Valve Maintenance
In many mills, pipes hang from the ceiling. As part of the piping, valves which are used to regulate flow must be operated from below. A recent incident at one of our member's mills, where an employee was hit by a valve falling from 25 feet, shows the importance of maintenance or possible replacement of those valves. He required six stitches, but because he was hearing a bump cap, his injury was not as bad as it could have been.
A description of the incident and the follow-up actions can be found here.
LATEST NEWS
RPTA Announces Recipients of
2022 Scholarships
Click here for details.
2022 Industry Profile Study
Registration is now open for the 2023 Annual Physical Properties Benchmarking Study.
The 2023 study will include the following grades:
- Coated Recycled Paperboard: 16, 20, 24, 28 & 32 point
- Bending Chip: 16, 20, 24 & 28 point
- High-Strength Tube and Core: 20, 25 & 30 point
- Linerboard: 26# & 42# and 31# & 35# High Performance (with at least 90% recycled content).
- Medium: 23 #, 33# & 40# (with at least 50% recycled content.)
If you have not received the required registration and sample submission forms, along with sample requirements, then click here to download the three documents. Samples must be received by RPTA between March 1, 2023 and April 7, 2023
Members can access reports from prior years at this member-only page.
2022 P-T Seminar
Presentations from the May Production-Technical Seminar, are available at this member-only page.
Summer 2022 Webinar
On July 13th we held a webinar on Making Product Suitable for Food Contact. The webinar recording and presentation slides are available at this member-only page.
2022 RPTA Fall Roundtable
On October 19th, we held an in-person seminar on Paper Machine Clothing Design, covering the impact of forming, press and dryer fabrics on paper machine operations. The webinar presentation slides are available at this member-only page.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Winter Webinar (Jan or Feb)
Felt Cleaning and Conditioning
Details to follow.
2023 P-T Seminar (April)
The 2023 Production-Technical Seminar will be held in Atlanta on April 24 and 25, co-located with TAPPICon. RPTA members selected these seminar topics:
- Safer Operations
- Fiber Recovery Optimization
- Process Data Best Practices
- Wet End Operations
The Seminar will be moderated by Jeff Lyman, VP Mill Operations, Ox Industries and Mark Murphy, General Manager, Westrock,
Registration and hotel arrangements are managed through TAPPI and details will be communicated as they become available.