1. Leakage Hazard from Strongly Acidic Sulfuric Acid Vapor
If high-temperature sulfuric acid vapor leaked, it posed a serious threat not only to equipment corrosion but also to operator safety.
Therefore, mechanical seals were fundamentally unsuitable, and complete containment technology was essential.
2. Corrosive Environment and Limitations of Stainless Steel
Even when a magnetic mixer made of standard SUS 316L was applied, it could not withstand the strongly acidic and high-temperature conditions for more than six months and had to be replaced due to corrosion.
This caused significant production losses and maintenance costs.
3. Physical Abrasion Caused by Particles
Hard particles used to support lithium leaching, along with undissolved particles from ferrite, rotated at high speed and caused physical abrasion by wearing down the impeller and bearings.
As a result, the service life of the agitator was drastically shortened.