Kadant

Kadant Inc., an American maker of components and engineered systems for the process industries, is seated in Westford, Massachusetts. Its three segments, Flow Control, Industrial Processing and Material Handling, bring together rotary sealing and fluid-handling gear, doctoring and cleaning systems, stock-prep and wood-processing machinery, and bulk-handling units for moving solids.

ZHIMAI delivers Kadant equipment and spare parts to process plants worldwide from China, with sourcing reach across China, Asia and international suppliers. For legacy or hard-to-find parts we pinpoint the current equivalent and manage procurement, freight and customs throughout, subject to compliance screening.

Typical product lines we supply:

• Rotary joints and fluid-handling systems: Kadant Johnson rotary joints, precision rotary unions, syphons, Turbulator bars and engineered steam-and-condensate systems that transfer steam, water and oil between fixed piping and rotating components.
• Doctoring, cleaning and filtration: Doctor systems and holders, doctor blades, cleaning showers, fabric-conditioning and forming systems, plus water-filtration and process-water recycling equipment.
• Stock preparation and fiber processing: Black Clawson, Lamort and Noss pulping, screening, cleaning, refining, deinking and approach-flow systems for recycled and virgin fiber preparation.
• Wood processing: Nicholson ring and rotary debarkers, Carmanah SmartRING and SmartDISC stranders, chippers and Key Knife engineered knife systems for lumber and OSB production.
• Material handling and baling: Syntron vibratory and conveying equipment for feeding, screening and elevating bulk material, plus Balemaster and PAAL balers for recyclable and waste materials.

Current and hard-to-find Kadant equipment is both available through ZHIMAI, subject to compliance screening.