The new location, modern and functional, has been conceived to better meet the development needs of the group, while providing a stronger presence in the territory and maintaining its strong international vocation.
“The headquarters transfer represents an important new chapter in the history of Powermade and the entire Group,” said Adriano Lazzini, founding member of Powermade. “It is a significant step towards being closer to customers and looking at the future with renewed enthusiasm, determination and responsibility. With the same passion that has always driven our work in the paper and tissue sectors, we continue to design custom-made, eco-friendly and efficient solutions, in line with our ECO & LOGIC philosophy.”
The new facility provides an optimal environment to further strengthen the synergy among the group’s technical, commercial and production departments. In this more innovative and organized space, the team can ensure a more punctual and customized service, both for new projects and for the revamping of existing machines.
POWERMADE continues to invest in research focused on energy savings, consumption optimization and the reduction of environmental impact. The company has developed advanced drying systems, including high-efficiency hoods, new-generation LOW-NOx burners, hybrid heat energy generators and energy recovery systems such as the “Powermade Recovery Steam Generator” and smoke recycling systems for heat energy generation. Further progress has also been achieved in modern smart systems for steam and condensate control, which optimize consumption and increase overall machine capacity. Powermade also continues to develop solutions for environmental conditioning and the reduction of harmful emissions (NOx and CO), thereby improving not only machine sustainability but also operator comfort and safety. These are concrete solutions introduced to support paper mills in their transition towards eco-friendly, efficient and competitive production.
In parallel, the group has introduced new and innovative products to the market. For paper and paperboard production with fourdrinier machines, OVERMADE has developed a new inertial shaker capable of achieving impressive “shaking numbers” even at very high machine speeds. The new inertial shaker for the breast roll can reach both high frequencies and amplitudes of shaking, even for machines wider than 6 meters and operating above 1,200 m/min. In parallel, Overmade’s hydrodynamic support enable ZERO friction functioning at any shaking frequency.
By acting in the initial stage of the wire section, the benefits obtained on the final product are remarkable – not only in terms of mechanical strength, but also in sheet formation, as drainage capacity is significantly improved and chemical consumption is reduced.
The technical fundamentals of the inertial shaker are based on axial force generation, created by the rotation of unbalanced masses without introducing vertical loads on the machine foundation.
This is achieved through hydrodynamic principles that ensure ZERO friction sliding.
The control of unbalanced mass position at any moment is managed by a sophisticated control system capable of optimizing operation at any machine speed.
An additional advantage of this technology is its ability to be easily retrofitted to existing machines, without structural modifications – as already successfully demonstrated in a project carried out in the United States.
In line with the ongoing development of hydrodynamic technologies, further upgrades have been implemented on swimming rolls for both hard and soft calenders. Overmade now provides solutions with multiple loading zones (VCroll-E) and single loading sectors (VCroll-S). The hydraulic control system has been specifically designed to allow an extremely wide pressure range.
The low-pressure configuration is particularly appreciated in the tissue sector, where high paper bulk is required.
“The group’s investments continue,” said Eng. Marocchio, “to ensure the ability to meet the ongoing growth and challenges of the market.”
