Transfer Pumps
What is a transfer pump?
A transfer pump is used to move fluid from one receptacle to another. There is a wide variety of applications in which this type of fluid transfer may be necessary. For example, transfer pumps are commonly used in small-scale personal, commercial, or agricultural applications in which a fluid, especially oil or gasoline, needs to be moved from one tank to another. They are also used in much larger scale applications such as mining and shipping or in construction projects when a body of water needs to be moved to a nearby location.
How do they work?
Because there are so many different applications for transfer pumps, they come in many different shapes and sizes. The larger ones are typically heavy duty centrifugal pumps that use a spinning impeller to draw the fluid out of the original receptacle and pump it forward. Smaller transfer pumps designed for personal use may be hand-driven reciprocating pumps, though the vast majority of transfer pump types are powered by either electricity or internal combustion engines.
Other related Pump Types include: water pump, hydraulic pump, wastewater pump, vacuum pump, dosing pump, solar pump.
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Industry Updates
The Blackhawk Technology Company has introduced two new models to its popular line of innovative and lower-cost Apollo Electric Linear-Rod Pumps that feature solar and low-amp grid power options.
In a move that combines two of the biggest players in water and fluid products systems, Pentair recently announced that it’s combining its operations with Tyco's flow control business. The Associated Press reported that the deal is worth about $4.53 billion.
Franklin Electric recently announced that it completed its acquisition of a majority stake of Pioneer Pump Holdings Inc., the holding company for Pioneer Pump Inc. in Canby, Oregon and Pioneer Pump Limited in Rattlesden, England.
Pump Tweets
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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.
United Technologies Corp plans to sell pump manufacturers Milton Roy and Sundyne. Among other things Milton Roy specializes in metering pumps and centrifugal pumps. Sundyne manufactures industrial pumps and compressors for the process fluid and gas industries.