Flexibility in wet end operations can benefit your bottom line as you

• Shift grades between machines to gain efficiency

• Produce different products on an existing machine to maintain viability

• Develop new products to secure higher margins and additional sources of revenue

Shift Grades between Machines to Gain Efficiency

Shifting or extending the range of wet end operations can make your paper machines more flexible. In some cases, this flexibility can enable you to shift grades between machines to improve the overall efficiency of your mill. In other cases, this flexibility can enable you do more business with existing customers by offering a wider range of products in your existing grade line.

Produce Different Products on an Existing Machine to Maintain Viability

Many older paper machines struggle to compete in commodity markets. Some of these machines can be retired. Other machines must continue to operate to maintain the viability of the mill. Stoneleigh can help you identify practical ways to modify these machines to produce different products that better fit their capabilities.

Develop New Products to Gain Higher Margins and Additional Sources of Revenue

Some of your exciting new products might be made in a different range of basis weight, or they might use additives that strongly impact drainage on the fourdrinier. In either case the wet end of your machine will need a broader range of operation to efficiently produce both new and existing grades. In addition, a broader range of operation might enable you to produce a more realistic new product earlier in the development process, when customer responses are most valuable. Stoneleigh can evaluate your machine to identify practical modifications to facilitate your new product development efforts.

Many high end products need a particularly stable basis weight to run well through high speed converting equipment. Improving basis weight stability should be an integral part of your product development process. Your customers can benefit from higher converting speeds and better quality. You can benefit from increased sales and greater customer loyalty.

Some of your new products may require improved contaminant removal to enhance appearance or to boost converting performance. Stoneleigh’s broad experience with pilot plant trials and operations analysis can help you produce a better, more attractive product.

How Stoneleigh Can Help You to Run Additional Grades

Range of operation analyses

• Feasibility studies

• Specialized design services

• Thin stock system evaluations

• Technical support for pilot plant trials and machine trials

Stoneleigh’s services are customized to help you achieve your new product objectives