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Hengan Group Chongqing Starts up New Andritz Tissue Machine in China

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Hengan Group Chongqing, China, has successfully started up its new Andritz (Graz, Austria)-supplied PM 12 tissue machine. Hengan Group, a major tissue producer in China, now has seven Andritz PrimeLine machines in operation. Two more machines will be started up this year, both of them equipped with the world's largest steel yankees (diameter: 4.88 meters) for high-speed machines.

The PM 12 tissue machine (PrimeLine TM W8 model) has a design speed of 2,100 m/min, a width of 5.6 meters, and is equipped with energy-saving components such as yankee head insulation and a re-evaporation system. The scope of supply also included the complete stock preparation and machine control systems.

 

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