Country Report: Mexico
Fabrica De Papel San Francisco recently celebrated its world speed record
of 2160 m/min set during 24 hours production by its PM4 tissue machine earlier
this year. The machine is an Advantage DCT 100TS model supplied by Metso.
The record holding PM4 started up in 2006. This year Fabrica De Papel San
Francisco also made a rapid start-up of its new PM5 tissue machine of the same
model. That machine reached 2100 m/min production speed in only 12 days after
start-up. The Advantage DCT 100TS tissue machines are equipped with a OptiFlo
II TIS headbox, a 16-foot Metso Yankee cylinder, Advantage AirCap yankee hood,
sheet control, tail threading equipment and an Advantage SoftReel P reel. The
design speed of the 2.6-m-wide tissue machine is 2200 m/min. “The world record
performance is achieved by excellent management and by operational skills of
the two tissue making machine crews in combination with state of the art equipment,”
according to Metso.
The celebration of the world speed record for tissue was held on 25 August
at the mill. A plaque was handed over by Jan Erikson, Metso’s VP sales, Tissue
Business Line, to Dario Palma y Meza E, Operations Director at Fabrica De Papel
San Francisco. Fabrica De Papel San Francisco now operates four tissue production
lines and converting facilities delivering tissue products for the Mexican market.
