Andritz has received an order from Guangxi Chongzuo Lelin Forestry Development Co. Ltd. to supply a chip washing system and pressurized refining system for its production line near Chongzuo in Guangxi province, China.

With a design capacity of 80 bdmt/h, this will be the largest MDF line ever installed worldwide. The technological solution proposed by Andritz covers a chip washing system, a chip bin discharger suitable for high-capacity discharge rates, a 28" plug screw feeder for highest dewatering efficiency, an 84" digester and discharger with the latest C-feeder concept as well as an S2074M refiner with the proven swing-door design.

Guangxi Chongzuo Lelin Forestry Development Co. Ltd. is part of the Lelin Group, headquartered in Nanning, Guangxi, China. The company owns two biomass power plants as well as four wood-based panel manufacturing enterprises, which will have an annual fiberboard output of 1.3 million m3 after the new line is completed.