Engineered Solutions
Throughout the service life of your pumping equipment, process change, design improvements and material developments create opportunities to greatly improve the performance and reliability of your asset. ClydeUnion Pumps can offer a comprehensive range of engineered solutions to modify pumping equipment to satisfy any such change in requirements.
Our Comprehensive Service Approach is Based on 3 Key Areas
- Asset Performance
- Asset Reliability
- Asset Availability
Possessing a wealth of pump and system design knowledge, and fully equipped with the latest design, analytical and pump testing equipment, our technical services team can be employed across a range of services to ensure your critical rotating plant is operating reliably, safely and at optimal levels of efficiency. Working in partnership with our customers, the focus of these important aspects of pump operation deliver increased Mean Time Between Failures and plant life, reduced parts consumption, increased production and very importantly, minimise energy costs and carbon emissions.
Asset Performance
- Improve equipment efficiency
- Use of efficiency coatings
- Tighter clearances through material enhancements
- Align pump performance to system characteristics
- Increase output to suit higher system/process demands
- Reduce output to suit system/process changes
METHODS EMPLOYED
The technical services team deploys pump system assessment methodology. The objective in this method of assessment is to ensure a uniform and systematic approach in the assessment of industrial pumping systems to identify opportunities for reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions in line with legislative and government targets.
This method combines a consultative approach with a thorough system energy and reliability audit, utilising our full suite of testing equipment including flow and power meters, multi-channel data logger, vibration analyser, pressure transducers and temperature gauge.
SYMPTOMS OF POOR SYSTEM AND PUMP PERFORMANCE
Most pump systems will benefit from a system audit and pump test to optimise system performance, however the following examples highlight your pump is no longer matching your system requirements. If any of the symptoms are evident then a site test and/or system assessment will identify how to improve your pump and system performance.
- Standby pump in continuous operation
- Pump operating conditions do not match nameplate conditions
- Pump output is controlled by discharge valve throttling
- High machinery vibration and temperature
- Poor reliability and MTBF
- High wear rates and parts usage
- High power consumption
Asset Reliability
MATERIAL UPGRADES
Material upgrades are available to satisfy increased plant life requirements and we offer our expertise in the development and application of corrosion resistant materials, wear resistant coatings and non-metallic materials. These upgrades can result in excellent solutions where irons, bronzes and less corrosion resistant stainless steels were originally specified.
MECHANICAL DESIGN ENHANCEMENT
Technical upgrading service is available for our customers who desire reliable, competitive, quality pump sets. Our engineering team analyse current design advancements using the latest 3D design tools to resolve seal leakage, reliability issues and improve noise and vibration performance.
IMPROVING CLIENTS ASSET RELIABILITY DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS, MATERIAL UPGRADES
- Improve rotor dynamics
- Balance disc to drum
- Swirl Brakes
- Wear ring geometry
- Shaft stiffness improvements
- Improve materials of construction
- Hardened running surfaces
- Use of composite materials
- Erosion/corrosion resistance improvements
- Improve bearing life
- Bearing guards
- Water in oil monitoring
- Improve Emission Leakage
- Cartridge seal assemblies
