A large, national industrial laundry account was seeking process improvements from several vendors. Several water treatment companies were brought in to survey current systems, and propose solutions. Bench testing, and eventually field trials, would…
A Government service provider had 16 facilities in a managing district. Each of these buildings contained at least one cooling tower, along with other water systems such as closed loops and boilers. Operations at…
The customer is a large automotive parts manufacturer located in the Midwest, USA. The account has multiple cooling towers totaling just over 1100 active tons. The facility had two primary issues with their water…
A machine producing 90 tons/day of towel grades was experiencing stickies contamination on the wire. These stickies caused sheet holes and periodically caused a high rate of sheet breaks. The source of stickies was…
A mill producing brown paper grades, principally corrugated medium, was experiencing severe felt deposits with a competitive cleaning program. The competitive program was unsuccessful at removing both felt surface deposits and organic soils from…
A tissue machine producing 100% recycled toweling with a fairly closed whitewater system desired to reduce operating costs by increasing CMC (carboxymethyl cellulose) use and minimize use of a proprietary wet strength resin. The…
A mill producing Kraft specialty printing and pressure sensitive grades was experiencing poor press stability during on-the-fly felt washing. The competitive program provided insufficient cleaning and resulted in poor press felt dewatering performance. As…
A manufacturer of axles was facing a competitive threat from other manufacturers due to their paint quality. To address this competitive pressure, the customer began to investigate upgrades to their paint system for their…
The customer has two facilities; each has a zinc phosphate immersion line for pretreating fasteners with unique corrosion resistance requirements. In addition corrosion resistance, the zinc phosphate crystals provide a surface structure that allows…
The customer is a potato chip manufacturer. The manufacturer utilizes defoamer in two locations within the process of creating the chips. In this process, bins of potatoes are loaded onto a conveyor and submerged…
Industry News / 07.14.19
Matt Roeser, DuBois Sales Representative – Wisconsin, was awarded the Supplier of the Year by the Wisconsin Chapter of CCAI. This was primary due to Matt’s efforts and leadership within the association. CCAI works to raise the standards of finishing operations through educational meetings and seminars, training manuals, certification programs, and outreach programs with colleges and universities.
Training / 02.12.19
This conference will bring stampers and die shops up to date on new lubricants for stamping and tool and die machining, and help them evaluate new formulations and select the right lubricant for the job. Rick Bulter, DuBois R&D Manager, will be part of the training team at this event sponsored by the MetalForming magazine with support by the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers.
Recent Events / 06.18.18
The acquisition of U.S. Industrial Lubricants adds high temperature and food grade lubricants to DuBois product offering. Our high temperature synthetic oven chain lubricants are widely used in the fiberglass insulation, textile finishing, food processing, plywood, corrugated paper, automotive and many other manufacturing industries.
