Wisconsin Rapids Paper Mill
Wisconsin Rapids Paper Mill
#16 Paper Machine
(45036)
- Built: 1992
Rebuilt: 2004
- Annual Capacity:
375,000 tons/a
- Max Speed:
4,200 fpm
- Trim Width:
240 inches
- Equipment:
Concept IV – MH Headbox
Top Wire Former
Press; Shoe Press + 4th
Machine Precoater
Four Station Tandem Coater
2 - 12-Roll Supercalenders
2 - Winders
- Basis Weights:
70 lb. - 146 lb./3300 ft²
- Products:
Premium Text and Light Weight Cover Fine Papers
Light Weight Digital
Graphical Board
#14 Paper Machine
(45037)
- Built: 1922
Rebuilt: 1988
- Annual Capacity:
200,000 tons/a
- Max Speed:
2500 fpm
- Trim Width:
145 inches
- Equipment:
Concept III Headbox
Top Wire Former
Four Station Tandem Coater
3 - Supercalenders
2 - Winders
- Basis Weights:
146 lb. - 238 lb./3300ft²
- Products:
Premium Heavy Weight Offset
Digital Products
Graphical Board
Wetlap Machine
(45092)
Pulp, Power & Recovery
- Total Production:
415,000 ADT/a Hwd
22,000 ADT/a Swd
- Pulp Utilization:
Internal Hardwood: 354,000 ADT/a
Hardwood: Maple, Birch, Oak
Internal Softwood: 22,000 ADT/a
Jack, Red and Ponderosa Pine, Tamarack
Stevens Point Hardwood: 61,000 ADT/a
Fiberlines:
#1 - 1968 Kamyr digester (Downflow)
Bleaching, O2D, DEoD
#2 - 1984 Kamyr digester (Downflow)
Bleaching, O2D, DEopD
- Recovery Cycle
3 – Recovery Boilers
1 – Lime Kiln
- Power:
2 – Coal Fired Power Boilers
1 – Natural Gas Power Boiler
3 - Turbines
Mill Recovery and Utility Processes
- Recovery
Recovery Boiler 1 (1968) 1.6 MM lbs/day, 200 klbs/hr steam @1275 psi
Recovery Boiler 2 (1976) 1.6 MM lbs/day, 215 klbs/hr steam @1275 psi
Recovery Boiler 3 (1989) 1.4 MM lbs/day, 188 klbs/hr steam @1275 psi
- Utilities: Boilers
#1 Power Boiler 1968 CE VU – 40 stoker grate design
Coal and Wood Waste – 250klbs/hr@1275 psi
#2 Power Boiler 1968 CE VU – 40 stoker grate design
Coal and Wood Waste – 250klbs/hr@1275 psi
#3 Power Boiler 1991 Zurn gas boiler
Natural Gas – 400klbs/hr@1275 psi (original design)
270klbs/hr @1275 psi (current actual)
- Utilities: Power
Turbine 1 (1967 G.E.) Extraction – 32 MW
Turbine 2 (1991 G.E.) Extraction – 40 MW
Typically providing from 65% to 75% of mill needs
- Electrical Energy
70 MW Total Mill Consumption
50 MW Total Internal Generation
- 75.8% renewable fuel (based on total steam generation)