Papermaking Systems Group

On assignments throughout North America and internationally, Sandwell engineers bring exceptional strength to the challenges facing pulp and paper clients. We offer hands-on mill operations experience, specialized knowledge, comprehensive services from feasibility studies to all facets of design, engineering and project management for large integrated complexes and greenfield mills.

Sandwell's Papermaking Systems Group provides engineering services in the following areas:

Products

  • tissue
  • towel
  • market pulp
  • newsprint
  • groundwood specialties
  • S-C grades
  • fine paper/woodfrees
  • coated papers/boards
  • sack paper
  • linerboard/corrugating medium
  • recycled paper/boards

Mechanical Pulping

  • stone grinders, atmospheric/pressure
  • screening
  • cleaning
  • bleaching
  • TMP/RMP/CTMP/BCTMP

    • Stock Preparation

  • furnish pulpers
  • refining, low consistency/high consistency
  • pulp/stock screening
  • drum thickeners
  • disc thickeners
  • reverse-cleaner thickeners
  • screw presses
  • roll presses

    • Broke/White Water Systems

  • machine pulpers
  • screening
  • savealls
  • storage towers

    • Additive Systems

  • alum/alum dissolvers
  • size/size emulsifiers
  • starch/starch cookers
  • clay

    • Machine Approach Systems

  • cleaners
  • reverse cleaners
  • deaerators
  • conventional machine screens
  • slotted machine screens
  • approach piping
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    Pulp Machines

  • headboxes
  • fourdriniers
  • press sections
  • airborne dryers
  • flash dryers
  • cutter-layboys
  • bale finishing

    • Paper Machines

  • headboxes
  • fourdriniers / formers
  • press sections
  • long/extended nip presses
  • Yankee dryers
  • cylinder dryers
  • airborne dryers
  • extensible/Clupak units
  • size presses
  • reels
  • calenders
  • soft calenders
  • winders
  • tissue winders

    • Coaters

  • on-machine
  • off-machine
  • re-reelers
  • jumbo reel transport systems
  • supercalenders
  • single drum winders
  • colour kitchens

    • Machine Auxiliaries

  • vacuum systems
  • steam boxes
  • steam and condensate systems
  • lubrication / hydraulic systems
  • machine ventilation and heat recovery
  • machine drives
  • machine controls, PLC/DCS/scanners
  • roll grinders
  • cranes

    • Product Finishing

  • tissue converting
  • roll finishing
  • rewinders
  • paper finishing and converting