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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1
     


   
                        CONSENT OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
    
     
     
     We consent to incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment
No. 1 on Form S-3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of Sybron
International Corporation (File No. 333-47795) of our reports dated November 7,
1997, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Sybron International
Corporation and subsidiaries as of September 30, 1997 and 1996, and the related
consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each
of the years in the three-year period ended September 30, 1997, and related
financial statement schedule, which reports appear in the September 30, 1997
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Sybron International Corporation. We also consent
to the references to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus.


   
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