Case Study: GYLON EPIX® 3500 Pulp and Paper Manufacturer

The customer was experiencing flange leakage on a rotary valve that was such a problem it was named “The Tramatizer”. The constant failure of the gaskets allowed the ingress of air into the system which reacted with the sodium lignosulfonate powder and solidified it, which ruined the batch and rendered it unusable. The gaskets had to be routinely changed every 2 to 3 weeks to