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Latex emulsions are difficult to blend and transport, requiring high levels of precision in the manufacturing and handling processes. Nearly every pump type has been unable to provide total coverage for every concern associated with transporting latex emulsions except air operated double diaphragm (AODD) pumps.
The liquid-terminal industry transfers millions of gallons of raw materials every day. Article discusses how the use of positive displacement sliding vane pumps can significantly decrease the transfer loss, while improving efficiency and safety.
Outrageous claims are often made about the turndown capabilities of various pumping technologies, and their ability to act as metering pumps. This paper presents data to clarify turndown, its unbreakable bond to accuracy, and the real benefit of turndown to a process.
In designing the TORNADO® T2 rotary lobe pump, NETZSCH engineers challenged the traditional conceptions of rotary pump design in an effort to increase pump reliability, ease of maintenance, performance, and decrease cost. Read about the innovation they discovered.
Industry Updates
Sulzer Pumps will supply three water injection pump packages and topside API 610 process pumps for installation on a new floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in Brazil for Petrobras, a multinational energy corporation.
Blackmer’s XL and HXL Series sliding vane pumps are ideal for processing, filling, and transfer applications within the oil and natural gas industry.
The Grundfos Group recently released its 2012 Sustainability Data showing positive change in line with the company’s overall commitment towards improving sustainable operations.
Ampco Pumps Company announces a new blending and mixing equipment designed to increase processing efficiency for many applications. The equipment is customizable to the processing application and Ampco works with each customer to size the correct unit.
PUMP-FLO™ Solutions announces new functionality for gear pump manufacturers. Taking advantage of recent software enhancements to PUMP-FLO Insight, the company is now offering a powerful new gear pump selector tool as part of the PUMP-FLO software technology.
Pump Tweets
According to a company press release, Jeff Wiemelt will assume the role of president for the Sundyne on January 1, 2012. Wiemelt previously held vice president and general manger of Sundyne Americas and Sundyne Dijon in France.
Pentair to acquire Clean Process Technologies (CPT) for its membrane technology and ultrafiltration.
NETZSCH Mohnopumpen GmbH introduces a new version of its TORNADO rotary lobe pump. The new lobe pump is built to have a long service life and virtually eliminates any possibility of transmission damage due to leakage or contamination.
Colfax introduces an online energy savings calculator for oil and gas industry pump applications. The calculator allows head-to-head comparisons between centrifugal pumps and rotary positive displacement pumps in both single and multiple pump applications. Check it out at the Colfax website.
Frost & Sullivan has honored NETZSCH Pumps & Systems with the 2011 Best Practice Award for increased customer benefit. NETZSCH's customer focus and product innovation were a few key factors in winning the award. NETZSCH is a leading manufacturer of progressive cavity pumps, screw pumps, lobe pumps, metering pumps and other equipment.