Southern Tissue Mill Reduces Cost

GoalImprove efficiency and reduce program cost.

<h6>Customer Challenge</h6> <p>A customer running low quality fiber was using a competitive wet strength resin to produce towel grades.&nbsp; The resin efficiency decreased significantly during storage, dropping between 12 to 28% lower than that of fresh material.&nbsp;&nbsp; Making matters worse was high system fines due to low first pass retention.&nbsp;&nbsp; The strength program lacked the technical services needed to drive positive results.</p> <h6>Recommended Solution</h6> <p>Solenis upgraded the existing program to Kymene 1500LV wet strength resin to improve efficiency and storage stability.&nbsp; Also, focus was placed on best practices such as feed point, dilution, fines retention and inventory management.</p> <h6>Results Achieved</h6> <p>During a run of 20# towel, Kymene 1500LV dosage requirements were 9.5% lower than that of the competitive resin for a program savings of $256,000 per year.&nbsp; VOCs were also reduced by 30 tons per year!&nbsp;</p> <p><img style="max-width: 100%; width: auto; height: auto;" src="/link/0f32bb63bb5445e3b34ce3d97c5ad9d0.aspx" alt="" width="2268" height="1365" /></p>