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9th February 2026

Why Purge? Leveraging Commercial Purging Compounds for Maximum Uptime

On today's podcast, Kurt offers his insights supporting the use of purging compounds to maximize machine uptime.

Topics covered include:

  • How does using purge compound increase your uptime
  • When purging make not be advantageous
  • Building a procedure around your equipment when purging
  • Going beyond cost per pound when calculating cost savings
  • Types of purge compound

Episode produced by Kurt Stahle.

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