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COVER STORY
The Indian Pump Industry:
Against all odds
Traditionally, the Indian pump manufacturers have been concentrating mainly on agricultural and domestic pumps. However, more recently, areas such as industrial application, natural gas, sugar mills and refineries that are major consumers of pumps are now coming up as potential markets. The Indian industry should now focus on innovation. It is time the Indian industry adopt new techniques in the production process ...
- Lovina Kinny
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INTERVIEW
"Focusing on global markets will pay rich dividents"
- V Krishnakumar, president, Indian Pump Manufacturers Association
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FOCUS
What makes the Hydra-Ceell pump versatile?
If you are an engineer working in the process industries... if today you have to choose a pump for a new system, or replace a pump in existing plant... How will you choose? Two suggestions. Keep an open mind. Think about versatility ...
- Wanner International Ltd
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FACE-TO-FACE
"Our products meet all stringent cGMP/FDA requirements"
- Matteo Forlenza, Italvacuum
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WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT
Pumps for smooth handling of slurries without getting choked
Process pumps in more than 52 models in KPD and 40 models in KPD-QF series are available and it covers a discharge range from 2.0-750 m3/hr and head up to 180 mtrs today. These vast numbers of models are designed into primarily six driving units to facilitate users to have maximum interchangeability, minimum inventory, ease of maintenance and high service reliability ...
-- R K Srivastava and Anil Kumar Sur, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd
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ENVIRONMENT
King-size for acid pumping
Wacker Chemie AG, Burghausen/Germany tries out 600 m3/h (2650 USgpm) fluoroplastic lined magnetic drive pump. A mixture of acetic acid, formic acid and acetaldehyde, operating temperature 80oC (175oF) - the environment in which the pumps used at the German Wacker Chemie in Burghausen, Production Unit 'Acetyls', do their work is everything but simple. With the PFA/PTFE-lined magnetic drive pump MNK 200-150-315 (8-6-12) the operator is now entering a new performance dimension - and is expecting no less than cost savings of up to 70% ...
- Gerhard Bauer, Wacker Chemie AG
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MAINTENANCE
Safety relief valves: Making the right choice
Choosing a wrong safety device can be hazardous to life and property. Today, safety devices have become indispensable to protect people, processes and property in any pressurized system. So how can the engineers ensure that they make the right choice? This article delves on situations when overpressure may occur, the wide range of devices available, how such devices operate and the many codes, standards and approval authorities to note ...
- Spirax Sarco
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LEADERSPEAK
"Fluoropolymers are becoming the engineer's first choice in fighting corrosion"
- Bharat Pandit, DuPont India Pvt Ltd
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PIPE-FITTING
CPVC for chemical processes
As every application has its own material parameters and conditions under which certain materials perform better than others, it is common practice for most industrial manufacturers to utilise different pipe materials in different parts of the plant for different applications. It is likely however, that CPVC be used in some parts of nearly every chemical plant. Proven fifty-year track record of CPVC pipes demonstrate longer service life, lower maintenance costs and reduced down-time ...
- Lubrizol Advanced Materials India
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INTERVIEW
“Integrating sustainability into business planning and processes helps us meet our customers’ exact needs”
- Jeremy Burks, Global Executive Director of the Paper and Process Industry group, Dow Corning
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