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TWM/1: What new technical developments and machinery launches have you made in the past year, and what does 2022 hold?

Çınar Ulusoy, General Manager, Innovative Converting Machinery (ICM): “In 2020, we launched our new 2,800mm wide VENUS V-Fold production line, which also includes PE packaging and facial tissue box filling machines. In 2021, we are introducing cardboard parcel filling and PE Bundling machines as secondary packing machines for the previously mentioned production line and existing ZENITH Z-Fold production lines. 

“In 2022, we are preparing to launch our new toilet tissue and kitchen towel rewinder with 700mpm rewinding speed. This new rewinder is going to include many new features that were never before seen in the industry.”

 

TWM/2: What features are you incorporating to minimise downtime between changes in print design, embossing design or roll format?

 “Printing units that we are launching in 2022 are going to incorporate smart self-print-registrating technologies that are going to reduce print setup time to seconds without needing operator assistance. In addition, we are aiming to reduce the embossing roller change time to minutes in our upcoming embossing units. “Furthermore, in our new rewinders we are going to be able to recall previously saved parameters like core diameter, log diameter, log length, log density for each product eliminating the setup in between product changes.

“Our main purpose is getting rid of manual settings in every machine, thus creating user friendly machines and getting rid of setup time losses.”

TWM/3: What advances have you made in AI / Industry 4.0 / digitalisation / automation, and how can the tissue industry further take advantage of developments?

 “ICM is preparing itself for mainly Industry 4.0 and other competitive edges of the future in the industry like AI and digitalisation. In this area, we are firstly working to create systems that don’t need operator assistance and can calibrate themselves. Then we are planning to use these systems to be prevalent in our range of products. We are also adding preventative maintenance options to our products.

“In addition, we are harvesting digital data from our products. All of these efforts have the main goal of satisfying our customers who are looking for Industry 4.0, AI and digitalisation advancements in the near future.”

TWM/4:What technologies are you implementing to improve your customer’s energy efficiencies? What are your projections for trends and needs here in 2022?

 

“First of all we are trying to use high energy efficiency equipment by collaborating with Rockwell Automation. If I had to give an example, we are able to use the energy of a slowing down motor in ones that are starting off or continuing their motion using regenerative DC bus supply. If there is no need then we are directing it back to system to be used by other equipment. We are intensively using many other innovative technologies in our products.

“Additionally, our main design principle is maximising operating performance which results in increasing energy efficiency. We believe that this is one of the expectations of our customers.”

TWM/5: What events/trends from the past year will shape the future of tissue and converting in 2022 and beyond?

“In the tissue converting side, as in the past bulkiness and softness will become more important each and every day in the future. In the packaging side, we believe that there will be a trend of exchanging PE based materials for paper and craft because of environmental concerns. This conversion is going to bring about the need for new machinery investment.”

 

 

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