TECO Pulp & Paper Industry Stock Prep Solutions

Solution Providers for Process Industries

Thompson Equipment Company, Inc. 125 Industrial Ave., New Orleans, LA 70121

TECO Stock Prep SolutionsHelping Our Customers Stay in

Business



The Business Problem

TECO Solutions



Stock Variability

Inefficient Production

Increased Costs

Poor Product Quality

The Paper Makers’ Business Problem



Labor

Energy

Lost Production

Increased Costs



Machine Runnability

Machine Stability

Production Interruption

s

Inefficient Production



Freeness Variability

Inconsistent Drainage

Unreliable Strength

Consistency

VariabilityBasis

Weight Variation

Production Problems

Refining Variability

Inconsistent Product

Production Problems

Stock Variability



Variability

• Increases likelihood that product will miss specifications like strength, formation, etc.

Inconsistent Product Quality



• Eliminate the Variability

TECO’s Solution?



• Stock prep products• Stockrite™ consistency transmitters• Consistency control systems• Brainac™ refiner control systems• Drainac™ freeness transmitter• BrainDrain™ refiner/freeness control systems• Refiner control optimization

TECO Products and Services



The Papermaker’s Business ProblemReducing Variability Refiner Control FreenessConsistencyTECO’s Stock Prep SolutionsSummary

Today’s Presentation



• Variability in Paper Stock Costs Money • Causes paper machine issues, ie runnability, breaks• Leads to inconsistent paper quality• Increases costs: labor, energy, lost production

• Reducing Stock Variability Makes Money• Produces consistent & predictable paper quality• Improves machine operation• Reduces paper breaks & waste• Reduces labor & energy costs

The Papermaker’s Business Problem



• How can the Papermaker reduce his paper stock variability?

• Through control of the refiner process– Refiner Control – Freeness Control– Consistency Control

Reducing Variability



Motor Drive

Manual Refiner Control



Gear Motor

Horsepower

Motor Drive

Motor Load Refiner Control



Gear Motor

Horsepower

Motor Drive

ConsistencyTransmitter

HorsepowerDay / Ton

Flow Transmitter

Note: you must have good consistency control for this to work

Specific Energy Refiner Control



Gear Motor

Horsepower

Freeness

DRAINACFreenessTransmitter

DRAINAC Sensor

Motor Drive


HorsepowerDay / Ton

Flow Transmitter

Freeness Endpoint Refiner Control



Gear Motor

Horsepower

Freeness


DRAINAC Sensor

Motor Drive


HorsepowerDay / Ton

Flow Transmitter

BrainacTM

TECO Refiner Control Solution



BrainacTM Refiner Control System

Available in three levels of control configurations• Motor Load (ML)• ML + Specific Energy (HPDT)• ML + HPDT + Freeness Endpoint



BrainacTM Refiner Control System

Stand alone refiner control

Plate safety monitoring causes automatic unload due to loss of pressure, consistency, etc.



TECO Refiner Control Solution

Gear Motor

Horsepower

Freeness


DRAINAC Sensor

Motor Drive


HorsepowerDay / Ton

Flow Transmitter Drainac©



Drainac© Freeness Analyzer

Electronics & Pneumatics Package

Riser & Analysis Chamber



Drainac© Freeness Analyzer

Fastest analyzer available (20-30 secs)

Available in several configurations• Stock Line• Low Pressure Stock Line• Open Vessel

Rental Program Available



Refiner Control Solution

Gear Motor

Horsepower

Freeness


DRAINAC Sensor

Motor Drive


HorsepowerDay / Ton

Flow Transmitter

StockRiteTM Consistency



StockRiteTM Consistency Sensors

C3000 C5000

C9700 HK



StockRiteTM Consistency Sensors• TMC6000 Transmitter

–Built-in flow rate compensation

–Built-in dilution control

• Output to control valve• Cascaded flow loop• Feed-forward mechanism



Refiner Control Solution

Gear Motor

Horsepower

Freeness


DRAINAC Sensor

Motor Drive


HorsepowerDay / Ton

Flow Transmitter

TECO Flow Meters



Flow Meter Remanufacturing

• Instrument Repair & Remanufacturing– All Makes and Models of Magnetic Flow Meters

– MicroMotion and E+H Coriolis Flow Meters

– Customized Solutions & Upgrades

– ISO 17025 Accredited Flow Lab

– Field Services



TECO Stock Prep Solutions

• TECO can solve stock variability problems better than anyone else in the Industry

• With TECO, you can optimize the control of your refining process

• Monitor & automatically respond to changes in stock



Summary• Stock variability is the papermaker’s problem

• TECO Stock Prep is the solution

• Reduce variability by optimizing control of the refiner process

• Brainac™ Refiner Control• Drainac ™ Automatic Online Freeness Analyzer• StockRite ™ Consistency• Flow Meter Remanufacturing



Presenter

Todd ThompsonPresident

Thompson Equipment Co.

Engineering

TECO Pulp & Paper Industry Stock Prep Solutions