Case Study
Norske Skog Bruck Restores Automatic Basis Weight Control and Increases Paper Production with High Process Noise Diagnostic
Norske Skog Bruck Restores Automatic Basis Weight Control and Increases Paper Production with High Process Noise Diagnostic
© 2013 Rosemount Inc. All rights reserved For more information: www.rosemount.com Norske Skog Bruck Restores Automatic Basis Weight Control and Increases Paper Production with High Process Noise Diagnostic RESULTS • Increased paper production by 1.5% • Restored automatic control • Reduced measurement variation from 10 L/s to 2 L/s • Reduced raw material costs APPLICATION Basis Weight Control CUSTOMER Norske Skog Bruck is a leading global producer of newsprint and magazine paper, with 16 paper mills around the world CHALLENGE This customer experienced instability in the output from the magnetic flowmeter installed in the basis weight flow line. As a result of the instability and variation in the signal, they were unable to reliably run their basis weight control loop in automatic mode