Fibre waste recycling plant in Latvia
Lahti Glass Technology (LGT) has signed a contract to supply a fibre waste recycling plant in Latvia. Instead of environmental problems and high waste charges, the method developed by LGT turns the customer's fibre waste into a new raw material for the process. The waste fee savings alone mean that the payback period is remarkably short.
The fibre bundles have to be chopped, shredded and dried in order to be reused. For drying, the mill can use the waste heat from the flue gases of its own furnace, which is sufficient to dry the fibre waste to its full capacity. After drying, the fibre waste is taken to the mills, where the chopped fibre is powdered and thus ready raw material for reuse.
The fibre waste recycling plant in Latvia is not the first for LGT. A similar plant has been delivered to Norway, but the one to be delivered to Latvia is a further development of the process.
"Whereas in Norway the fibre waste is shredded and taken directly to the smelting plant, in Latvia the fibre waste, after processing, is taken as a powder to silos, where it is added to the recipe as one component among many other raw materials", says Jamshid Shidfar, Sales Manager at LGT.
"The Norwegian project was an important and instructive case for us, which has allowed us to further improve our methods. Every case is different and therefore a challenge. That's the core of what we do: turning customer challenges into solutions. We are very proud of this project in Latvia," says Jarmo Näppi, Senior Advisor at LGT.
Image: Lahti supplies an updated fibre recycling process in Latvia.