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Product news
WORLD PUMPS
November 2016
SMD range extension focuses on lower flows
Sustainable solutions focus for Water Congress
Swiss industrial engineering and manufacturing company, Sulzer, has introduced an extension to the SMD axially split pump range to meet requirements in municipal water treatment, supply, and distribution.
This year Brisbane, Australia will host the 10th IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition from
The company has expanded the performance of the pump range towards lower flows and implemented a higher level of standardization. The SMD pump range is suitable for a wide range of high-volume flow applications where raw, clean, sea, or brackish water is pumped, for example, in water abstraction, water transport, desalination or water treatment. The pumps can also be used for firefighting, drainage, or distribution of heating and cooling media in residential and industrial systems. The compact hydraulic dimensions of the pumps have been achieved with fewer and more interchangeable parts. By
providing the optimum hydraulic fit for each duty point, the SMD pumps reduce energy consumption and deliver improved hydraulic performance over a wide range of flows. They also offer exceptional suction performance with a low NPSH. Their hydraulic design means the SMD pumps work at low vibration levels, and this prolongs the bearing life. In addition, the bearing span is minimized and the casing thickness optimized for lower weight and improved mechanical reliability. www.sulzer.com
The PAS pumps are intended for high-performance dewatering in tough conditions and focus on high fuel efficiency in a wide range of sizes. The expanded range is designed for multiple applications, from dewatering on construction and mining sites to solids removal, drainage and even emergency situations involving flooding and shipping. The new pumps offer performance levels from 105 m3/h to 630 m3/h, and discharge size ranging from 3 in to 8 in. The PAS openwww.worldpumps.com
The IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition brings together more than 5,500 water, environment and related professionals from more than 100 countries and this year they will all be focusing on how they can rise to the challenge of the SDGs and use them to mobilize governments and businesses. The four days of the Congress and Exhibition will offer new insights into how pioneering science, technological innovation and leading practices will shape the major
Sulzer’s SMD pump.
High performance levels in tough conditions Atlas Copco has added 18 new models to its open frame dieseldriven centrifugal dewatering pump range.
9-14 October and the emphasis will be on how water professionals can respond to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
frame system comprises a centrifugal pump, semi-open impeller and a large separator. This enables air to be separated from the liquid and sucked by the vacuum pump, making automatic priming possible. Even with suction heights of several metres, the rapid evacuation of air from the suction pipe ensures fast activation of pumping. www.atlascopco.com
PAS pumps from Atlas Copco.
transformation in water management that is underway. The spotlight will be on finding sustainable solutions to water scarcity as well as how we deliver the watercentered cities of the future; resource and energy recovery; water quality, safety and human health and water and wastewater treatment and processes. www.iwa-network.org/event/worldwater-congress-exhibition-2016
The 10th IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition.
Automatic control system matches fuel flow to engine requirements Alfa Laval, which specialises in products for heavy industry, has introduced FlowSync, an automatic control system that synchronizes the oil feed to Alfa Laval separators with the engine load. The company says that it is a single solution for automatic flow control, with the ability to steer multiple separator feeds simultaneously. By matching the flow of fuel to the engine’s needs, it increases retention time in the separator bowl, giving the separators the optimum conditions for doing their job. To increase the effectiveness of centrifugal separation, which remains the best defence against cat fine attacks, FlowSync takes fuller advantage of slow steaming.
Most vessels use fixed-speed feed pumps and so experience a large overflow of separated fuel when slow steaming. When FlowSync is used, the fixedspeed pumps are replaced with variable-speed pumps. These are steered automatically by FlowSync, which matches their throughput to the engine load with an ample margin of safety. www.alfalaval.com/marine
Alfa Laval’s FlowSync automatic control system.
Product news
WORLD PUMPS
November 2016
SMD range extension focuses on lower flows
Sustainable solutions focus for Water Congress
Swiss industrial engineering and manufacturing company, Sulzer, has introduced an extension to the SMD axially split pump range to meet requirements in municipal water treatment, supply, and distribution.
This year Brisbane, Australia will host the 10th IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition from
The company has expanded the performance of the pump range towards lower flows and implemented a higher level of standardization. The SMD pump range is suitable for a wide range of high-volume flow applications where raw, clean, sea, or brackish water is pumped, for example, in water abstraction, water transport, desalination or water treatment. The pumps can also be used for firefighting, drainage, or distribution of heating and cooling media in residential and industrial systems. The compact hydraulic dimensions of the pumps have been achieved with fewer and more interchangeable parts. By
providing the optimum hydraulic fit for each duty point, the SMD pumps reduce energy consumption and deliver improved hydraulic performance over a wide range of flows. They also offer exceptional suction performance with a low NPSH. Their hydraulic design means the SMD pumps work at low vibration levels, and this prolongs the bearing life. In addition, the bearing span is minimized and the casing thickness optimized for lower weight and improved mechanical reliability. www.sulzer.com
The PAS pumps are intended for high-performance dewatering in tough conditions and focus on high fuel efficiency in a wide range of sizes. The expanded range is designed for multiple applications, from dewatering on construction and mining sites to solids removal, drainage and even emergency situations involving flooding and shipping. The new pumps offer performance levels from 105 m3/h to 630 m3/h, and discharge size ranging from 3 in to 8 in. The PAS openwww.worldpumps.com
The IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition brings together more than 5,500 water, environment and related professionals from more than 100 countries and this year they will all be focusing on how they can rise to the challenge of the SDGs and use them to mobilize governments and businesses. The four days of the Congress and Exhibition will offer new insights into how pioneering science, technological innovation and leading practices will shape the major
Sulzer’s SMD pump.
High performance levels in tough conditions Atlas Copco has added 18 new models to its open frame dieseldriven centrifugal dewatering pump range.
9-14 October and the emphasis will be on how water professionals can respond to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
frame system comprises a centrifugal pump, semi-open impeller and a large separator. This enables air to be separated from the liquid and sucked by the vacuum pump, making automatic priming possible. Even with suction heights of several metres, the rapid evacuation of air from the suction pipe ensures fast activation of pumping. www.atlascopco.com
PAS pumps from Atlas Copco.
transformation in water management that is underway. The spotlight will be on finding sustainable solutions to water scarcity as well as how we deliver the watercentered cities of the future; resource and energy recovery; water quality, safety and human health and water and wastewater treatment and processes. www.iwa-network.org/event/worldwater-congress-exhibition-2016
The 10th IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition.
Automatic control system matches fuel flow to engine requirements Alfa Laval, which specialises in products for heavy industry, has introduced FlowSync, an automatic control system that synchronizes the oil feed to Alfa Laval separators with the engine load. The company says that it is a single solution for automatic flow control, with the ability to steer multiple separator feeds simultaneously. By matching the flow of fuel to the engine’s needs, it increases retention time in the separator bowl, giving the separators the optimum conditions for doing their job. To increase the effectiveness of centrifugal separation, which remains the best defence against cat fine attacks, FlowSync takes fuller advantage of slow steaming.
Most vessels use fixed-speed feed pumps and so experience a large overflow of separated fuel when slow steaming. When FlowSync is used, the fixedspeed pumps are replaced with variable-speed pumps. These are steered automatically by FlowSync, which matches their throughput to the engine load with an ample margin of safety. www.alfalaval.com/marine
Alfa Laval’s FlowSync automatic control system.