Flow Control

Our Flow Control segment consists of our Fluid Handling and Doctoring, Cleaning & Filtration product lines. Our custom-engineered products, systems, and technologies are used to control the flow of fluids used in industrial and commercial applications to keep critical processes running efficiently in packaging, tissue, food processing, metals, and many other industrial sectors.

Our brand portfolio includes well-known industry names such as AES, Johnson, Lodding, Unaflex, and Vickery with a rich heritage of product innovation and pioneering technologies since 1880. Our primary products include rotary sealing devices, steam systems, expansion joints, doctor systems, roll and fabric cleaning devices, and filtration and fiber recovery systems. With deep application expertise, we help our industrial customers reduce energy consumption, improve machine runnability, and enhance efficiencies for long-term sustainability.

Key Industries

Packaging
Tissue
Food
Metals

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Fluid Handling

Kadant’s fluid handling products and technologies are used to control the flow of fluids in process industries worldwide. These products include rotary joints and unions, expansion joints, condensate pumps, thermocompressors, desuperheaters, and direct steam injection heaters.

Doctoring, Cleaning & Filtration

Kadant’s wide range of doctoring, cleaning, and filtration systems and related consumables are used in process industries worldwide. These products include doctor blades and holders, roll cleaning blades and holders, spray nozzles, oscillating showers, and fabric and belt cleaning systems.

Dynamic Sealing Technologies

Dynamic Sealing Technologies (DSTI) serves a wide range of global industries as a leader in engineered fluid sealing and transfer solutions for rotating applications. Its core business segments are fluid rotary unions, electrical slip rings, and value-added products and services providing a single-source solution from design and manufacturing through to testing and qualification.