B. No decline is needed to initiate the rolling motion.
Instead, compressed air in the pressure elements actuates the
rolling motion and the pressure elements transport the rolls safely
and always at a controlled speed. That way changes in the rolling
direction are also avoided. MoveRoll horizontal conveyors use only
2.5 Bar compressed air to move rolls up to 10.000 kg. Such low air
consumption, and having no mechanical components, helps the
paper mill to significantly reduce energy costs in the roll handling
section.
MoveRoll Conveyors are safety engineered against power
failure too. If the compressed air supply should fail and the MoveRoll
Conveyor is mounted on level ground, the rolls stay where they are.
In case they are rolling, the rolls lose power and normally stop within
less than a 500mm distance.
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