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The Brenner Base Tunnel through the Alps, destined to become the longest underground railway connection in the world at a planned length of 64 kilometers, is being excavated using tunnel boring machines, or TBMs made by Herrenknecht. The TBMs contain nearly every type of pump manufactured by Allweiler, a Circor brand;

• Filter oil and cooling system pumps
• Grout pumps for ring-gap mortar injection
• Proportioning pumps with quench`
• Water pumps

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Netzsch exhibits its displacement pumps for maritime demand from 4. to 7. September 2018 in Hamburg at the SMM. These series include

• progressing cavity pumps,
• rotary lobe pumps and
• screw pumps.

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Owing to their operating principle and their roots in waste water treatment, Progressive Cavity Pumps (PCP) come with typical deviations against petrochemical standard API 676. Some of these deviations are inevitable, others can be healed. It is a preservative headache and topic of discussion for project engineers to understand and identify which of these deviations are relevant, critical or acceptable for their project.

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A German energy supplier had initially used a geological horizon for gas storage, but then decided to extract crude oil from the same deposit. Therefore, a suitable extraction system had to be acquired for transporting the multi-phase mixture with a high gas content to the surface from 1,200 m below. Due to the extreme conditions, a special pump technology was required:

Netzsch developed a progressing cavity pump system with submersible drive. As all moving parts are positioned deep down in the well, there is also no risk of environmental impact from leaks at the surface. (more…)

The xLC unit was added to the product portfolio of the Nemo progressing cavity pump from Netzsch. This triples the service life of the pump, particularly when conveying difficult, abrasive media. When wear occurs in the rotor-stator system, this new unit allows the performance of the pump to be re-established by adjusting the preload between the conveyor elements.

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Progressing cavity pumps from Allweiler can be delivered with an Optifix option. The pump can be disassembled in five steps, and eliminates the need to dismantle it from piping to change the rotor, stator, joints or shaft seal.

Designed to deliver superior speed and efficiency, Optifix’s easy exchange design is optimized for safe and streamlined inspections, parts removal and service operations. In wastewater treatment service, Optifix can reduce mean time to repair intervals by as much as 85 percent and boost pump service life by up to 500 percent when combined with patented Alldur stator solution.

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IntelliflEx is the name of a completely new approach towards design and technology for progressing cavity pumps. This highly efficient pump, based on the valve-less positive-displacement pump technology combined with intelligence of computer and software.

All components are reflecting the fundamental ideas which lead to the innovation: Make progressing cavity pumps greener:

• Stainless steel for the housing of motor and drive,
• natural granite stone instead of cast iron are not only eye catching design details.

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This dynamic web portal has been designed and reworked to meet industrial companies’ specific requirements by placing their strategic issues at the heart of the site. It is designed to answer the questions of controlling investments and operating costs, guaranteeing continuity of production, optimizing productivity, enhancing equipment safety and reducing environmental impacts.

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Netzsch has developed the “Full Service in Place” (FSIP) concept for pump systems – constituting an inconspicuous but essential process element in many applications. This makes interventions in the pump equipment possible without dismantling from the piping. This approach has proven itself in practice already for several years with the Tornado T2 rotary lobe pumps, and a FSIP version of the progressing cavity pump will now be introduced as well. The new design saves time on inspection, repair and cleaning work while even reducing the required installation space.

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Wangen Pumpen, German manufacturer of high quality progressing cavity pumps and hygienic twin screw pumps has partnered in distribution with Flowtrend Inc., USA, an ISO 9001 certified manufacturer of high-quality fluid handling. Flowtrend Inc. will distribute the state-of-the-art hygienic twin screw pump within the United States and Canada. The hygienic twin screw pump adds to Flowtrend’s already extensive line of products that cover the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. Wangen Pumpen serves this distribution channel to penetrate new markets and develop their international presence.

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