pump industry news

All pump components from GoatThroat Pumps have now been certified to meet worldwide regulations aimed at reducing or eliminating materials which are hazardous to the environment.

These regulations include the Directive 200/53/EC, European End of Life Vehicle (ELV), Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS), and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE); and Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know (EPCRA).

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As one of the largest consumers of electrical energy, the AC induction motor has enormous potential to demonstrate savings. A recent development brings together the technology of the AC induction motor with that of permanent magnet servo motors. It offers to contain running costs while promising to pay for itself many times over.

Varian Inc has extended its line of turbomolecular pumping systems with the addition of the TPS-compact.

This portable, turbo pumping system provides plug-and-play and hydrocarbon free vacuum pumping in both bench-top and mobile models backed by a light scroll pump. Varian says the system is capable of pumping down small and medium volumes very quickly.

The unit has been designed to make clean, dry, ultra-high vacuum readily accessible for applications including electron microscopy and high energy physics.

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Little Giant has expanded its family of automatic condensate removal pumps with the new EC-OP-K, designed for use in the HVAC industry.

The unit has been designed for use with residential and commercial wall-mounted,ceiling, and fan coil air conditioners of up to 10kW. Little Giant says the pumps are adaptable to any situation and can be installed on the right side, or left, underneath the air handler.

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ITT's subsidiary, Lowara, has recently launched an efficient grinder pump for the domestic sewage market. The DOMO GRI has been designed to deliver domestic sewage, liquids containing solids or fibres, and wastewater from residential buildings to the sewer mains or a pressurized sewer network.

Lowara reports that the DOMO GRI is of particular use in farm areas, small villages and homes built in remote areas where the conventional gravity sewage network is too expensive to commission. The company says the pumps are particularly effective where the sewer mains is located at high level or where the ground level is variable.

The Freedonia Group has recently released World Pumps to 2012, a report that predicts global pump demand is to climb 4.4% per year to US$47 billion (including price increases) through to 2012.

The study suggests that generally, healthy economic conditions will support gains in global pump demand, especially in rapidly developing areas such as China and India where rising energy consumption and infrastructure development projects will provide key applications for fluid handling pumps.

Sulzer Pumps has been awarded a major order for a total of 36 pumps for the Hongyanhe and Ningde nuclear power plants in China.

CNPEC (China Guangdong Nuclear Power Engineering Company Limited), LHNP (Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Co. Ltd) and NDNP (Ningde Nuclear Power Co. Ltd) placed an order for the supply of conventional island main boiler feed water pumps and associated boosters. First deliveries are expected in June 2010.
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ITT Corporation has opened its new world headquarters in White Plains, New York, USA.

Approximately 185 ITT employees from the company's Fluid Technology and Motion & Flow Control groups will occupy nearly 100,000 ft2 in the facility. The group headquarters were previously located in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA, while the corporate headquarters had been based in nearby Harrison, New York.

In addition, the global headquarters will be home to the ITT Learning Centre, an educational facility for employee training and leadership development.
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The CC-Booster, a switchgear for pressure boosting systems from Wilo AG, has been voted Product of the Year at the recent Building Services Awards held in London.

The CC-Booster can control up to six single pumps of a pressure boosting system in a fully automatic way. Its core piece is a specially programmed control (SPS) which influences the base-load pump's speed by means of a frequency converter, switching additional peak-load pumps on or off when required. The pumps are operated in a silent and energy-saving way. It can be integrated into building management systems by means of available modules.

The Building Services awards, now in their 11th year, reward products in 17 different categories, acknowledging the strongest companies in building services.

Curtiss-Wright has signed an agreement with Westinghouse Electric Company LLC to provide reactor coolant pumps (RCPs) for up to four AP1000TM Generation III+ commercial nuclear power plants or a total of 32 RCPs.

Further, Curtiss-Wright has received purchase orders, valued in excess of US$300 million, to supply the first 24 domestic AP1000 RCPs. These will be used in Westinghouse's AP1000 design reactors, which will produce 1,100 megawatts each.

Don't miss out on the chance to showcase your achievements to the pump industry by entering this year's Pump Industry Awards. The submission for nominations is 30 May.

This year's Pump Industry Awards will be held on Wednesday 19 November, in the Hilton hotel, Coventry, UK.

The awards, which are being held in association with World Pumps and the British Pump Manufacturers Assocaition (BPMA), will acknowledge the companies, innovations and people that have achieved the highest professional standards and have helped to drive industry forward.