INDUSTRIES SERVED
WHEN THE LINE RUNS 24/7, EVERY FAILURE COSTS PRODUCTION.
Continuous process manufacturers run equipment around the clock in environments that accelerate bearing wear, seal failure, and contamination damage. Kelley Industrial’s largest customer segment is continuous process manufacturing — and our application depth in this environment reflects that history.
INDUSTRY CONTEXT
INDUSTRY
Heavy Industrial & Continuous Process
MARKET POSITION
Core Market — Since 1997
KEY EQUIPMENT
Motors · Gearboxes · Agitators
FACILITY TYPES
Building Products · Specialty Chemicals
PRIMARY CHALLENGES
Contamination · Leakage · Winter Ops
CUSTOMERS SERVED
CertainTeed · Johns Manville · Lubrizol
EMERGENCY SERVICE
440.478.2922
OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
CORE MARKET
CONTINUOUS OPERATION
HIGH CONTAMINATION
DUST & MOISTURE EXPOSURE
CHEMICAL & ABRASIVE SERVICE
WINTER OPERATIONS
WASHDOWN ENVIRONMENTS
⚠ BEARING OR SEAL FAILURE ON CRITICAL PROCESS UNIT? WE CAN RESPOND FAST.
THE ENVIRONMENT
WHAT MAKES THIS ENVIRONMENT DIFFERENT.
Continuous process manufacturers — building materials, specialty chemicals, insulation, glass, metals, and engineered products — run equipment around the clock. Motors, gearboxes, conveyors, agitators, and pumps operate in dusty, wet, abrasive, or chemically aggressive environments that accelerate wear on bearings, seals, and packing at a rate that refinery-grade maintenance programs don’t always anticipate.
Unplanned equipment failure in continuous manufacturing doesn’t just require a repair. It stops a production line. The cost is measured in lost output, missed shipments, overtime labor, and expedited parts — not in a controlled turnaround that was already on the schedule.
Kelley Industrial’s largest customer segment is continuous process manufacturing. Our application experience in this environment is deeper than any other vertical we serve — because we have been solving bearing, sealing, and contamination problems in these facilities since 1997, across building products, specialty chemical, insulation, and engineered materials operations throughout the Midwest.
OPERATING CONDITIONS
· CONTINUOUS 24/7 OPERATION — PLANNED DOWNTIME IS RARE
· DUST, PARTICULATE, AND ABRASIVE MATERIAL EXPOSURE ON CONVEYORS AND DRIVES
· MOISTURE AND WASHDOWN EXPOSURE ON MOTORS AND GEARBOXES
· CHEMICAL VAPORS AND PROCESS FLUID EXPOSURE ON MIXER AND AGITATOR SHAFTS
· HIGH-CONTAMINATION PILLOW BLOCK AND FAN BEARING ENVIRONMENTS
· PRODUCT LEAKAGE FROM MIXER AND BLENDER SHAFT SEALS
· WINTER FREEZE CONDITIONS ON OUTDOOR CONVEYING SYSTEMS
· FUGITIVE DUST FROM BULK MATERIAL STORAGE AND HANDLING
HOW WE SERVE THIS INDUSTRY
THE SOLUTIONS WE WE APPLY HERE.
Each solution area below links to the full product detail, selection guidance, and application reference for that capability. Every recommendation starts with the specific equipment and failure mode — not the industry category.
BEARING ISOLATION & CONTAMINATION CONTROL
INPRO/SEAL BEARING ISOLATORS
Motors, gearboxes, pillow blocks, and fans operating in high-contamination environments — dust, moisture, washdown, and process vapors. Non-contact bearing isolators permanently prevent contamination ingress and lubricant loss, eliminating the failure mode that causes most bearing failures in continuous process environments. No wearing parts. No maintenance interval. IP66-rated for the life of the equipment.
VB45-S
VB45-U
VBMAG
STEAM
PROCESS EQUIPMENT SHAFT SEALING
INPRO/SEAL AIR MIZER SHAFT SEALS
Mixers, agitators, blenders, screw conveyors, and rotary valves handling powders, solids, slurries, and bulk materials suffer from chronic product leakage through worn packing and lip seals. Air Mizer positive air purge shaft seals eliminate product loss and contamination permanently — no wearing surfaces, no shaft grooving, full articulation for radial and axial movement simultaneously. FDA-approved materials available.
AM SMOOTH BORE
AM HEAVY DUTY
AM FOOD GRADE
AM ROTARY VALVE
FLUID SEALING & MECHANICAL PACKING
SEPCO COMPRESSION PACKING & MECHANICAL SEALS
Pumps, valves, and rotating equipment in chemical, abrasive, and high-temperature service across continuous process facilities. The wrong packing fiber scores the shaft and creates repeat failures on the same equipment. SEPCO’s full fiber matrix — aramid, PTFE, graphite, and specialty constructions — matched to the specific process fluid, pressure, and shaft speed of the application.
COMPRESSION PACKING
MECHANICAL SEALS
VALVE PACKING
ISO 9001
OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
ZIRCON LIQUID HEAT & LATEX 100
Outdoor conveying systems freeze in winter. Bulk material storage generates airborne dust that creates compliance exposure and material loss. Zircon Liquid Heat prevents ice formation on conveyor belts, rollers, idlers, chutes, and transfer points down to −60°F. Latex 100 creates a durable surface film on stockpile and storage surfaces — eliminating the continuous water suppression cycle and closing compliance gaps water suppression leaves behind.
LIQUID HEAT
LATEX 100
ANTI-ICING TO −60°F
ACCOUNT EXPERIENCE
WHERE WE’VE DONE THIS WORK.
Kelley Industrial serves major continuous process manufacturers across the Midwest. Our account relationships span building products manufacturing, specialty chemical processing, insulation production, and engineered materials facilities — the full range of continuous process environments where equipment runs around the clock and reliability is measured in uptime.
These are long-term working relationships, not introductory accounts. We have specified bearing isolators for specific motor and gearbox applications, solved chronic packing failures on process pumps and mixers, and provided application support when the default solution wasn’t holding up in a specific operating environment.
CERTAINTEED
BUILDING PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING
JOHNS MANVILLE
INSULATION & ENGINEERED PRODUCTS
LUBRIZOL
SPECIALTY CHEMICAL PROCESSING
OTHER INDUSTRIES WE SERVE
WHERE ELSE WE WORK.
CORE MARKET
REFINING & PETROCHEMICAL
Bearing isolation, fluid sealing, and turnaround protection for FCC units, alkylation, hydrotreating, coking, and utility systems.
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MARKET
POWER GENERATION & UTILITIES
Boiler feed pumps, turbine bearing protection, coal handling deicing, and expansion joints from the turbine hall to the coal yard.
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MARKET
PUMP, TURBINE & ROTATING EQUIPMENT SERVICES
Bearing isolator specification and packing upgrades during equipment rebuilds — so the equipment goes back better than it came in.
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MARKET
FOOD & BEVERAGE PROCESSING
FDA-approved shaft seals, IP66 bearing protection in washdown environments, and sanitary packing for process pumps and valves.
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GROWTH MARKET
DATA CENTERS
Chilled water pumps, cooling tower fans, CRAC unit motors, and backup generators — the rotating equipment behind critical infrastructure uptime.
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TELL US WHAT’S FAILING AND WHAT IT’S RUNNING IN.
Repeat bearing failures on motors and gearboxes, product leakage from mixer and agitator shafts, packing problems on process pumps, or conveyors that freeze every winter — we have solved these in continuous process environments before. Give us the equipment and the operating conditions.
Bearing isolators, turnaround safety, and custom-engineered sealing for high-risk industrial operations in the midwest
CONTACT
Kelley Industrial Sales, Inc is based in Cleveland, Ohio.