PrimeReel for optimum web handling on paper and board machines

With ANDRITZ products, you have access to full-line services, from pulper to reel. In close collaboration with our customers, we listen carefully to your operational demands and offer our exceptional process experience from paper mills around the globe. Our smart design is the key to highest mill availability together with our maintenance agreements, which keep your equipment in perfect shape for a long lifetime. The ANDRITZ global initiative “Safety first” will help us achieve one of our major goals – keeping work-places and processes accident-free.

Safety first

• Smart design to avoid hazardous and crushing areas
• Large safety barriers for a high level of safety awareness
• Safe access for paper quality control during the winding process

Easy operation

• Easy access to all control desks and adjusting valves
• Good access and visibility when inserting empty reels into the magazine
• Reel operated by means of keys, touchscreen and keyboard/mouse

Less maintenance effort required

• Easy access to all control cabinets
• Cost-optimized spare parts inventory through use of standard parts
• Reduced maintenance effort required, e.g. through use of high-quality, maintenance-free bushes and joints

Partnership is the key to mutual success

• Maintenance agreements with focus on clear quality and profitability goals for continuous progress
• Spare and wear parts service
• Troubleshooting on ANDRITZ and competitors’ reels
• Safety audits to prevent workplace hazards and eliminate the risk of accidents
• Automation system upgrade to ensure a high level of availability and safety awareness
• Upgrade for all types of horizontal reels with our “plug-and-play” PrimeReel Hybrid solution
• Upgrades to individual parts, e.g. rubber-covered reel drum, reel spools, reel spool magazine, gravimetric or guided parent roll transport system, tail threading system, turn-up system

ANDRITZ offers the PrimeReel in four configurations: PrimeReel, PrimeReel Hybrid, PrimeReel Premium Hybrid and PrimeReel Premium Centerwind.

PrimeReel

Consistent paper quality thanks to high reeling uniformity in cross direction with reliable synchronization of front side and drive side. Controlled nip load during the entire wrapping process. Make use of the paper right from the first wrap.

The PrimeReel has the best performance level for all types of corrugated base paper and uncoated fine paper under perfect reeling conditions.

Should further investments be planned, the ANDRITZ PrimeReel is prepared for easy upgrade to a PrimeReel Hybrid - larger parent roll diameters, increased speed, winding of sensitive paper grades, etc.

PrimeReel Hybrid

Low nip loads possible down to 0.2 N/mm. Torque transfer established to parent roll through center drive. One center drive covers both primary and part of the secondary area.

The Hybrid unit with the “plug-and-play” system has the perfect design to upgrade all types of horizontal reels as well as providing improved safety and maintainability. In combination with larger parent roll diameters, the dry-end capacity can be increased significantly. The PrimeReel Hybrid can be used for any grade of paper and board and is especially suitable for highly sensitive and smooth grades.

PrimeReel Premium Hybrid

The center-drive hybrid design is combined with advanced controls. This product provides direct nip load measurement with nip load control as well as linear and frictionless loading of primary and secondary carriage guide.

The PrimeReel Premium Hybrid can be used for any grade of paper and board and is especially suitable for nearly all highly sensitive and smooth grades. The ANDRITZ PrimeReel Premium Hybrid comes prepared for easy upgrade to a PrimeReel Premium Centerwind, which can be used for winding all grades of paper and is especially suitable for special grades.

PrimeReel Premium Centerwind

The PrimeReel Premium Centerwind has two synchronized center drives with advanced controls. The full range is covered by center drives for both the primary and the secondary area. It is used for reeling of grades with a sensitive surface in combination with large parent roll diameters. The use of low nip loads provides even smoothness values in the top layer and core.

This highly sophisticated design is especially suitable for any kind of highly sensitive paper and board grades.

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