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It looks like just a big piece of scrap metal, but this may be the thing that most spoke for future preservation of the mill. The continuosuly running board machine from 19th century was one of the first in it's kind in the country, and it was operated over a century! That's an achievement.
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Brighter view to the subject.
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Wet end of the machine is basically the same as it was when built. They haven't remarkably modernised it.
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These metering tubes hung from ladders, like in an exhibition. In an environment any more unofficially visited, I don't believe they would lasted this long intact.
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Wet end's manufacturer plate. It would be even nicer if the support of catwalk side didn't cover part of the text.
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Wet end rolls.
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Dry end had been modernised. Noise was reduced with light metal covering. |
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Looking from the other direction.
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Rolls in the dry end.
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At the end side of the machine. Also the source of constant humming and surprising warmth was found here. It was a construction works' heater, which was on. I suppose so the building stays in better condition, but heating old and unused pulp mill seems still a bit odd.
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Supposedly a sort of board winder.
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Winder's plate. It is "only" about 50 years old.
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More machinery from Darmstadt.
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Doubled signal lights on and off for a thing called "radiator", located at the winder. Sounds nasty, but looks harmless.. Friend or foe?
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According to the warning, the radiator might actually be a litle bit harmful. Surprising to find nuclear stuff from a place like this.
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Introducing a new variable: mangnetointi.
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Maybe these are mangnetointi-meters?
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Main control panel of the machine.
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Conventional Valmet steam pressure meters.
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Some quite process related mmh2o meters.
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Again some very nice buttons and switches to play with.
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Pneumatic transmitter as it says.
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Part of the process diagram found from one of the office rooms.
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World domination of the factory's business displayed with needles. Considering how small producer they were, it isn't bad at all. They practically had whole Europe, and even some place in Africa.
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Old process control computer, whoa. I bet this has cost incredibly much when obtained.
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This office room had stored example sheets of the board they produced. All thicknesses and shades.
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Another office room was the lab. Equipment were minimal, just one table with these quick test indicators wax packets.
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This could be related to bleaching, but I'm not sure about that.
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A few pipes disturb greatly the attempt to take a photo to the hall from the pulp feeding reservoir, which is above the machine level. Probably it was so to facilitate pulp feeding without need to pump.
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Transmission wheels and belts between the wall and board machine wet end. This is the old part, so finding belt drives is no wonder.
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Another wheel. Belt is missing.
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Some motors were placed to a small room isolated from the rest of the hall.
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Switching center. Note said said that smoking was not prohibited, but the photographer hadn't boozed so he passed the opportunity. (Nowadays he's ended the bad habit. (the smoking part=))
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What does an opened transformer look like? To my surprise, it doesn't look like transformer at all. Actually it probably isn't one....
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