Vibration monitoring on paper machine calender

Swedish paper mill Stora Enso Kvarnsveden applies vibration monitoring on the PM8 super calender to optimize its operation and extend the service life of the rollers.

The PM8 super calender has twelve rollers on one stack, half of which are soft (elastic) rollers that frequently become worn and corrugated and therefore need regular grinding. Worn rollers cause vibrations throughout the stack, which ultimately increases wear on all of the rolls. Excessive vibration levels in the calender will require speed reduction, in turn leading to potential quality and production losses.

Vibration in calenders is difficult to analyze with traditional vibration measurement. With the system setup described in this case study, the condition of individual rolls in the calender can be closely monitored, thus helping operators determine when and which rolls need to be replaced and sent for grinding.

Via OPC, vibration readings are exported from the online monitoring system to the Mill Information System (MIS) installed in the calender control room, where operators can easily keep an eye on the vibration levels.

With its three paper machines PM8, PM10 and PM12, Stora Enso Kvarnsveden is one of Sweden’s largest paper mills.

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CS_007B_SuperCalender_StoraEnso_SE.pdf English (United Kingdom) 2 MB 5/8/2014
Vibration Monitoring on Paper Machine Calender by Göran Almqvist This case study describes how to measure and monitor the condition of calender rolls in a paper mill using vibration monitoring.

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