BillerudKorsn?s and SKF are partnering to reduce maintenance costs and improve production output and sustainability performance at Karlsborg Mill in Kalix, Sweden.
Real-time data from a new system with 480 connected condition monitoring points at Karlsborg willl be analyzed at SKF¡¯s Rotating Equipment Performance Center in Gothenburg. Combined with a new, performance-based business model, smarter and faster decisions can be made by the mill¡¯s operators and SKF¡¯s engineers, in order to improve Karlsborg mill¡¯s performance.
In addition to improved output, these insights, combined with SKFs knowledge of the rotating shaft and lubrication management will help to reduce the mill¡¯s overall consumption of bearings, seals and lubrication fluids. In doing so, SKF is able to support the mill¡¯s ambitions to minimize the environmental impact of its operations, whilst also reducing costs.
Petra Einarsson, President and CEO, BillerudKorsn?s, says: ¡°We are constantly working to improve efficiency in our production together with improvements of stability and safety. This is a step forward for Karlsborg and BillerudKorsn?s.¡±
Alrik Danielson, President and CEO, SKF, says: ¡°By working together, we enable faster, better decision making by operators, improving output and helping machines perform as they were designed to. By adopting a performance-based business model, we directly align our interests with those of the customer, helping to improve their performance, whilst reducing the unnecessary waste that results from a transactional business model.¡±
Karlsborg Mill produces over 300.000 tonnes per year of packaging and kraft paper.
