The hidden Potential of Biomass Fuel Handling

20.05.2025

The bioenergy market is growing rapidly, driven by renewable energy demand, tech advances, energy security needs, and global decarbonization efforts.

While these developments are promising, one key challenge remains: the efficient and reliable handling of solid fuels for wooden biomass-based energy production.

FMW’s solutions are tailored to tackle the challenges of handling solid fuels in biomass power plants. They offer low energy usage, high levels of automation, efficient fuel preparation, minimal dust production, and lower labor demands—ensuring smooth, efficient operations from raw material intake to final processing.

Optimized Biomass Flow with Advanced Conveyor Solutions

Our chain receiving conveyor enables a quick and safe unloading of the trucks, while downstreaming conveyor systems such as air supported, conventional Belt and chain conveyors ensure smooth and stable material flow.

To ensure an optimal combustion progress in a e.g. fluidized bed boilers, impurities must be removed and oversized biomass pieces re-crushed, and a controlled and even mass flow to the boiler maintained.

Improve Biomass Processing and Protection

Consistent particle size and impurity removal ensure an even mass flow – essential for efficient and stable boiler operation. For biomass fuel preparation, FMW’s Disc Screen separates oversized particles into a Re-Crusher, ensuring consistent quality regarding particle size, while the Stone Trap and the Magnetic Separator removes contaminants and protects downstreaming equipment, and ensures a smooth combustion process into boiler. This supports maximum efficiency and stable operation in biomass power plant.

Storage Systems

Tailored Solutions, more than 60 years of FMW- Quality

With the ongoing development of the bioenergy industry, dependable biomass handling systems are increasingly essential for companies to stay competitive and succeed.
FMW provides efficient, safe, and cost-effective solutions that meet the industry’s highest standards. With customized concepts, innovative technology, and extensive expertise, FMW Industries ensures that bioenergy plant operators can confidently overcome operational challenges.
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Stora Enso commissions FMW Industries to supply complete, fully automated bale handling systems for the largest board machine in Europe (Oulu, Finland).

Feb. 30, 2023

Stora Enso is converting its existing paper machine at the Oulu site from coated graphic papers to the production of high-quality coated primary fiber-based board. With a planned production volume of 750,000 tons per year, the plant will be one of the largest of its kind in Europe.

FMW will supply the northern Finnish customer with four fully automatic pulper feeding lines with a total capacity of 2,700 tons of “virgin fiber bales” per day. Three production lines are designed for processing so-called “jumbo bales” with a total capacity of 123 bales per hour. The fourth line is directed for the preparation and processing of so-called “export bales” (market pulp). This can be adapted for a capacity of 220 bales per hour in the future.  

In order to make the recycling of the wire coils from the eight dewiring machines as efficient as possible, they are collected by a fully automatic magnetic conveyor belt system and transported to a collection container.

“We are very pleased that Stora Enso has once again chosen our solution. The order further expands our existing partnership and reinforces the successful commissioning of a similar plant in 2022,” said Managing Director for Sales and After Sales and Services Martin Größ from FMW. With its own developed process technology and automation based on the know-how of more than 150 references worldwide, FMW stands out especially for innovation, quality and flexibility. “For FMW it’s another important step to further strengthen its market position for pulp bale handling systems.”, says Managing Partner Felix Sorger.  

About the customer Stora Enso

Stora Enso is a leading supplier of renewable products in packaging, biomaterials, wooden construction and paper and one of the largest private forest owners in the world. Stora Enso’s strategy is that everything made from fossil materials today can be made from a tree tomorrow. Stora Enso employs about 22,000 people and had sales of 10.2 billion euros in 2021.

VPK Group Commissions FMW Industries to Supply OCC Pulper Feeding Line in Belgium

Nov, 19. 2024

VPK Group, a leading global supplier of sustainable packaging solutions, has tasked FMW Industries with this project. This significant collaboration, which also involved our Benelux sales representative XTECX, builds on FMW’s successful track record of supplying various systems to VPK Group plants in France.

The delivery scope includes a new OCC pulper feeding line for efficient and stable pulper operation, as well as a fully automatic OCC bale wire cutter (FMW Type AD1500-II) designed to cut the wires on both sides of the market bales, vertical and horizontal.

The state-of-the-art system, with a capacity of 1,200 BDMT per day, will be delivered to VPK Group’s Oudegem facility in Belgium. The commissioning is scheduled in October 2025, the delivery will also include transport and supervision services to ensure a smooth installation and start-up process. 

About VPK Group

VPK Group is a dynamic and innovative Belgian company specializing in the production of high-quality recycled paper, corrugated cardboard packaging, solid board packaging and cores. With a strong commitment to sustainability, VPK Group focuses on reducing its environmental impact while delivering exceptional value to its customers.