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Valmet unveils app to monitor performance of filter cloth

15 Oct '16

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Finnish producer of nonwovens production machinery Valmet has unveiled 'Industrial Internet', an application used for monitoring the performance of filter cloth in filter presses at the FILTECH exhibition in Cologne, Germany. Before the launch, Valmet did pilot trials in customer filtration processes with good results and has also received the first order.

Valmet's application is based on special equipment and RFID tags that submit information to be used in the follow-up and analysis of the whole filtration process. An optimal process leads to remarkable savings.

Depending on the size of the process, a filtration process may consume thousands of filter cloths per year. By gathering information with RFID technology, the application can analyse the performance of filter cloths and filters.

"We are able to utilise the information on cloth lifetimes, the reasons for cloth removal and cloth consumption to optimise the whole filtration process,” Sanna Uusitalo, product manager, filtration at Valmet explained. “In addition, this information helps process operators to better monitor the filter itself." (AR)

Fibre2Fashion News Desk – India