Valmet winding

Highly reliable and high-capacity winding

Utmost reliability and capacity that definitely meets paper machine's needs - that's the best way to describe Valmet's OptiWin winder family. From OptiWin winder family, you will find right winder for each winding need for all paper, board and pulp grades.

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For all winding needs

Each winder can be equipped with different levels of automation. The winder can be upgraded for higher automation level or capacity. Check out the information about winder improvements - customized solutions that improve production or maintenance efficiency and ensure good customer roll performance at the printing house or converting plant.

The experience of over 500 winder deliveries and over 1500 winder modernization has established Valmet as the leading developer of winding technology. We offer advanced winding solutions for all paper and board grades and for all web widths.

Video: Behind the scenes of 1000th Valmet winder

Bulk-saving reeling and winding

Reeling and winding are the two steps in the boardmaking process where the bulk of produced board can be either preserved or ruined. Nip loads that are too high are the main reasons for losing bulk. Valmet’s combination of bulk-saving reeling and winding are essential for e.g. coated board makers.

Valmet's center-driven reels (OptiReel Linear and OptiReel Center) – precise load control and use of center drives minimize bulk loss and the uniques OptiWin Belt – the ultimate winder for FBB, nip loads are less than 50% compared to a two-drum winder.

The total bulk saving potential is up to 4% with a combination of OptiReel center-driven reeling and OptiWin Belt winding.

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OptiWin Drum two-drum winder

The OptiWin two-drum winder is renowned for its high capacity and utmost reliability. Winders can be equipped with splicers, reel spool handling, gluing systems, soft winding drums, drive control and many other features to improve quality, productivity and user friendliness.

OptiWin Drum two-drum base winder

The OptiWin two-drum base winder is renowned for its extreme robustness and utmost reliability. It is ideal for grades that tolerate a high nip loads, such as linerboard, corrugating medium, uncoated wood-free, and DIP news. The level of automation is high to reach high capacity.

OptiWin Pro two-drum proactive winder

OptiWin Pro winder has the highest paper machine capacity due to its faster sequences, and many advanced winding features.

OptiWin Pulp winder

The OptiWin Pulp is a two-drum winder specially developed for winding of both fluff and dissolving pulp. Winding of pulp differs significantly from winding of paper or board. Pulp winding requires different solutions, e.g. winding, set changes and tail threading.

OptiWin Belt belt supported winder

OptiWin Belt features the belt-bed winding method, which is renowned for its outstanding performance and unrivaled roll quality. Belt supported winding is advanced two-drum winding for demanding grades, such as coated board, LWC and release grades.

Dual Unwind for high-capacity winding

Dual Unwind is a fast way to make a parent roll change at winder. Double unwinding gives more production and higher winding capacity. Proven technology with a solid 10-year track record with over 50 references!

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Valmet Performance Center: Case Klabin PM27

Sep 12, 2022

This customer case is about Valmet Performance Center remote support for Klabin PM27. The video presents a concrete example on how we help and support our customers remotely with on-demand expert support and through performance agreements for long term process development, optimization and quality improvements.

Customer's voice: Valmet’s paper machines’ speed is outstanding at Liansheng Paper’s BM10

Oct 11, 2021

Valmet supplied BM10 at Liansheng Paper Longhai site is producing 125–230 g/m2 kraft containerboard with current speed up to 1,150 m/min and a daily capacity reaching 2,200 tonnes. This video gives you a look into the press section, winder and linear reel of the board machine. The customer also talks about the easy maintenance of the BM10 and about the possibilities remote connections have provided for them.

”Behind the scenes of 1000th Valmet winder”

Oct 4, 2021

Valmet delivered the 1000th winder with high-tech features to Palm Aalen PM 5. Even the smallest Valmet winders benefit from this know-how. The winder is connected to reel and automatic transfer rails, thus it can be operated in a safe and effective way while providing high production levels. Valmet will continue to deliver even better winding solutions for you also in the future.

100% recycled containerboard making line at Pratt Industries in the US, Valparaiso

Apr 11, 2019

Pratt Industries has invested in 100% recycled board production line supplied by Valmet. The PM 16 OptiConcept M board machine in Valparaiso, Indiana had an extremely fast and smooth start-up in 2015.

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Guangdong Shanying: dedicated to intelligent, low-carbon manufacturing

Dec 13, 2023

With their new PM 52 and PM 53 lines, Guangdong Shanying aims to meet their low-carbon goals while setting industry benchmarks for intelligent manufacturing. Close cooperation with Valmet has enabled rapid start-up and exceptional efficiency.

Mondi Ružomberok PM 19 – A complete delivery from OCC to board

Jun 7, 2023

Want to know the secret behind Mondi Ružomberok PM19's successful paper production? Check out this fascinating reference story that takes you behind the scenes of their new containerboard machine.

Palm Aalen PM 5 – a sustainable investment for the next 50 years

Oct 19, 2022

PM 5 at the Papierfabrik Palm Aalen-Neukochen site in Germany is the world’s widest high-capacity containerboard line. It is an investment for the next 50 years and has been producing high-quality and sellable board since the start-up in July, 2021.

Varel: significant capacity increase with Valmet’s winding technology

Mar 18, 2022

Papier- und Kartonfabrik Varel is reaching for an annual production capacity of one million tons of corrugated board during the next few years. To further improve the performance of its PM 4, it invested in Valmet’s state-of-the-art winding technology.

A 15-year collaboration has made Valmet an all-round developer for Liansheng Paper

Aug 12, 2021

During the past 15 years, Liansheng Paper has been deepening its cooperation with Valmet through several equipment deliveries to its sites in Changtai, Longhai and Zhangpu.

Traction for tightly wound paper rolls

May 26, 2020

With both the hard Valmet Winder Drum Cover TM and the soft Valmet Winder Drum Cover WG, we oﬀer you the best possible traction in the winder for tightly wound customer rolls.

Mondi Štětí’s PM7: Improved winder capacity and safety with Valmet's solutions

Apr 28, 2020

Mondi Štětí PM 7 wanted to free the finishing area of PM7 from bottlenecks. Valmet's solution was a fast parent roll change 'Dual Unwind' and automatic parent roll transfer, which increased winding capacity by 62%.

The intelligent giant - Bohui Zibo BM6

Dec 12, 2019

A giant was born when Bohui started their new BM 6 – the widest and largest of its kind in Asia. From the initial start-up to the conversion to printing paper production, machine optimization has been supported from Valmet’s Performance Center.

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Winder improvements

Our winder solutions improve production or maintenance efficiency and ensure good customer roll performance at the printing house or converting plant. The improvement process looks deeper into your winder to identify and solve known or hidden problems and to find opportunities for improvement.

Winder Diagnostics for board and paper machines

Valmet Winder Diagnostics gives detailed insights into your winding performance, helps to avoid unplanned stops, and increases the overall end-product quality.

Slitter management

Slitter management at board and paper machines was developed by Valmet to help our customers overcome winder problems such as poor slitting equipment condition, poor quality blades and bands, dull blades and bands, hand injuries and insufficient operator slitting process knowledge and abilities. Valmet Slitter management brings slitting best practices to your winder. Our services and technology include state-of-the-art blade design and materials, sharpness techniques, safe and easy slitter chan...

Workshop and roll services

How does your business sound like? Hopefully, there are no roll related vibrations, annoying production breaks or disturbing shutdowns. Valmet Workshop and Roll Services offer a winning combination of the latest roll technology and maintenance expertise. We help you eliminate unplanned shutdowns, increase the running times of rolls, improve the end product quality and lower the roll maintenance costs in long-term.

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