This is the challenge we tackled for a major player in the paper industry. The project involved replacing an entire wood-chip conveying duct. The original stainless steel duct suffered premature wear from the continuous flow of abrasive wood chips.
The result: frequent maintenance interventions and costly production line downtime.
PRODUR’s solution: instead of simply replacing the component like for like, our team proposed a significant technical upgrade:
🔹 Cost-effective refurbishment using DURPLAST S: an easily applied protective coating that avoids manufacturing an entirely new component. The customer sends the worn equipment to our workshop for direct coating application, reducing costs and turnaround times.
🔹 Custom engineering: precisely adapting the duct geometry to existing installation constraints to optimise material flow.
🔹 End-to-end support: from technical assessment to delivery of ready-to-install equipment.
The objective? To double service life compared with the standard solution, safeguard production and substantially reduce maintenance costs.
