Alumina Trihydrate Flows Reliably with New Silo Design Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. - Baton Rouge, Louisiana The Need Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. produces alumina trihydrate which is calcined to make alumina, or it is dried and sold as hydrate. In addition to these two end products, Kaiser wanted to sell its wet alumina trihydrate. Kaiser needed a new, dedicated handling and storage system. According to Chess Millburn, a project engineer at Kaiser, “The handling characteristics of the wet alumina trihydrate were unknown to us. Just looking at the material, you could tell it was very different than the dry product. There was a general feeling among the plant personnel that we would have major difficulties handling it. ” Alumina trihydrate is used in the manufacture of aluminum

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