Heidelberg Materials operates the Pacific Sounder barge to transport dry cement powder between Delta, BC, and Bellingham, Washington. Central to this operation is a DN600 (24”) main fill valve, supported by several DN250 (10”) valves that distribute the cement powder for proper balance during transit. For years, this valve position had been a high-maintenance point […]
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For years, the Port Alberni Mill faced a boiler vent problem that never seemed to go away. Every annual outage and the occasional unplanned shutdown ended with the same task: replacing the boiler drum vent valve. The routine became so predictable that the process became accepted as part of normal operation. But normal doesn’t always
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Across mineral processing sites, one issue continues to show up: push-through knife gate valves are often used in applications where they do not belong. This happens because mining is treated as a single category, even though it actually includes two very different processing environments: Concentrate processing, where push-through knife gates can work well when used
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