【Ten Years of Rapid Development in Chemical Equipment】From 1129 to 2023: Domestic development of specialized seals for reaction stirrers in ABS production units to replace imported ones

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This post was last edited by FishSwimmingInTheDesert on 2023-9-5 at 07:42. Over the past decade, there has been tremendous development in chemical engineering and technology; it’s truly a glorious era for China’s prosperity and strength! This post serves as a starting point for discussion; we welcome everyone to join in. It’s even more wonderful with your participation! [Ten Years of Great Development in Chemical Engineering Equipment] This is a continuously updated thread for discussions—feel free to participate: https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3576046-1-1.html. Let’s enhance our awareness of quality and promote high-quality development. ----------------------------------------- Recently, Gaoqiao Petrochemical Company put into use a special sealer designed for the reactors used in the production of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymer (ABS), which was developed independently by the company. 　　The dedicated sealer is a key component of the reaction stirrer in ABS devices; due to its special structure and complex manufacturing process, no such products are available in China yet. Due to the high costs of importing equipment and long delivery times, Takahashi Petrochemical explored developing its own equipment in April this year. 　　The company formed a task force together with well-known machinery manufacturers in the United Nations to carry out technical research by comparing key parameters and specifications of imported products, analyzing technical details in depth, and carefully formulating processing plans. During the equipment installation process, they worked closely together to efficiently carry out on-site inspections of the components and their trial assembly. The plant staff actively monitored the progress of debugging the specialized sealers, adjusting parameters such as temperature, pressure, and torque in a timely manner to ensure that all requirements were met for operation. To date, the equipment has been operating stably, with all parameters exceeding those of the imported equipment tested in 2005.