Furnish Solutions

We provide fibre and

paper furnish solutions to pulp and paper

industry

worldwide

GloCell Oy

Tekniikantie 2F

02150 Espoo

Finland

Quality and cost optimization possibilities

in board applications

General

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SoftaCell™

Fiber Knowledge Multivariable modeling

Monetary Tools

GloCell’s business idea

We offer an unique business proposal for pulp- paper- and board producers that brings real financial value through combination of these

knowledge areas

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• SoftaCell™ primary function is to find and simulate the optimum furnish mix for different paper grades or board structures based on the potential of the available pulps and fillers

• With the help of SoftaCell™ optimal pulp combinations and refining ratios can be found in acknowledge of effect on final quality and cost efficiency of the mix changes

• In the program it’s easy to set limits minimum and maximum values for all the necessary quality parameter ranges and optimize without loss of total performance

How SoftaCell™ works

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Steering to use the best raw material combinations

available

Compare different options of raw materials easy and

fast

Cost efficient development and testing of new

products

Optimization of quality to customers

•Buy the right pulps

•Survey in which end products you can use same pulp grades.

•Channel right raw materials to right locations

•Find out technical potential in the end product

•Be able to see effects of material change fast on economical level

•Steering of R&D on higher business area level

•Point out the best and be able to forget the rest

•Be able solve customer problems

•Produce “quality good enough”

•Increase your pulp sales with SoftaCell™

SoftaCell™ can offer value for the whole corporation

Mill

level

Value added by SoftaCell™

Board tool examples

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Board Optimization

• The board structure can be created from furnish mixes or from individual pulps.

• All the layers can be individually optimized with mix optimization feature of the program and the results can be selected in the board optimization tool afterwards as different layers

• In basic version 3-layer structure in presented, which enables working with one, two or three ply boards

• Easy comparison • Grammages included

• Good exporting tools to excel

• Cost structure comparison

• Easy way to compare how different changes will effect on end quality properties of the board

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Optimize your production with SoftaCell™ How could it be done in board making as an example

Later on you would have

modelled multilayer board

structure consisting from

layer mixes combinated

from different types of

pulps, fillers and additives,

with spesific production

parameters and process

variables taken into account

These structures can then

be optimized within the

quality limits to suit your

preferences with SoftaCell™

Cost effect of different raw

material combinations will

be reported simultaneously

with changed quality

properties

In the beginning with triple

layer board optimization,

you would have a different

list of possible layer mixes

for top- middle- and bottom

to choose for

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Example on easy quality and cost comparison with single ply boards up to more complicated multilayer

board structures.

Sustainability issues with SoftaCell™

Certified wood content comparison example

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SoftaCell™ provides ability for

multivariable quality comparisons

between existing and new products

with simultaneous financial reporting

In this case it can be

stated that “New product”

contains 12% more

certified wood with

24€/ton less raw material

cost

Better sustainability creation with SoftaCell™ can also mean optimization towards less used energy in processing or increased use of recycled fibres

Furnish Solutions

We provide fibre and

paper furnish solutions to pulp and paper

industry

worldwide

GloCell Oy

Tekniikantie 2F

02150 Espoo

Finland

Thank you!

GloCell Oy

Jari Aittakari

Vice President

jari.aittakari@glocell.info

+358 45 858 8300