UROCHEM E. PREVIEW

m Pump exhibitors at Eurochem 1995

A number of newpumps will be on display at this year’s Ewocbem exb&&ion. Amorqg tbe companies launching new products are Albany Engineering, Alpba Tecbnkal Services, Flux Pumps International, H#ck Hargreaves G Co and Lutz UK Ltd Seal manufacturers represented at tbe show include Burgmann, I;lexibox, Jobn Crane and Greene Tweed to name but a fau. In total, over 400 exhibitors will be displaying tbeir latest technology for tbe process industries and tbe exbib&ion will providk a good forum at wbicb to discuss any process problems directly with tbe manufacturers. Otber areas of interest are two pavilions bosted by tbe British Pump Manufac- turers' Association @I?~_ and tbe Brit isb Valve and Actuator Manufacturers’ Association (BV’AMA... And don’t forget to drop in at tbe World Pumps stand!

I Positive pumping

Alfa Lava1 Pumps Ltd will be presenting a full span of posi- tive pump ranges and services for the chemical, general pro- cess and water/waste indus- tries. The pumps on show on stand 3 120, include: 0 SSP stainless steel rotary

lobe pumps ?? Ibex stainless steel rotary

lobe pumps 0 Alfa Laval peristaltic pumps ?? DEPA air operated dia-

phragm pumps 0 Alfa Lava1 gear pumps

Alpha Laval Pumps Ltd, Birch Road, Eastbourne, East Sus- sex BN23 6PQ, UK. Tel: +44 1323 412555; Fax: + 44 1323 412515.

m Centrifugal pumps launched

Albany Engineering (stand 2800) will be launching a new range of centrifugal pumps, in epoxy resin and polymer-lined

Rotary tobe pumps from A I Laval Pur s Ltd

steel, designed specifically to give long life and low mainte- nance in handling strong acids, alkalis and effluents.

Albany is also featuring a magnetic drive, heated gear pump, designed to handle ha- zardous or ultra-hygienic fluids with zero leakage. A new range of stainless steel gear pumps, also on show, will pump highly viscous liquids, such as resins and fatty acids, at pressures up to 17 bar. Examples from the company’s mainstream gear pump production on dis- play includes Crown and Stan- hope units.

Albany Engineering Co Ltd, Church Road, Lydney, Glou- cestershlre, GL15 5EG, UK. Tel: +44 1594 842275.

m Air operated double diaphragm PuJnPS

Blagdon Pumps will be exhibit- ing its full range of air oper- ated double diaphragm (AOD) pumps at Eurochem, including the recently launched % in and 1 in non-metallic and the 2 in all-stainless steel hygie- nic pump.

The company will also be demonstrating its new compu- ter programme for AOD pump selection. The programme is available on 3% in floppy disk and is fully interactive, guiding specifiers through the complete

Blagdon double diaphragm air driven pumps

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selection process covering both the pump duty and the chemi- cals to be handled.

Harrison Group Ltd, Blagdon Pumps Division, 2 Lamert Road, Armstrong, Washing- ton, Tyne & Wear. NE37 lQP, UK. Tel: +44 191 417 7475.

m Screw feeder system

Alpha Technical Services is showing for the first time its recently developed screw feeder system designed to provide a continuous flow of product to a pump inlet when handling soft, low liquid content, non-free flowing media such as ground meat, biscuit cream and, mashed potato.

The company is also display- ing latest developments in posi- tive displacement pump technology with prominence given to the Bredel peristaltic pump with abrasion resistant,

long life hose element, Wauke- sha stainless steel, high accu- racy, low shear, rotary positive displacement process pumps and Zenith gear pumps for high precision metering applications.

Alpha Technical Services Ltd, Altec House, Aintree Road, Greenford, Middx UB6 IPL, UK. Tel: +44 161 991 2626; Fax: + 44 161 991 5246.

m Developments in metering pump technology

Bran + Luebbe Ltd is high- lighting its ProCam range, the company’s latest pump intro- duced during 1994. Providing high levels of metering accuracy, it is suited to the injection of chemicals into process streams and for blending operations.

Tomal metering and mixing systems for powders and granu- lated materials brings a new dimension to the company’s

Bredel heavy duty peristaltic pumps.

capabilities, particularly where on-site chemical make-up is an option.

Significant developments have also taken place in the area of analysing technologies, with the arrival of the NIR InfraProver II. This instrument for analysing raw materials away from the laboratory, pro- vides rapid and cost-effective identification, qualitative and quantitative testing.

Stork sealed and sealless vertical and horizontal heavy duty process pumps, type PVML and PHL

Using the same wet parts of the existing process pump ranges Stork Pompen

introduced the 100% leakfree heavy duty process pumps.

Applications For hydrocarbons and other liquids in refineries, petrochemical and chemical plants,

and for oil and gas exploration.

Stork Pompen is ready to meet the environmental and safety demands.

Savings in operating and maintenance costs are achieved due to specific

design features with respect to maintainability and reliability.

Operating conditions Max. capacity : 500 m3/h

Max. head : 190 m.1.c.

Max. working pressure : 40 bar

Max. temperature : up to 450°C for sealed pumps Max. temperature : up to 200°C for sealless pumps

Stork Pompen B.V. P.O. Box 55 7550 AB Hengelo (0)

Telephone +31 74 40 40 00 Telex 44324 sph+ STORK”

The Netherlands Telefax +31 74 42 56 96

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