Valmet Technologies Ltd

Numerola is our trusted partner, and we have been utilising their mathematical expertise for two decades now. Their experts know modelling and can tell us what is possible and what is not. This why they can keep their promises. We are familiar with Numerola’s capabilities and their way of working. When a need for modelling has come up in our product development, we have turned to Numerola. They are already acquainted with the special characteristics of paper machines and the needs of product development, which means that very little information exchange is required to get the work started.

I know from experience that Numerola makes every effort to ensure that the end result meets the requirements of the order, and the company has never been short of expertise no matter how challenging the project. Numerola’s experts have a desire to expand their expertise and solve new problems. They provide that little bit of extra knowledge and competence compared to their competitors. Our strength is paper machine technology, but when we need in-depth modelling expertise, we purchase it from Numerola. We have relied on Numerola’s excellent modelling proficiency in the planning of our product development investments. The cooperation has provided us with information and food for thought.

Our cooperation has now reached a new phase that will involve constructing a digital twin of a paper machine and developing services for the industrial internet. Since the paper machine is a highly complex process, creating a digital twin and conducting the necessary data analyses will present plenty of challenges in the coming years.

With the digital twin, we will be able to simulate and optimise the operation of a paper machine by means of a fully featured digital counterpart. We can also use it to shed light on paper machine processes that have thus far been unreachable in terms of measurement and optimisation. The process of creating the digital twin will progress one small step at a time due to the immense complexity of the paper machine.

Currently, we are working with Numerola to reduce the energy consumption of paper machine components, for example. In summary, you could say that the aim of our cooperation is to improve the efficiency, quality and reliability of the paper production process. We want to use modelling and data to develop the capability of Valmet’s paper machines to produce more value with less resources.