4th Quarter 2018LIQUID LINE

Liquid Handling Equipment, Inc.

In �is Issue

Liquid Handling Equipment’s New Shop and Warehouse Are

Open for Business!

Liquid Handling Welcomes A New Team Member

Technical Spotlight -Liquid Handling Equipment

2018 Design and Fabrication Projects

Product Spotlight -FLUX High-Viscosity Pumps

A Liquid Handling Equipment Success Story

Meeting Your Process NeedsLiquid Handling Equipment’s

Full Line of Products

Liquid Line Editor: Eric Sant Vice President of Marketing

Published by:Liquid Handling Equipment, Inc.2311 Executive StreetCharlotte, North Carolina 28208

Mailing Address:P.O. Box 668525Charlotte, NC 28266-8525

Phone: 704-399-8700 • 800-872-8414Fax: 704-393-2412

Website: www.liquidhandlingequip.com

Email: lhe@liquidhandlingequip.com

TMLiquid Handling Equipment’s New Shop and

Warehouse Are Open for Business!

We are pleased to announce that we have officially moved into our new repair shop and warehouse. The 12,000+ square foot expansion to our existing building took longer than anticipated, but in keeping with the age-old adage, “The wait was worth the trouble!”

The expansion has increased Liquid Handling Equipment’s capabilities to better serve our customers’ and suppliers’ process needs. The added space will allow us to manage more than one shop project at a time, in addition to providing the space to expand and innovate our shop and repair equipment.

We have added a new parts washer, a balancing machine, and soon will be adding a second lathe and test stand. The old warehouse and shop are under renovation and when finished will become a specialized shop for HMD / Kontro magnetic drive sealless pumps, along with a new shipping and receiving area.

We are proud of our expanded shop and warehouse, which will allow us to better serve our customer base. Liquid Handling Equipment looks forward to sharing the benefits of our increased capabilities with you!

Liquid Handling Welcomes A New Team Member

We are pleased to announce the addition of a new member to our sales team. Craig Sigler will serve as Sales Representative to our Eastern South Carolina territory. Craig began employment in mid-December 2018. He brings 20 years of pump experience in serving the Carolinas.

Liquid Handling Equipment is lucky to have a man of Craig’s experience. Please welcome him when the opportunity presents itself. Craig Sigler

Outside Sales - South Carolina

LIQUID LINETechnical Spotlight Liquid Handling Equipment 2018 Design and Fabrication Projects By John Hickner

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John Hickner Mechanical

Engineer

Shopmounts represent the largest number of our design / fabrication projects over the longest period of time. This past year, we designed a large number of custom bases that included custom drip rims, grout holes, and jack screws. All of our shopmounts are always laser aligned after fabrication to ensure that they meet the highest standards. Depending on the speed of the motor, the difference of a shopmount succeeding or failing can come down to .001” +/- in both the vertical and horizontal axis.

The frequency of design and fabrication of pump carts is second to our shopmounts. Liquid Handling Equipment engineers and builds pump carts as simple as a pump on a hand cart or as complex as adding VFDs, gear motors, filter housings, and valve system to a cart. This past year we mounted various types of pumps; however, the primary pump used on most of our pump carts was the Air Operated Double Diaphragm (AODD) pump. Interest-ingly, breweries make up a good portion of our pump cart customers, but we also find industrial customers are another large market for our extremely useful, efficient pump carts. Skids are the third type of project Liquid Handling Equipment designs and fabricates. As a matter of fact, skids kept our shop very busy last year. The most popular skids usually are those used for filtration needs. Our largest 2018 skid project was a special water quench system, which was designed and modeled with the components shipped to the end user. It is a good example of our expert skills in 3-D modeling.

With a busy 2018 behind us, we are looking forward to innovative, exciting projects this year that challenge our Liquid Handling Equipment fabrication and design team.

Shopmounts Pump Cart Skid

ISO View of Water Quench System

Liquid Handling Equipment, Inc.

High-viscosity liquids are not only tricky to transport, they also are difficult to handle when used as components in industrial processes. Many such processes require the use of high-viscosity products as actual ingredients, as well as for proper operation of the manufacturing machinery. For example, a specialty chemical manu-facturing facility may use concentrated Silica Gels as a key thickening ingredient in its batches. In a manufacturing setting, plants often use large quantities of high-viscosity grease to keep their machinery or final products well lubricated and functioning properly. Even a food processing facility may use a thick ingre-dient, such as honey or peanut butter, as an impor-tant flavor in its recipe.

A FLUX High-Viscosity Drum Pump would make transferring high-viscosity liquids an easy task in any of the examples cited above. FLUX eccentric worm-drive pumps are suitable for pumping thin-to-high-viscosity fluids. The positive FLUX displacement pumps provide smooth flow at constant pressures and gently handle shear-sensitive products.

F550 pumps are used in industrial markets and the F560 pumps are configured for the pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetics industries. All FLUX pumps, which can be used in portable and stationary applications, are comprised of only a few components, making them easy to clean and maintain.

FLUX pumps are available in versions that are immersed in the liquid (top entry), along with a version that can be installed outside the vessel. Pump models are available with 3A Certification and single-point grounding for explosion-proof environments. FLUX Food Pumps (Directive [EC] 1935/2004 and FDA CFR 21 compliant) are suitable for use in the sanitary and hygienic markets. GS gear drive pumps accept FLUX 4 Series motors and the S flange pump can be used with industrial motors for higher-viscosity handling. Pair pumps for pumping liquids that are not capable of flowing with the superior FLUX drum-emptying systems for the best success.Prod

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Website: www.fluxpumpsusa.com

Spotlight on: FLUX High-Viscosity Pumps

Rotor & Stator

FLUX Pump Technical Data • For containers: 55 gal drums, totes, IBCs, or to be used as a process pump in horizontal configuration• Delivery rate: max. 12 GPM• Delivery head: max. 116 PSIG• Viscosity: max. 100,000 cPs• Motor options: electric/pneumatic• Available certificates: ATEX/Explosion Proof, FOOD/FDA, 3A

Please contact your local Liquid Handling Equipment salesman to discover FLUX solutions for your high-viscosity pumping needs.

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Meeting Your Process Needs

Liquid Handling Equipment carries a full line of products to meet all of your process needs.

Tanks & Heat ExchangersAllen Industries, LLCBendel Tank & Heat ExchangerModern Welding Poly Processing CompanySharpsville Container

PumpsBoerger PumpsCrane Pumps - Barnes / Burks / Crown / Deming / WeinmanDESMI / Rotan EbaraFlux PumpsHMD Kontro / SundyneIwaki-AmericaLC ThomsenPriceRoperWalchem Watson-Marlow / MasoSine PumpWatson-Marlow Sanitary Process PumpsYamada AmericaZoeller Pump Company

AgitatorsMixMor Corporation

Filtration Eaton / Hayward MFG HarmscoPentair Strainrite

Flow & Liquid Level ManagementFLOWLINEICON Process Controls, Ltd.Niagara Meters

Accessory EquipmentBlacoh Fluid ProductsDixonGarlock Sealing TechnologiesNovaflexOPW / Civacon Corp.

A Liquid Handling Equipment Success Story by Chris Morrow

A manufacturer of commercial construction-grade wire was plagued with troublesome issues around its sulfuric acid recir-culation pumps. The manufacturer’s pumps were a competitor’s brand of non-metallic magnetically-driven sealless centrifugal pumps with persistent problems related to magnetic de-coupling and bearing failures during the application process.

The plant was also unable to operate the pumps at full speed due to complica-tions when running the pumps above two thirds of their maximum-rated power. The commercial-grade wire required recirculated 16% sulfuric acid as part of its anodizing process.

After discussing the advantages of Iwaki’s MDM Series magnetic drive sealless centrifugal pumps, Liquid Handling Equipment was given the opportunity to quote a replacement pump for the challenging application. The Iwaki pump we recommended included a carbon bearing. Along with the self-lubricating properties of the carbon bearing, the balancing of the inner and outer magnets of the pump allowed the Iwaki pump to withstand run-dry upset conditions for up to one hour on a continual basis. The ability to withstand upset conditions is unique to Iwaki’s sealless technology.

When a magnetic drive pump is operated in run-dry conditions, it is susceptible to a forward thrusting of the pump’s internal components. This forward thrust-ing leads to catastrophic and costly failures, which are prevented by the Iwaki pump’s unique design. The customer was also able to operate the Iwaki pump at full speed without issue, allowing for a greater flow rate and an efficient supply of the sulfuric acid required in the process. After careful consideration, the customer agreed to install the recommended Iwaki pump on a trial basis to determine its performance as compared to the problematic pumps in service. The problem pump operated for two months before rebuilding was required. The continual rebuilds were very costly in terms of rebuild parts, down time associated with the rebuild, and the labor required to repair the pumps. The recommended Iwaki pump has been in service now for eight months without any issues!

Iwaki’s commitment to innovation, design, and factory support, along with the large inventory maintained at Liquid Handling Equipment, Inc. in Charlotte, NC allowed us to compete and ultimately displace the competitor’s pumps.

Let Liquid Handling Equipment work with you to determine an Iwaki pump cost-effective solution for your critical process application.

Chris Morrow Outside Sales