European recycled board manufacturer, WEIG-Karton, had appointed Voith to rebuild disk filters at its plant in Mayen, Germany.
Voith executed the project by integrating its modern disk filter technology including BaglessPlus disk filter sectors and a new filtrate valve. The modern technology demonstrated improved filtrate values and reduced the maintenance costs for the European recycled board manufacturer.
Voith stated that the disk filter technology has been developed for BlueLine, a product and component range designed to keep energy, fiber and water consumption in stock preparation as low as possible. Voith disk filter components can be installed in machines from all manufacturers.
“BaglessPlus disk filter sectors made from corrugated stainless steel provide increased capacity by up to 15 percent to 20 percent while at the same time improve filtrate quality. Clear filtrate and super-clear filtrate quality have significantly exceeded customer expectations. Initial measurements recorded 180 ppm in the clear filtrate and 60 ppm in the super-clear filtrate. Since the high filtrate quality will remain unchanged during the entire lifecycle of the BaglessPlus sectors, ranging from 10 to 20 years, large quantities of fresh water can be saved. Moreover, BaglessPlus disk filter sectors are maintenance free, with holes in filter bags no longer being an issue,” Voith said.
