At Sandusky, our Quality Policy defines our mission: “Achieving customer satisfaction through the dedication of all of our employees to world-class Quality, Lead Time and Productivity.” Linking these three elements together enables Sandusky to provide prompt and consistent value to our customers.
Sandusky International was originally founded as Sandusky Foundry and Machinery in 1904 in Sandusky, Ohio by William Millspaugh. Mr. Millspaugh pioneered the centrifugal casting process for the manufacture of shells for his newly patented paper machine suction rolls.
Bronze was the material of choice in the early 1900’s and remains an option for certain applications but the need for more corrosive resistant materials led to development of the first of our stainless steel alloys. In the 1960’s Sandusky introduced Alloy 63 which was followed by Alloy 75 in the 1970’s. Alloy 75 was the first commercially successful stainless alloy for the paper industry but still lacked the necessary corrosion resistance for the toughest paper mill chemical environments. In the 1980’s Sandusky introduced Alloy 86 to the paper making industry to meet this challenge. Alloy 86 not only had superior corrosion resistance but also benefited from extremely low critical crack growth. Alloy 86 immediately became the standard for suction roll shells. In fact the success and longevity of Alloy 86 allows Sandusky to offer the longest warranty in the industry – the Alloy 86 Life Time Guarantee or Alloy 86 LTG. This success has also led to development of additional alloys in the Alloy 86 family: Alloy EPV and DSA06.
World-class suction rolls, made from our patented Alloy 86 duplex stainless steel, are recognised throughout North America as "the industry
standard for long life and reliability". Our new "A-86 LTG (life time guarantee) Suction Roll Shells" are rapidly gaining recognition in Europe and elsewhere as the "replacement shell of choice" among mills looking to extend life cycles and reduce the cost of unplanned failures. With service operations on four continents, you can be sure that Sandusky will be there quickly
whenever you need help.
Over the years the product line at Sandusky has grown to include our polycast shells and complete roll products that utilize our core shell products such as suction rolls, felt rolls and press rolls. In addition we have benefited greatly from our years of development of alloy stainless steels and are providing certified stainless steel ingot and toll melting services to the cast stainless steel market.
Sandusky International’s corporate headquarters and US based manufacturing facility is located in Sandusky, Ohio with an additional manufacturing facility in Glenrothes, Scotland (Sandusky Limited).
Suction Roll Shells