FLUID HANDLING Custom Rotary Unions A rotary union provides a seal for media transfer between a stationary supply pipe or tube and rotating equipment. Custom rotary unions are used when applications demand a specialized solution. Kadant Johnson’s rapid response product innovation team works with customers to develop reliable, efficient, and technologically advanced solutions for their unique application. We specialize in “impossible deadlines” and provide rapid design and manufacturing services required to meet the fit, form, and function criteria of our customers. Industries Served • Mechanical or DuraSealTM sealing technology • Robust sealing technology for every application • Alternative energy • Simple construction • Reliable, leak free performance • Accommodates multiple media flows in any direction • Air, coolant, oil, steam, and water capable • Life sciences • Machine tool • Steel, stainless steel, aluminum, • Flexibility in type of media or mixed media or brass construction • Electrical and fluid media are • Port for electrical slip ring transferred simultane

Sample Custom Rotary Unions Max PSI Rotary index machine – two-passage, low torque, center port for wires Water service – two-passage, hardened ground shaft, special bronze bearing Metal industry – Over-the-shaft, hardened ground shaft, special bronze bearing Induction roll cleaning – over-the-shaft, light-weight construction Mixing glass in liquid fusion – twopassage, hardened ground shaft, deep groove radial contact bearings Deionized Water Semiconductor – two-passage, stainless steel, special key-way drive, 0.3 seconds swivel, 7 to 30 seconds cycle Expanding mandrel – two-passage, ceramic...