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10 ANDRITZ
Tissue production – make it safe!
The operational safety of a high-speed tissue machine depends not just on lists of rules and
standards, but of inherently safe design. PPL talks to Thomas Nager, a specialist on the subject
at Andritz
voiding accidents and
unplanned downtime
by using the highest
safety standards
is one of the foundations of
producing tissue at high speeds
today. The industry’s safety
measures and concepts already
go hand-in-hand with the
continuing increases of machine
performance and capacities.
Nevertheless, this part of the
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tissue production process is
subject to great dynamics, as not
only technologies evolve, but
also awareness of the importance
of safety increases and the
regulatory framework changes.
In addition, the understanding
and interpreting of the guidelines
often varies by country and by
supplier.
“Safety is quite a complex area
for us as machine suppliers,”
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says Thomas Nager, machine
safety expert at Andritz. “On
the one hand we want to supply
the safest tissue machines on
the market, however on the
other hand we also want them
to be the most productive
machines when it comes to ease
of operation. We try to live a
culture that combines these
two, often remarkably divergent,
topics.”
Andritz has gone to great
lengths both to comply with
machine safety regulations, and
to go beyond them to ensure
that every customer enjoys the
highest level of safety in every
machine the company supplies.
Andritz follows three main
principles when it comes to tissue
machine safety:
l A safe machine ensures
the safety of the operating