IPS Pulp and Paper Industry Solutions provide measurable performance improvements that help overcome the rising cost of energy, obtain more from your production assets, and conquer other business challenges.
IPS solutions help mills make better use of low-cost fuels-- such as biomass and black liquor-- and focus on reducing production variability and cull. Our unique solutions not only respond to the challenge of increasing profit without increasing fixed costs, they can help you address the aging and inexperienced workforce issues and demonstrate how to modernize your facilities despite a lack of capital.
IPS Pulp and Paper Industry Solutions are a proven method of optimizing every major pulp and paper process, including utilities. IPS has successfully applied advanced process control for batch and continuous digesters, brown stock washing, oxygen delignification and bleaching. Our multivariable predictive control capabilities are also used in lime kilns and recaustification, as well as recovery and biomass boiler applications. Additional IPS capabilities include controls for integrated QCS and automatic grade change on paper machines, steam distribution and turbine/generators, as well as thermo-mechanical pulp and stock preparation refiners.
By accessing and integrating real-time data from multiple systems, IPS solutions empower plant personnel to identify potential problems before they arise. The benefits of using these solutions are significant and measurable:
- Reduced Kappa variability by 50% or more.
- Stabilized digester levels and increase digester production by up to 5%.
- Reduced digester upsets by 10% to 30%.
- Decreased bleaching costs by 2%
- Reduced pulp final brightness variability between 5% and 10%.
Click on the links below to see how IPS industry solutions can help improve your operations. IPS has a network of sales, engineering and service offices, as well as other operating facilities on six continents, that are ready to serve you. To learn more, contact us via e-mail or call our Corporate Office at +1-469-365-6400 or Customer Service at +1-508-549-2424.