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WORLD PUMPS January 2013

Product news 7

Expansion and investment meets with royal approval

Wafer-Cone fl ow meter ready for European PED

In December 1987, Her Royal

Highness, the Princess Royal,

opened SPP’s manufacturing

facility at Coleford, UK. SPP Pumps

is a global pump manufacturer

and pumping solutions provider

and the opening ceremony

marked the completion of a

£4 million investment programme

by SPP in the site.

On 9 November this year, the Prin-

cess Royal returned to mark the

celebration of SPP Pumps' 25 years

at Coleford. During that time, SPP's

total sales have increased from

£15 million to £70 million in 2011,

with an expanding staff topping

170 employees last year.

To support McCrometer’s European

customers, its Wafer-Cone fl ow

meter meets the requirements of

the European Community’s Pres-

sure Equipment Directive (PED)

97/23/EC and is eligible for use

throughout the region.

The PED standard was adopted by

the European Parliament and the

European Council in 1997. It

provides standards for the design,

manufacture, testing and the

uniform assessment of equipment

and assemblies operating in pres-

surized environments across the

European Community.

CE Marking for all service categories

under the Pressure Equipment

directive (PED) 97/23/EC means that

McCrometer’s European customers

have third party assurance that the

Wafer-Cone Flow Meter is safe for

use in the pressurized environments

found in industrial processes and

plants. The Wafer-Cone Flow Meter

meets essential safety require-

ments covering design,

manufacture and testing; satisfi es

appropriate conformity assessment

procedures; and carries the CE

marking and other information.

The meter is aimed at small line

size liquid, gas or steam measure-

ment in oil/gas production, district

energy, food & beverage, metal

and mining, chemical refi ning,

pharmaceuticals, electric power

generation, water treatment.

The interchangeable cone off ers

fl exibility to accommodate

changing fl ow conditions without

recalibration; when fl ow conditions

change over time, the cone can be

removed and replaced with a cone

at a diff erent beta ratio eliminating

the need to buy a new meter.

www.mccrometer.com

Over the next fi ve years, SPP is

geared up for an ambitious

£9 million expansion rolling out in

three phases. A £5 million test

centre at 22 m high will be the

tallest building on the industrial

estate and is to house a large

crane to lift huge pumps in and

out of a 15 m deep pit fi lled with

over 1,0000,0000 l of water. The last

phase will see the old offi ces

replaced by a new, modern three-

story building containing confer-

ence and training facilities.

With more than 120 years of

engineering experience in the

fi eld, SPP's service extends over 10

diff erent sectors including oil and

gas, water utilities, fi re protection,

and transformer oil.

From design and manufacture to

testing, parts, after sales service

and on-site energy savings

solutions, SPP Pumps' turnkey

off ering is world class.

www.spppumps.com.

Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal, meets

Sanjay Kirloskar, Chairman and MD KBL India.

IFAT ENTSORGA returns as IFAT after two eventsAfter two events held under the

name of IFAT ENTSORGA,

environmental technology trade fair

reverts to its original name of IFAT

According to Eugen Egetenmeir,

managing director of Messe

München GmbH: "The name

ENTSORGA was included in the

show’s title in 2010, to communi-

cate to the sector the fact that

this event was moving from

Cologne to Munich. That message

has now been understood, and so

we are going back to our original,

succinct name of IFAT."

As well as the name change, IFAT is

also adopting a new claim –

‘resources. innovations. Solutions’ –

to sum up the spectrum covered

by the fair and its orientation. The

areas of water/waste water and

waste/secondary raw materials now

come under the overarching term

of ‘resources’.

www.ifat.de

Slimline propeller line reduces energy costsA new Flygt propeller pump line

has been unveiled by Xylem Inc,

which reduces investment and

maintenance costs while maxim-

ising a pump station’s perform-

ance and effi ciency.

The new range of Flygt Slimline

propeller pumps uses smaller

discharge column sizes resulting

in a more compact pump station

footprint which in turn minimises

civil construction costs. Flygt

N-technology provides increased

clog resistance, and the self-

cleaning propeller minimises

operational disturbances while

delivering high effi ciency and

reduced energy costs.

“The modern design of the new

Flygt Slimline propeller pumps

ensures that they are easy to

install, as well as cost and energy

effi cient, without compromising

on performance. The smaller

discharge column size of the

Flygt Slimline propeller pump

means that a more compact

pump station footprint is needed,

which therefore minimises civil

construction costs – a key

concern for customers today,” said

Bob Domkowski, business devel-

opment manager at Xylem.

www.fl ygt.com

www.xyleminc.comThe Flygt Slimline propeller pump.

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