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IRRIGATION

HIGH PRESSURE > GREAT RELIABILITY

NEW PM PUMPS: MAXIMUM VERSATILITY

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and diffusers, is one of the series’ big- lected here guarantee durability even
gest strengths. Furthermore, wear is in such thermally demanding heavy
reduced to a minimum due to the fact duty operating conditions. Vibration
that the hydraulics are equipped with propagation is minimised in a great
Thanks to their reliability, top perfor- an axial thrust compensation system. deal of operating conditions. As a re-
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to withstand high pressures, have long range of flow rates and are available ing several machines at the same site.
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technology has to offer. years of experience in engineering,
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reverse osmosis and marine applica- The mechanical seal guarantees per-
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consistently durable, and to function leakage, while the packing seal boasts gards to both operation and main-
in such a way that the need to replace superior ease of assembly and main- tenance
wearable parts is kept to a minimum. tenance, reducing the risk of machine % +LJK K\GUDXOLF HIÞFLHQF\
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especially high performance and oper- use with superheated water at tem-
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SULZER LAUNCHES THE WORLD’S BIGGEST

MEDIUM-CONSISTENCY PUMP

Sulzer announces the launch of the KHDG XS WR P 7KH 0&(w SXPS LV and board as well as related biomass
world’s biggest medium-consistency designed for the common consistency and biofuel applications.
pump, the MCE93-400. The new MCE™ range of 10-12% and a pressure rating 7KH 0&( SXPSV DUH PDQX-
pump size is Sulzer’s answer to the cus- of 25 bar. factured at Sulzer’s factory in Kotka,
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rates in pulp mills. sistency pump size is an excellent ad- have been dispatched to a major pulp
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solids content, referred to as medium ing. It has been designed to operate &DSWLRQ 7KH 0&(w SXPS LV EHLQJ
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processes in the pulp and paper in- water, and chemical costs in the pulp in Kotka, Finland.
GXVWU\ 7KH SURYHQ 0&(w SXPSV IURP and paper mill processes. The unique
Sulzer achieve a unique and reliable and innovative design features of the
performance level when it comes to the pump minimize its life cycle costs,” says
capacity range as well as to the tem- Jussi Heinonen, Product Manager for
perature and pressure of the pumped 0& HTXLSPHQW DW 6XO]HU
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In recent years, the production pumps are suitable for the most de-
rates of the industry have increased manding process applications to pump
remarkably. Sulzer developed the big- PHGLXP FRQVLVWHQF\ ÞEURXV VXVSHQ-
JHVW 0&(w SXPS VL]H IRU D FXVWRPHU sions, slurries with a high dry solid
project with record-breaking values. content, and media with a high gas
The capacity of the pump reaches up content. They cover all medium-con-
to 10’000 ADMT/d (air dry metric tons sistency applications for pulp, paper,
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