Replacing Legacy Motors: A Review of Medium-Voltage Equipment in the Paper Industry

Like some of us, the paper industry has been around a long time. Unfortunately, so has a lot of the installed equipment. There have been some upgrades and improvements to machine design over the years, particularly in the areas of insulation and condition monitoring. However, the installed base has not necessarily kept the pace, due in part to the reliability built into older machinery. Today´s facilities are under deeper scrutiny as system efficiency, machine reliability, and equipment condition-monitoring improvements are becoming the norm as the industry tries to position itself for the next century.