CinchSeal® Ends Monthly Rotary Shaft Repair Material Loss Eliminated Customer Versuvius USA, Champaign, IL. Manufacturer of ceramic slide gate valves for Steel mill ladles Problem For over twenty years Versuvius USA faced a problem common to most users of dry bulk materials—raw material loss through faulty seals and frequent shaft repair. Leaky seals and shaft repair is a universal problem in the bulk handling industry. Vesuvius has the challenge of maintaining a batching area where it mixes sand-fused aluminum oxide with other foundry materials. Aluminum Oxide is a nasty, granular and highly abrasive material that provides high wear- resistance to the company’s slide gate valves. Versuvius valves are well known and respected for their success in the steel industry and in other highly aggr

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