Expert Insights: Improving Mill Performance with Paper Mill Consultants

For some of these questions, the answer might appear to be obvious. Evaluating the production capacity of a build-to-print manufacturer becomes irrelevant once a lead time is quoted. But, in this example, quoting a lead time for complex drawings and equipment requires your engagement with a manufacturer. Determining a lead time will take several days, if not weeks, to determine. These questions will help you evaluate potential manufacturing partners to create an initial pre-qualification list.

Mill Pain Points Paper Mill Consultants Address

At R-V Industries, we’ve been manufacturing equipment, servicing equipment, and providing consulting solutions for decades. This experience grew through the acquisition of LG Industries in 2001. By blending the expertise of both companies and creating a growing network of industry experts serving mills in the mid-Atlantic region, we’re ready to address in-mill experience gaps with creative solutions:

Mill Maintenance Best Practices

We’ll collaborate to understand your mill’s key performance indicators (KPIs) to guide, while educating, your in-house staff to improve the metrics that matter to your mill. Common KPIs we’ve addressed include minimizing downtime, eliminating breaks, raw material utilization, and usable product output.

Capital Equipment Engineering and Project Support

Our team has designed equipment for mills across the United States, including section replacements, integrations, and full-machine design. With engineering and manufacturing under one roof, we pass our manufacturability experience and guidance on to you during this critical stage of the mill upgrade or expansion process.

Project-Based Engineering Support

If engineering staffing is an issue, or additional expertise is needed for a specific project, our team augments your existing staff to keep project deadlines.

Safety Analyses

The R-V engineering team is capable of quickly spotting dangerous environmental conditions, such as mechanical hazards (pinch points), fall hazards, and electrical hazards while recommending design or equipment abatements.

Operational Efficiency

With process improvements or equipment upgrades, machine and mill efficiency can be realized through water removal and paper formation in the paper production process. This analysis incorporates our ability to reduce utility consumption.

Spare Parts Recommendations

Help reduce downtime with an optimal inventory of high-wear parts to reduce the risk exposure to supply chain-related disruptions. Customized spare part packages can be created for your mill.