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Amarinth, a UK-based pump manufacturer, has delivered a bespoke 2.8m vertical hydrocarbon condensate pump to a Sonatrach refinery in Algeria.
The delivered pump will act as a direct plug-and-play replacement for an existing unreliable pump.
The replacement pump required rapid delivery due to concerns that the refinery could be shut down if a catastrophic failure of the old pump…
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Two Landia chopper pumps have resolved plugging and subsequent costly maintenance issues at one of the largest convention centres in California, US.
A pump and engineering distributor Mitchell Lewis & Staver were called in to the Moscone Center in San Francisco by Koffler Electric to address regular wet well problems.
Effluent from the centre’s bathrooms, combined with food waste, floor…
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HealthAid, one of the UK’s premier manufacturers and distributors of nutritionally balanced supplements, has replaced its ageing and increasingly unreliable filling machine with a Flexicon PF6 tabletop aseptic liquid filler from Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology (WMFT).
The investment has not only increased machine uptime, but boosted dispensing accuracy, a vital…
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When upgrading one of Europe’s largest sewers, which currently serves 3.5 million people, increasing its capacity by 60%, and taking into account a predicted population increase of 10% by 2021, it is understandable why such a system is regarded as a ‘super sewer’.
These are the scale of the upgrades being undertaken by Thames Water at their Beckton and Crossness sites in East…
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Jump, a French manufacturer of positive displacement, vacuum, and drum pumps, has upgraded its JE Series eccentric disc pump.
The company has so far manufactured its equipment from ductile iron or 316L stainless steel, but it is now expanding its range to cover stainless cast iron fabrication.
Stainless cast iron can be used in sensitive applications for which 316L stainless steel might not be a…
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Verder has introduced the new VA25-HP (DA) high pressure air-operated double diaphragm pump for compressed air pressure and filter press applications.
The new AODD pump is capable of boosting up pressure up to two times the used compressed air pressure and stalling against closed discharge, with no safety pressure valve required.
The VA25-HP (DA) has no need for ancillary equipment to regulate…
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Michael Smith Engineers has introduced a new range of Inoxpa Prolac HCP hygienic centrifugal pumps for high hygiene level applications.
The Prolac HCP range of compact, close-coupled centrifugal pumps are designed to provide flow rates up to 220m3/h, maximum differential pressure (heads) up to 140m, and maximum system pressures of 16 bar.
The pumps are available in 316L stainless steel, are EHEDG…
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Franklin Electric has expanded its line of VR Series vertical, stainless steel multi-stage pumps.
The booster pumps are now available in 3, 5, 9, 15, 20, 30, 45, 65, and 95m3/h options with a flow range up to 600 gpm and 750ft of total dynamic head (TDH).
The VR Series was manufactured to be the most durable booster pump on the market, according to Franklin.
Each pump features all 316…
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A Bredel 40 hose pump from Watson-Marlow is the latest arrival at Farécla Products, a world-class manufacturer of cutting compounds and finishing products, where it is being used on a mobile platform to serve filling lines.
The pump joins existing Bredel 65 and Bredel 100 pumps on site that are being deployed to transfer a number of extremely abrasive, highly viscous products.
Based at…
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The global water pump market was valued at $40.5 billion (€37.2bln) in 2014 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5.6% during the period 2015 – 2020, according to a new market study.
According to P&S Market Research, the rapid growth of the urban population is creating pressure on the existing water infrastructure, which includes delivery…
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Wilo-Stratos has released the high-efficiency energy saving glanded Giga pump for water processing applications.
According to Wilo, the pump is delivers energy savings of up to 70% when compared to conventional pumps without speed control and 31% when compared to conventional electronically controlled pumps.
This translates into a saving of up to eight tonnes of CO2 annually.
The new pump…
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Wilo USA, a provider of pumps and pump solutions for water management, building services and groundwater, has released the Wilo Helix Excel high-efficiency multistage pump line.
The Helix Excel offers efficiencies up to 94% due to the EC motor and high efficiency drive combination.
The company reports 20%-50% energy savings compared to a multistage pump with a VFD and high-efficiency motor.
The…
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Armstrong Fluid Technology (AFT) has introduced its generation Design Envelope pumps.
The new pump range features 33 advanced energy savings models ranging in sizes from one to 75HP, AFT says.
The new pumps are designed to increase energy savings while providing more sustainable solutions.
‘The Design Envelope (DE) technology integrates the latest selection, control, and hydronic tools into…
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BBA Pumps has introduced a new design of its B Series self-priming pumps.
The design of the larger B pumps (6" to 10") has been modified to provide higher pump efficiency and a larger passage for solids.
The production process of the pump range’s smaller models, such as the electrically driven B40 to B70, has also been enhanced, BBA reports.
The company aims to reduce its ecological impact…
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Franklin Electric, an Indiana, US-based global provider of water and fuelling systems, has announced that it has donated 34 water transfer pumps to Fort Wayne City Utilities to help with future neighbourhood flooding.
"Given the high volumes of rain and flooding across not only much of the U.S., but also in our local community, Franklin Electric recognized the need to provide an inventory of gas…
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Fluid handling equipment giant Dover Corporation has completed the acquisition of Tokheim Group's dispenser and systems businesses after announcing the agreement on September 2015.
According to Reuters, OPW, a business unit of Dover's fluids segment, acquired the two Tokheim departments (dispenser and systems) for around €425m (£316m).
With this deal OPW closes its fifth major…
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Wastewater instrumentation manufacturer Verderflex has supplied its peristaltic pumps to Halifax-based water and wastewater firm Smart Storm.
Smart Storm will use Verderflex's R3DC OEM peristaltic pumps as part of the wastewater sampler systems it manufactures. In a statement, Verderflex said its product will help Smart Storm to measure the volume and toxicity of wastewater effluent.
In 2013,…
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US pump manufacturer Wastecorp Pumps has unveiled the first engine driven double disc pump, the Sludge Pro.
The Sludge Pro double disc pump is designed for wastewater, sludge, and sewage pumping for government and industry.
The pump is a style of low maintenance wastewater pump with fluid handling capabilities ranging from 10-500 gpm.
‘We are the first double disc pump manufacturer to offer…
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