Another world speed record for Holmen
Feb 8 2010 Holmen Paper has achieved a world speed record for newsprint on PM62 in its mill near Madrid, Spain. The new record speed is 2,014 meters per minute.
Holmen Paper has achieved a world speed record for newsprint on PM62 in Madrid. Following the world record for the start-up speed of a newsprint machine of 1,640 meters per minute in November 2005 and the world speed record of 1,977 meters per minute in May 2007, the new speed record is the third world record set by PM62, supplied by Voith Paper.At a basis weight of 45 grams, an average speed of 2,014 meters per minute was reached on PM62 over a period of 24 hours on January 25. During the record run, for part of the time even top speeds of up to 2,018 meters per minute were reached.PM62 has a wire width of 9.6 meters. The machine concept has been developed based on Voith Paper's proven One Platform Concept.