In August 2024, MM Kotkamills’ new Sheeting Center with two sheet cutters in Kotka, Finland was inaugurated. Pesmel’s next-generation in-mill logistics and warehouse automation solution is a core part of this 30-million euro investment.
With the investment, the majority of the sheeting can now be done in-house at the mill site, providing an efficient process. “Our new Sheeting Center with its modern technology enable automatic processing of cartonboard reels from production to sheeting,” says Marko Pekkola, Managing Director of MM Kotkamills.
“We are able to serve our customers faster and ensure even better quality of the cartonboard as the sheeting takes place in parallel with the production, and the cartonboard reels do not need to be transported outside the mill for sheeting,” continues Kalle Mäkelä, Production and Maintenance Director at MM Kotkamills.
The space available for the Sheeting Center and its 6,500-ton IRS (Intermediate Reel Storage) was very limited. “We chose the TransRoll™ concept because Pesmel was able to tailor an ideal solution for our specific needs,” says Teemu Nikkonen, MM Kotkamills’ Strategic Development Manager. “The available space was very limited. As the reels are moved and stored horizontally all the way, we were able to keep the system simple.”
Intense data-driven cooperation between MM Kotkamills and Pesmel was required to complete the dimensioning process and to fit the IRS between the Paper Machine hall and the Sheeting Center. Simulations with actual and target production data were carried out using the Pesmel’s Material Flow WMS Digital Twin, which was later used to train operators in running the system virtually.
The WMS (Warehouse Management System) is the key element in integrating the information systems in the mill with the Sheeting Center in tracking the material flow and managing the online IRS inventory control.
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