Automatic Pulp Plant

Designed to efficiently handle, transport and store pulp

An Automatic Pulp Handling Plant is a complex system designed to efficiently handle, transport and store pulp within a manufacturing plant. These systems are essential in paper mills and industries that process cellulose to produce paper, cardboard and other derivatives. Automation in these systems allows for optimizing material flow, improving safety, and reducing operating costs.

The handling system offers advantages in terms of productivity and transport flexibility, especially between different floors and rooms, significantly increasing, compared to handling with forklifts, both the safety of the operator in charge of controlling the system and the quality of the product. The system is composed of: catenaries with pneumatic devices for cutting and extracting iron wires, tippers, shuttle for selecting and loading bales, load-bearing elevators on the lifting platform, conveyor belts and shuttles on sliding guides. Bale collection catenaries.

Conveyor Systems:

Conveyor Belts: Used to move large volumes of pulp in loose or baled form between different stages of the production process.

Screw Conveyors: Suitable for handling cellulose in powder or small pieces, ensuring a continuous and controlled flow.

Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV): Automatic guided vehicles that transport bales or pallets of cellulose within the plant, following programmed routes.

Storage Systems:

Automated Warehouses: Structures where cellulose is stored in an orderly and easily accessible manner. These systems use automated machines to stack and pick cellulose based on production needs.

Silos and Hoppers: For bulk cellulose storage, these containers are designed to keep the material dry and ready for processing.

Loading and Unloading Systems:

Automatic Loaders: Used to load cellulose into digesters or mixers. These systems can be synchronized with production to ensure a constant flow of material.

Discharge Systems: To remove processed pulp or process residues, often using conveyors or pneumatic systems.

Robotics and Handling:

Robotic Arms: Used to move, stack or orient bales of pulp, reducing the need for manual intervention and improving accuracy.

Gripping and Handling Systems: Designed to handle delicate materials such as cellulose without damaging them, using grippers, suction cups or other gripping mechanisms.

Automation and Control:

Management Software: The heart of the automated handling system, the management software controls the flow of material, optimizes transport routes, and coordinates the different parts of the system to function in harmony.

Sensors and Monitoring: Weight, presence, and humidity sensors constantly monitor the status of the cellulose and the system, ensuring everything is working properly.

Safety Systems::

Safety Barriers: Protect workers from moving machinery by blocking access to certain areas when the systems are in operation.

Emergency Stop: Emergency Stop Buttons and Sensors shutdown that immediately stops the system in an emergency.

Automation allows you to move large quantities of pulp continuously and without interruption, improving productivity. By minimizing the need for manual labor and optimizing the use of resources, overall operating costs are reduced. Automation reduces direct human interaction with heavy or hazardous materials, decreasing the risk of injury. Automated systems provide precise control of material flow, reducing errors and waste.

Automatic handling systems are typically used in paper mills, for the handling of cellulose from the arrival of the raw material to its integration into the production processes, in packaging industries, to manage cellulose as a raw material in various stages of transformation and in recycling centers, where cellulose is recovered and reintroduced into the production cycle.