John Brooks Company recommends pump system for sanitation process

The new system with Hydra-Cell pump technology

With decades of experience in fluid-handling solutions, John Brooks Company Limited has a long track record of customer success stories. One example was a company that was using a piston/plunger pump that was constantly needing service for a sanitation process. For this application, a John Brooks Company application expert recommended a high-pressure rinsing pump system with Hydra-Cell seal-less diaphragm pumps, and the customer saw improved up-time, lower service and maintenance expenses, and substantial energy savings.

Accommodation of multiple showers

This customer’s existing system was insufficient to meet the demand for accommodation of multiple showers and the required increase in pressure. This resulted in high levels of downtime and maintenance, as well as constant delays in the sanitation process. A better solution was needed, not just quickly, but also within a tight budget.

So the company got in touch with Alexandre Croteau, an application expert with John Brooks Company. Alexandre met with the customer to clarify their current and future application needs and, with the assistance of the John Brooks Company engineered-systems team, came up with the recommendation of a duplex pump and motor assembly package with controls, isolating valves, dampeners, gauges, a pressure transmitter, and check valves.

The pump system used Hydra-Cell pump technology by Wanner Engineering Inc. It included two Model D35 seal-less diaphragm pumps with Buna Elastomers, mounted on a base with 30-horsepower motors. One of the pumps was meant to back the other one up, but both units could work together in periods of high demand.

Model D35 pumps are energized by the motors, which are wired to the VFDs. These VFDs are inside the control panel, which itself is wired to the pressure transmitter. The controls adjust themselves to the facility’s needs, such as when the spray gun is triggered; the pump speed increases to reach the desired pressure and will slow down when the pressure is obtained. If other processes need water, like spray nozzles or other spray guns, the VFD will adjust the speed appropriately.

With this new pump system, the customer saw much higher productivity and cost savings.

To learn more, contact John Brooks Company.

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