Welcome to the Kadant Toolbox, the official blog of Kadant. We know running an efficient operation with a reliable process is what your operational performance relies on, so we put our team to work for you to provide instruction, best practices, and technical know-how.
I had the opportunity to sit down with Jon Olszak and Mike Six, regional applications managers for doctoring, to discuss doctor blade tips and applications for the pulp and paper industry. Jon and Mike have over 35 years of doctoring and rolling cleaning experience.
Read moreWritten by Vicki Hunsberger on November 03, 2015.
During the past four decades, Kadant has supplied over 1,000 gravity and vacuum-assisted strainers to the pulp and paper industry. As the pulp and paper industry evolved, the need for a product with the advantages of traditional strainers that incorporated higher reliability, a simple design, and less maintenance was recognized.
Read moreWritten by Marcelo DeBoni on September 08, 2015.
The year is already half over and the marketplace is constantly evolving, so in case you missed it, these are the top five blog posts from the past 12 months based on popularity.
Read moreWritten by Vicki Hunsberger on August 11, 2015.
I sat down with Kadant’s Jack Allen, tissue applications manager, to better understand the tissue creping process and unique industry challenges. Jack’s work at Kadant focuses primarily on providing training to sales and service associates about the chemistry used in tissue manufacturing and supporting field trials of the new CeraEdge™ creping blade.
Read moreWritten by Vicki Hunsberger on June 02, 2015.
Five years ago our CEO, Jon Painter, brought the Kadant R&D teams together with a mission in mind: he encouraged step change technologies vs. incremental gains. For my team in the UK, this meant a revolutionary step forward for doctoring. Blades tougher than steel. Blades capable of withstanding brutal contaminated conditions; providing high value and excellent performance to our customers.
Read moreWritten by Dr. Mike Draper on April 21, 2015.
Because energy drives the papermaking process, steam is found in many energy streams in a paper mill. Steam is used to cook fibers for improved sheet strength, heat stock for improved drainage, heat process air for ventilation, heat dryers to dry paper, and selectively heat the web for improved gloss and smoothness.
Read moreWritten by Wes Martz on October 13, 2015.
One of the most dreaded words uttered in a tissue manufacturing facility is “chatter”. The thought of Yankee chatter makes many vendors, suppliers, and operators queasy. As tissue mill technology has evolved with improved controls, hardware, drives, clothing, and chemistry, Yankee speeds have increased leading to production limitations of the asset.
Read moreWritten by Jack Allen on August 25, 2015.
What do food, chemicals, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and tobacco have in common with the paper towels sitting on your kitchen counter? The answer lies in how they are manufactured.
Read moreWritten by Aaron Hickman on June 30, 2015.
The papermaker is faced with many challenges when trying to keep fabrics and roll covers clean. Contaminants are deposited and consequently forced into the void volume of fabrics, reducing permeability, creating holes in the sheet, and other runnability issues. In addition, deposits on roll surfaces cause picking or sheet marking.
Read moreWritten by Steve Fielding on May 06, 2015.
A newly installed steam injection water heater with a ½” vacuum breaker was experiencing sporadic periods where the vacuum breaker chattered rapidly and “spit out” condensate. Once the water heater reached its set point, the chattering stopped and did not reappear for hours. Chatter will eventually destroy the cage that holds the spring and ball-check in place on the vacuum breaker.
Read moreWritten by Jan Walter on April 16, 2015.
