Weyerhaeuser Orders Equipment from Kadant

Lightweight cleaners to enhance existing OCC system.

Kadant Black Clawson Inc., a subsidiary of Kadant Inc., received an order from Weyerhaeuser Co.’s Springfield, Ore., plant  for a cleaner system consisting of XTREME(tm) lightweight reverse cleaners and two Liquid Cyclone continuous reject cleaners.

The 775 T/D OCC system produces pulp used for linerboard production.  Installation of the new cleaners is scheduled for October 2002 with start up the next month.

Kadant Inc. is a supplier of a range of products for the global papermaking and paper-recycling industries, including de-inking systems, stock-preparation equipment, water-management systems, and papermaking accessories.