From the article:
Reducing Maintenance Costs for a Steel Mill Blast Furnace
A steel mill was experiencing maintenance problems with its four rubber-lined slurry pumps. The abrasiveness of the sludge would quickly wear out each pump's stuffing box sleeve and braided packing, and large solids would tear the rubber liner on the casing and impeller. Any flow interruption would cause the pumps to heat up and seize. The pumps required maintenance or rebuilding a couple times each month.
As replacement for the rubber-lined slurry pumps, Corrosion Fluid Products Corp. produced a high chrome cast pump that has a double mechanical seal with its own barrier fluid. The pump can run dry for extended periods of time and was made to combat the abrasive sludge and large solids destroying the steel mill's existing pumps.
The new pumps have been in place since 2004 and have yielded maintenance cost savings of $158,000 per year.
The article can be seen in July's issue of Pumps & Systems Magazine and online at http://www.pump-zone.com/pumps/vertical-turbine-pumps/success-story-of-the-year-2009-finalists-corrosion-fluid-products-corp.html
Reducing Maintenance Costs for a Steel Mill Blast Furnace
A steel mill was experiencing maintenance problems with its four rubber-lined slurry pumps. The abrasiveness of the sludge would quickly wear out each pump's stuffing box sleeve and braided packing, and large solids would tear the rubber liner on the casing and impeller. Any flow interruption would cause the pumps to heat up and seize. The pumps required maintenance or rebuilding a couple times each month.
As replacement for the rubber-lined slurry pumps, Corrosion Fluid Products Corp. produced a high chrome cast pump that has a double mechanical seal with its own barrier fluid. The pump can run dry for extended periods of time and was made to combat the abrasive sludge and large solids destroying the steel mill's existing pumps.
The new pumps have been in place since 2004 and have yielded maintenance cost savings of $158,000 per year.
The article can be seen in July's issue of Pumps & Systems Magazine and online at http://www.pump-zone.com/pumps/vertical-turbine-pumps/success-story-of-the-year-2009-finalists-corrosion-fluid-products-corp.html
