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KSB now offers a slide rule type selector that helps to size and select floodable sewage lifting units for building services applications.

According to KSB, the front side of the slide rule serves to establish the flow rate Q and discharge head H required for selecting the pump. Functions also include establishing the design units (DU), sizing the piping as well as calculating the head losses in piping, valves and fittings.

With the slide rule's rear side it is possible to select the optimum pump hydraulic system on the basis of the flow rate and discharge head. In addition, the user can calculate the discharge pipe's volume and the tank size as a function of the suction head.
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PCM has launched the VulcainT, for the thermal recovery of heavy oil. The all-metal progressing cavity pump, PCM VulcainT, has been designed to withstand the extreme downhole temperatures of thermal oil recovery, and is capable of pumping extremely hot(350°C/660°F) and extremely viscous fluids.

Blackmer has introduced the TXD1200 Series high-speed truck pumps for the light petroleum products market. The TXD1200 Series has been developed for pumping light petroleum products such as diesel, heating oil, gasoline, kerosene, avgas, biodiesel and ethanol.

Although most parts and options remain common to the current TXD pumps, basic changes to the TXD1200 Series include a new cylinder body, with indicator holes drilled near the feet on the discharge side of the pump for external identification. In addition, all the models are designed with a new rotor and shaft, along with new lock-nuts and nylon tipped set screws that reduce maintenance requirements.
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Grundfos has recently opened a sales company in Kazakhstan, to continue to strengthen its position in Central Asia.This new company will provide support not only to Kazakhstan, but also to neighbouring Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan.

This move follows a period of extensive sales growth in the area and is part of the longer term strategy that will see more services being delivered closer to where the demand exists.

To mark the opening, Grundfos donated and installed a complete SQFlex system which consists of a water treatment system, pipe-work, solar panels and a wind turbine to supply renewable energy to a school in Shieliysky, a particularly poor region of Kazakhstan.
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Sandnes Municipality, Norway has selected the ABS equipment for five major wastewater pumping stations, based on ABS dry installed concept.The ABS equipment includes dry installed pumps in combination with advanced design features to enhance the operation of the system.

The turnkey project in Sandnes comprises virtually everything except the buildings. The regional ABS office in Stavanger will deliver the complete solution right from the design stage, installing concrete pump sumps for 18 ABS dry installed sewage pumps FR, pipe works, automation, emergency power aggregates, valves, control and monitoring equipment. Worth SEK35 million, the project is one of the largest wastewater contracts in Norwegian history.

Grundfos has supplied pumps to the 2008 Olympic Games in Bejing. The Beijing National Stadium is just one of the 17 sites which Grundfos has supplied to in Beijing. Grundfos says that each different location has focused on achieving major energy savings and environmental protection in the form of high quality and more efficient pumps.

Zhang Xin Ming, head of Machinery & Electronic Division for Beijing City Construction Group commented: “Grundfos provided reliable and energy saving pumps, which met our unique specifications for the stadium. Grundfos' strong service team offers the assurance that they will be able to solve any downtime issue efficiently and without affecting the operation of the stadium.” visit www.grundfos.com

Mono® NOV launched the Discam, a grinder and screen package, which the company says offers a more effective and low maintenance alternative for handling screenings.

With a capacity of up to 16,000 m3/h, the new Discam has the ability to capture up to 95% of solids at 5 mm or 9 mm aperture sizes. Mono NOV says this solution, which combines the self-cleaning Discreen® with a high torque Muncher, needs no manual attendance or cleaning and eliminates the disposal costs of handling debris extracted by many screening processes. Typical applications for the Discam system include pump station screening and inlet works screening.

KSB has booked a multi-million Euro deal to supply more than 100 pump sets to a steel mill in Cairo, Egypt. The pumps will be used water cooling and descaling in steel production. The new steel mill includes a 165-t electric arc and a 165-t ladle furnace as well as a 6-strand billet caster. Delivery will be complete by February 2009.

This order goes some way to improving the KSB Group's earnings by more than 40%. The company plans a €70 million-investment in the construction of three new production facilities in Germany - Frankenthal, Halle ( Saale ) and Pegnitz. In India, KSB aims to increase capacity during the next three years.
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The European Union has set targets for cutting carbon emissions by 2020 and Europe's pump manufacturers are expected to play their part.While better efficiency from individual pumps may be one solution, there is a strong argument that a systems approach may bring more substantial energy savings. World Pumps presents the situation as it is now.

Positive displacement pump specialist PCM has developed what is reportedly the world's first all-metal progressing cavity pump. The PCM Vulcain pump is capable of pumping extremely hot (350°C/660°F) and extremely viscous fluids.

"Standard progressing cavity pumps (PCP), sucker rod pumps (SRP) and electrical submersible pumps (ESP) are limited in terms of maximum operating temperature. In contrast, the PCM Vulcain is the only pump that works efficiently at the high temperatures of thermal recovery," says Nicolas Parise, Director, PCM Oil & Gas Business Unit. "Elastomer stators make standard progressing cavity pumps unsuitable for use at extremely hot temperature - and other existing pump technologies are not as inherently efficient or reliable as progressing cavity pumps."

Throughout the Middle East and Arabian Gulf, multi-stage flash evaporation desalination is very much the preferred technology for the production of potable water. Several factors contribute to this, the key ones being the abundance of waste heat and the corrosive nature of the region's seawater. Bryan Orchard looks at how one company, Japan's Ebara, has addressed the issue of seawater intake pumping.

Franklin Electric has acquired Industrias Schneider SA, a Brazil-based producer of pumps for the residential, agricultural, and light commercial markets. The company is headquartered in Joinville-SC and had 2007 net revenues of approximately R71 million.

“The Industrias Schneider acquisition advances our strategy to expand Franklin 's business base in developing regions where the demand for our products is growing most rapidly. […Schneider's] market position is complementary to Franklin 's strength in submersible well and wastewater-pumping systems for the same end users,” said R. Scott Trumbull, chairman and CEO of Franklin Electric.

Blue-White Industries has developed a new metering pump, the CHEM-PRO™ C2 Series. The C2 can incorporate a low flow diaphragm for feed/output up to 97 LPH or a high flow diaphragm unit with a maximum output of 142.7 LPH. Both have a maximum working pressure of 10.3 bar.

Features of the CHEM-PRO C2 pump include a PVDF pump head, adapters and ball valves, a digital touch pad control with back-lit LCD display; a variable speed motor that can be adjusted from 1 – 100% in 1% increments, and a pump housing of durable powder coated aluminium.

Godwin Pumps has launched two new pumps in its Dri-Prime solids handling range, the Godwin Dri-Prime CD140M and CD180M.

Pumping aggressive liquids such as sulphuric acids, nitric acids, solvents and fuels requires extra care and attention, since some chemicals can crystallize or ignite if they are released into the atmosphere. Håkan Ekstrand of Tapflo AB explains how its recently developed air-powered diaphragm pump handles this situation.