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A FRIESE Success Story

A FRIESE Success Story

In August 2008 SHARP International oversaw the installation of a new set of FRIESE C-flute corrugating rolls at Krafcor of Baltimore, Maryland. Krafcor saw immediate results.

Customer: Specialty Industries – Krafcor, Baltimore, Maryland
Single-facer: S&S HKE, 87″
Flute: C

Combined board samples were taken prior to and after installation of the new corrugating rolls.
The same rolls of linerboard and medium were quarantined and used for the before and after combined board samples.

Property
Unit
Before (old corrugating rolls)
After (new FRIESE rolls)
corrugating roll diameter mm 304.5 / 304.5 304.5 / 304.5
fluting height mm 3.63 3.50
pitch mm 7.940 7.940
number of teeth % 120 120
tension factor 100.0 89.7
tension 5.85 5.25
take-up factor 1.422 1.386
medium savings % 2.1 very quick ROI
Mechanical Strength
ECT – operator side % 100.0 102.4 2.4% increase
ECT – drive side % 100.0 102.3 2.3% increase

Combined board testing conducted by Gary White / Toledo Forest Product Laboratories, Inc.
Combined board samples supervised by Ralph Young / Alternative Paper Solutions