ABB has built on its established relationship with Cheng Loong Corporation by securing a contract to bring its L&W Autoline automated paper testing solution to a mill in Vietnam.

Cheng Loong Binh Duong Paper Company's mill in the southeast of Vietnam will now have the market's fastest and most reliable automated paper testing solution to deliver accurate and repeatable quality reports in minutes. The L&W Autoline will be fitted with modules for thickness, tensile stiffness orientation (TSO), moisture, bursting strength and grammage measurements - improving quality and saving time when compared to stand-alone laboratory testing.

The upgrade will replace the mill's manual laboratory testing, which, despite confirming final product quality does not capture all irregularities nor is produced in real time.

While Cheng Loong's new containerboard machines (BM2) will make use of the S model, which has space for six automated testing modules; ABB also offers the L&W Autoline L with space for 13 modules. Both models can handle everything from sample preparation to the final reel report with minimal operator involvement, all conforming to industry standards and improving mill efficiency.

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