Pumps designed for pumping slurries will be heavier duty than those designed for less viscous liquids since slurries are heavy and difficult to pump.
Slurry pumps are typically larger in size than standard pumps, with more horsepower, and built with more rugged bearings and shafts. The most common type of slurry pump is the centrifugal pump. These pumps use a rotating impeller to move the slurry, similar to how a water-like liquid would move through a standard centrifugal pump.
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Centrifugal pumps optimized for slurry pumping will generally feature the following in comparison to standard centrifugal pumps:
For pumping abrasive slurries, these types of pumps may also be made from specialized high wear alloys such as AL-6XN® or Hastelloy® C-22®. Hardening stainless steel is also a common option for abrasive slurries, with Expanite and Armoly being two hardening processes.
For certain types of slurry pumping conditions, positive displacement pumps may be a more appropriate choice than a centrifugal-style pump.
These conditions include:
Common types of positive displacement pumps used in slurry pumping applications include:
These pumps use two meshing lobes rotating within a pump's housing to move fluids from the pump's inlet to its outlet.
These pumps employ rotating screws to move liquids and solids from one end of the pump to another. The screws' turning action creates a spinning motion that pumps material.
These pumps use a flexible membrane that expands the volume of the pumping chamber, bringing in fluid from an inlet valve and then discharging it through an outlet valve.
Choosing the right pump for your slurry application can be a complex task due to the balance of many factors including flow, pressure, viscosity, abrasiveness, particle size, and particle type. An applications engineer, who knows how to take all of these factors into account, can be a great help in navigating the many pump options available.
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In determining which type of slurry pump is best suited for your particular application, follow these four simple steps.
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Standard pumps are not for everybody, customized slurry pumps are the best choice for the industrial sector. Every company has his needs in pumping slurry materials and, even if in some circumstances you can choose a standard pump, most of the times you better choose a customized pump.
Heavy duty pumps and slurry pumps have several applications, and it is impossible to have just one standard pump for every use. Every customer has his own need, his area of work and his type and volume of stuff to pump out. For that, Pemo Pumps teamwork is mostly dedicated to build and assemble the right components to customize the perfect pump for the specific client.
Customized slurry pumps offer significant advantages over standard pumps in every industrial applications. They are tailored to meet the specific requirements of a given application, which can include unique flow rates, pressures, viscosities, temperatures, and corrosive properties of the fluid being pumped.
This customization can lead to increased efficiency and reliability, especially when pumping thick, abrasive, or corrosive liquids. Moreover, customized pumps are designed to reduce downtime, as they are less prone to clogs and blockages, and they often require less maintenance, saving on costs and reducing the need for frequent repairs or part replacements.
Additionally, they provide greater control over the flow rate, which is crucial in processes where precision is key. Overall, the use of a customized slurry pump can result in improved performance, longevity, and cost savings overall.
Single components of a customized slurry pump are the impeller, the casing, the motor (engine) and the shaft. Impellers optimize the passage of abrasive solids while considering erosive wear that can affect performance. The primary function of a slurry pump casing is to guide the slurry from the pump inlet to the impeller and then control its flow before discharge.We also have the motor and, finally, we have the shaft in a slurry, the component that connects the impeller to the motor or engine.
For Pemo Pumps the most important components of a customized slurry pump are the impeller and the bodies. We put a lot of attention in the materials, on which we concentrate all the studies and projects and decades of know-how in terms of engineering and attention to the details.
5 ADVANTAGES OF CUSTOMIZED SLURRY PUMPS
Customized pumps are designed to meet the specific requirements of the application or the market and offer several advantages, below we give you the 5 best advantages of a custom slurry pump:
Pemo Pumps is an Italian excellence in the customized slurry pumps market. With a production 100% made in Italy, 50% of Pemo Pumps revenues comes from direct sales worldwide. Just one third of our sales are to Italian companies for direct use and for selling worldwide. Pemo Pumps has subsidiaries, representatives, and agents in 20 Countries and has more than 4,000 customers in the World.
Pemo Pumps makes available to his customers 20 basic models of pumps in Vertical, Horizontal, Submersible and Multi-Stage versions (double o triple), for a total of more than 3,000 different custom designs and configurations.
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