As essential mechanical equipment it is important to maintain your pump station to prevent premature failure which can cause flooding or catastrophic failure. Reasons the Red Light may be flashing on a pump station. 1. Reminder you need a service for routine maintenance. 2. Pump Station fault. Red light only...
How to successfully mix thin or viscous products? The QDB Hygienic power-liquid mixer is a packaged solution ready for efficient blending of powders with liquids and liquids with liquids, for viscosities up to 600cP. The QVM includes the addition of the QTS twin screw pump to enable mixing and/or transfer...
Application: Mining – Storage Dam – Aeration/Mixing Challenge / Issue A mine in Western Australia had a Tailing Storage Facility decant water storage pond experiencing seasonal algal bloom growth, resulting in anaerobic water conditions. Their downstream water treatment process was compromised with high fouling rates of reverse-osmosis and ultrafine filtration...
Application: Guacamole Challenge / Issue Existing Waukesha Circumferential Piston (lobe) and Watson Marlow MassoSine Sinusoidal pumps required daily breakdown for cleaning and sanitising. The cleaning regime took 4 hours every day. A separate centrifugal pump was required to effective clean the pipe work. Spare parts consumption was excessive due to...
CHALLENGE / ISSUE: ODOUR Two municipal sewage treatment lagoons in regional Victoria were the subject of odour complaints. These facultative lagoons were shallow with ‘ragging’. Facultative lagoons have an anoxic anaerobic layer at the bottom which generates hydrogen sulphide and methane, high in odour. A Mixing & Aeration...
Australia’s newest skyscraper, Australia 108, is officially Melbourne’s tallest residential tower, soaring 319 meters high. With its roof complete and glass facade in place, the 100-story Southbank tower can also claim the title as the tallest residential tower in the Southern Hemisphere. We had the privilege to put our products...
This week the Plumbing Industry Climate Action Centre – PICAC opened their new training facility located in Narre Warren. All Purpose Pumps has supported this new Plumbing Industry education and research facility by designing one of our purpose built Rain Water Re-use Systems. This system has been designed to both...
Food Oil Interceptors (FOI’s) previously referred to as Grease Interceptor Traps (GIT’s) by the Australian Water Authorities, have been re-engineered here at All Purpose Pumps. All Purpose Pumps Food Oil Interceptors are pre-approved by multiple water boards across Victoria. Our Research and Development Team along with the support of our...
QTS SAVES $35,000.00 p.a IN MAINTENANCE & DOWNTIME AT LEADING CONFECTIONERY MANUFACTURER Application: Licorice Transfer And Extruder Feed Challenge / Issue The existing 16 bar rated Hilge-Novalobe lobe pumps required frequent lobe and seal replacement due to the abrasive nature of the sugary confectionery and the pressure required to feed...
QTS TWIN SCREW PUMP ELIMINATES BREAKDOWNS & CLEANING TIME, REDUCES POWER BY UP TO 67% Application: Apple Pie Filling Challenge / Issue An existing Air Operated Double Diaphragm (AODD) pump with flap type valves (for solids handling) was struggling to handle the thicker ‘Apple & Rhubarb’ pie fillings. The air...