Stock Chest Agitators
Stock Chest agitators can be found in Pulp Mills all around the country.
Problem
A Wisconsin paperboard manufacturer was having leakage problems on their side entry stock chest agitator.
Before - Issues they were having:
- Water loss
- Bearing failure
- Major safety hazard
- Poor housekeeping
- Shaft wear and scoring
- Product loss
- Cost of maintaining packing
Solution
The customer installed a split, aluminum OFX air purged CinchSeal with hard coat aluminum rotor cups on July 1st, 2007, and the seal has been running without incident ever since.
After - Problems now solved:
- No bearing failure since 2007
- Improved safety and house keeping
- Shaft wear eliminated
- Product loss eliminated
- Cost savings by eliminating packing
- Unscheduled down time eliminated