Six times `First Board` in Russia/Belaruss

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Six times ‘First Board’ in Russia/Belarus:
A summary
The magical ‘First Board’ was
produced at six locations in
Russia and Belarus in 2014.
This is reason enough to take
a closer look at the day “X”
in the life of a wood-based
­material production plant and
to introduce the six recent
­projects which demonstrate
Siempelkamp‘s market leadership in the region.
By Hans-Joachim Galinski
Whenever the deadline for the ‘First
Board’ for a wood-based materials manufacturer is drawing closer, all involved parties become increasingly more tense: Will
the plant concept, developed by different
teams from different countries, work?
The sale of each wood-based material
­production plant is followed by a complex
chronology of events including: concept
development, project planning and
engineering, design, development, ship­
ping and installation. Different nations
and correspondingly international teams
with different skills come together to
­develop the product.
The ‘First Board’ is the accumulation of all
individual factors working together and
puts the entire concept to the test. Are the
areas of mechanics, electronics, electrics
and all other components perfectly
­attuned to one another? Does the plant
meet the demands of the customer, for
example, in terms of capacity or board
density? If all these requirements are met
on the day the ‘First Board’ is produced, it
is a successful day for the manufacturerБл
and operator of the plant.
Three Russian and three Belarusian customers celebrated the manufacture of their
‘First Board’ in 2014. These six Siempelkamp projects, which partly started with
different conditions, achieved this mile­
stone before full ramp-up and three-shift
operation was reached. From market entry
to production expansion, each operator
pursues specific goals, however, they all
have one common denominator: With
Siempelkamp products all manufacturers
built on the knowledge of the machine
and plant builder from Krefeld which was
able to assert itself either in tenders or
against the competitors with its expertise.
This is proof that Siempelkamp‘s market
leadership in the Eastern European region
remains unbroken.
Christening of the new ContiRoll® plant at Uvadrev
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Siempelkamp in Eastern Europe: successful partnerships
from the former Tsarist Empire to the Russian Federation
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IKEA PB
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Plitspichprom PB
Kronospan MDF OSB
VMG Industry PB
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Ivatsevichdrev
Gomeldrev MDF
Mosyrsky DOK
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Retchizadrev PB
Wood-fibre insulation board
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PDK Apscheronsk MDF
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•Prior to 1939 Russia was already one
of the best customers of plywood presses and
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plants made by Siempelkamp
•After World War II the USSR ordered special presses for the aerospace industry
•Today the Eastern European business profits from an increasingly more important
role of the wood-based material industry in Russia, Belarus and other countries
•When making the decision to buy a Siempelkamp plant, operators rely on matured
technology and a tailor-made concept – this belief has prevailed in Eastern Europe!
Siempelkamp‘s results in Eastern Europe: ContiRoll®plants
Existing plants
Currently being installed
Orders received
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Existing plants
Currently being installed
Orders received
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MDF plant for Apcheronsk: Olympic standard
Location: Krasnodarskiy Kray, Russia
Customer:ZAO PDK Apcheronsk
(new Siempelkamp customer)
Press: ContiRoll® 8’ x 49.2 m with forming line
Product: MDF
Speed: 1,200 mm/s (designed for)
Board thickness: 3 – 40 mm
Capacity: 1,000 m3/day at 16 mm
A Ukrainian company investing in Russia is supported by
­German technology: Siempelkamp placed an MDF plant with
specific framework conditions in Krasnodarskiy Kray on the
Black Sea, close to the Olympic city of Sochi. Due to the
financial crisis the project chronology stretched over an
­
­extended period of time. The plant was designed for a s­ pecial
raw material: beech and oak wood which is expensive but
readily available in the region.
Additional scope
of supply:Project engineering, energy plant, dryer,
finishing line and storage technology
First board: August 2014
Outside grounds
Cooling and stacking line
Signing of the contract
MDF fiber dryer
MDF former head
ContiRoll®
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MDF plant for Gomeldrev: the complete package
Location: Gomel, Belarus
Customer:JSC Gomeldrev – new in the field of panel
production, but a big player in the wood
industry with furniture plants, saw mills,
dryer lines, match factory and veneer factory
Press: ContiRoll® 7’ x 37.1 m with forming line
Product: MDF
Speed: 1,000 mm/s (designed for)
This complete plant for MDF production is tailored to fit in
the customer‘s existing infrastructure. Gomeldrev ordered
Siempelkamp‘s complete concept ranging from the log feed
to the sanding and packing lines. The result: A highly flexible
production line designed for the manufacture of thin MDF,
HDF and LDF which are used in the furniture industry. The
company uses wood from the Aspen tree as the raw material
for production.
Board thickness: 3 – 40 mm
Capacity: 650 m3/day at 16 mm
Additional scope
of supply:Project engineering, front-end equipment
(debarker, chip production and storage,
resin blending system), energy plant, dryer,
all mechanic and pneumatic transports,
Sicoscan measurement technology, finishing
line and storage technology, short-cycle press
including automatic paper pallet storage
First board:
December 2014
Energy plant
Finished board stacking
Signing of the contract
MDF fiber dryer
ContiRoll®
Forming line
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Particleboard line for Retchizadrev: a customized solution
Location: Retchiza, Gomel region, Belarus
Customer:OSJC Retchizadrev
Press: ContiRoll® 6’ x 23.8 m with forming line
Product: Particleboard
Speed: 600 mm/s
Board thickness: 6 – 40 mm
Capacity: 650 m3/day at 16 mm
Additional scope
of supply:Project engineering, chip production and
storage, screening and separation tech­
nology, all mechanical and pneumatic
­transports, resin blending system, dryer,
Sicoscan, finishing line and storage tech­
nology
First board: February 2014
Forming line with ContiRoll® (left)
ContiRoll® press (right)
Signing of the contract (left)
Outside grounds (right)
This plant for the production of particleboard has a very favorable location between Russia, the Ukraine and Belarus.
Plant highlights include: This plant fits optimally into the
customer‘s existing infrastructure. With this order Retchizadrev changes its production from multi-daylight technology to
continuous pressing technology. The advantage: resource
savings due to the ContiRoll®; lower board density with the
same board quality.
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MDF plant for Kastamonu: largest MDF plant in Europe!
Location: Elabuga, Tatarstan (Russia)
Customer:Kastamonu Entegre A.S., Turkish woodbased materials specialist and regular
Siempelkamp customer
Press: ContiRoll® 9’ x 55.3 m Generation 8
with forming line
Product: MDF
Speed: 1,500 mm/s
Board thickness: 4 – 40 mm
Capacity: 1,845 m3/day at 16 mm
A reference project! This MDF plant meets specific requirements regarding the mechanical properties and board output. At high speeds it manufactures boards reliably and with
a high quality. Kastamonu is a long-term Siempelkamp
­customer that has ordered almost all of its plants from the
Krefeld manufacturer. The comprehensive scope of supply
for this order ranges from the 85 MW energy plant, to the
press line with Generation 8 ContiRoll® press, to the largest
Ecoresinator to date with a throughput of 65 t of fibers per
hour!
Additional scope
of supply:Project engineering, resin blending system
with Ecoresinator, Sicoscan, energy plant
and dryer
First board: May 2014
Fiber dryer (left)
Forming line (right)
ContiRoll® (left)
Outside grounds (right)
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Particleboard line for Uvadrev: complete with innovation booster
Location: Uva, Russia
Customer:Uvadrev Holding OAO, Russian wood-based
materials specialist, new Siempelkamp
­customer
Press: ContiRoll® 6’ x 30.4 m Generation 8
with forming line
Product: Particleboard
Speed: 650 mm/s (designed for)
Board thickness: 8 – 40 mm
Capacity: 950 m3/day at 16 mm
Additional scope
of supply:Project engineering, front-end equipment
including chipper, silos, flakers, screening
and separation technology, resin blending
system, dryer, finishing line and storage
system technology, sanding line. A highlight: the innovative particle forming station
Ecoformer!
Uvadrev enters into continuous production technology with
this plant and doubles its capacity at the Uva location. The
special feature of the particleboard plant: the particle ­forming
station Ecoformer! Construction started in December 2012,
when there were already freezing temperature prevalent –
and adhered to an ambitious time schedule. Due to com­
mitted and streamlined Siempelkamp engineering, the
­foundation could be poured all the way into the winter. The
order represents a jubilee: it is the 10th ContiRoll® on Russian
soil – and the 20th press line in the CIS since the beginning of
the 1990s.
First board: December 2014
Particle dryer
Christening of the Uvadrev plant
ContiRoll®
Signing of the contract
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Wood-fiber insulation board plant for Mozyrdoc: featuring high flexibility
Location: Mozyr, Gomel region, Belarus
Customer:
Mozyrsky DOK,
Press: ContiTherm® in forming line
Product: wood-fiber insulation boards, rigid and
flexible boards
Board thickness: 20 – 240 mm
Capacity: 1,078 m3/day at 160 mm
Additional scope
of supply:Project engineering, front-end technology
(debarker, chip production, resin blending
system), energy plant, dryer, finishing line
and packing line
Siempelkamp designed this plant for the production of highquality rigid or flexible wood-fiber insulation board – the first
one in Eastern Europe! The result: a multitude of board thicknesses, densities, and sizes. Furthermore, the plant can also
manufacture flexible insulation boards by using two-­
component fibers. The manufacturing method is based on
the ContiTherm® principle, a continuous calibration and
­hardening device.
First board: August 2014
Order sorting and packing system
Debarking plant
ContiTherm®
Cut-to-size line
Fiber dryer