A paper machine rebuild or a digester outage replaces dozens of valves at once, and the removed valves are usually sound. Mills are good at keeping them, and bad at disposing of them, so the stores room fills up while the maintenance budget keeps buying new.
The mix is distinctive: stock and consistency valves, knife gates, large isolation valves, steam and condensate valves, and chlorine dioxide or caustic service valves in alloy and lined bodies.
Valve mix
What turns up in pulp and paper
Heavy, simple and built for abuse. Knife gates are among the easiest surplus valves to sell …
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Read → Valve type Gate ValvesThe workhorse of every plant and terminal. Gate valves are the most common surplus item in a…
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Selling into this sector
What to expect
Equipment from this sector usually arrives with a mix of documentation: some items tagged and recorded, some with nothing at all. Send what exists. A partial record is worth more than a claim that records exist.
Mixed lots are normal. We do not ask you to separate the documented items from the rest before sending a list.
Questions sellers ask
Do you buy stock and consistency valves?
Yes, including large mill-specific patterns.
Are mill valves usually documented?
Rarely to refinery standards. Nameplate photographs and a size list are usually enough.
Can you collect during a mill outage?
Yes, and that is often the best time, because the material is already staged.