Austria-headed international technology group Andritz AG has announced that it has received an order from Guangxi Chongzuo Lelin Forestry Development Co. Ltd to supply a chip washing system and pressurized refining system for its production line near Chongzuo in Guangxi province, China.
Part of Lelin Group, Guangxi Chongzuo Lelin Forestry Development Co. Ltd has been focusing on wood-based panel production for nearly 20 years. The company owns two biomass power plants as well as four wood-based panel manufacturing enterprises, which will have an annual fiberboard output of 1.3 million m3 after the new line is completed.
Andritz will supply a chip washing system and pressurized refining system for its production line near Chongzuo. With a design capacity of 80 bdmt/h, this will be the largest MDF line ever installed worldwide.
The technological solution proposed by Andritz, the value of which has not been disclosed, covers a chip washing system, a chip bin discharger suitable for high-capacity discharge rates, a 28” plug screw feeder for the highest dewatering efficiency, an 84” digester and discharger with the latest C-feeder concept as well as an S2074M refiner with the proven swing-door design.
According to Andritz, its extensive experience worldwide in high-capacity lines, as well as its well-established service network in China, were decisive in the award of the order.
