The customer, the company SOLVALOR in Rouen (France), specializes in recycling and recovery of soils – for the most part excavated soils in civil engineering and mainly coming from Paris. Today, the company is market leader in the recovery and recycling of soils.
Task
In spring 2021, two ABEL hydraulic diaphragm pumps were put into operation at the plant of this French customer. These diaphragm pumps of the type HMD-G-80-1000 are used for filter press feeding at a level of 80 m³/h and 12 bar.
Solution
Optimal support through the ABEL Smart Pump Assistant
The daily deployment and monitoring of the two ABEL HM pumps is supported at the company SOLVALOR by the monitoring system Smart Pump Assistant (SPA). With this SPA ABEL offers remote assistance. Immediate anomalies are detected based on the data and appropriate corrective action is suggested. Furthermore, our customer receives a monthly performance report, which documents the daily use as well as the condition of their pump-/ filtration process
“The performance report allows us to optimize production scheduling as well as maintenance planning.” – Maxime Jolly, Industrial Director.
On special request, now, the customer can also access the theoretically calculated throughput capacity which saves them costly flowmeters. Thus, information on the state of their ABEL pumps is constantly available to the ABEL customer. By means of the Smart Pump Assistant detailed operational parameters like temperature and pressures can be visualized. If parameters are exceeded, the customer receives an alert.
The implementation of the knowledge gained through the ABEL Smart Pump Assistant results in the customer saving significant quantities of time, costs and energy in the production process while at the same time accelerating the productivity throughout the company. The figure below shows that the ABEL pumps have managed 46 filter press cycles in 5 production days without any standstill.
Technic
Technical Data to the used Pumps:
- Manufacturer: ABEL
- Pump Type: 2x HMD-G-80-1000 hydraulic diaphragm pumps
- Flow Rate: 80 m³/h
- Operation Pressure: 12 bar
- Monitoring System: ABEL Smart Pump Assistant
The advantages of ABEL pumps
The ABEL piston diaphragm pump is an important component in filter press feeding. Among the advantages of ABEL pumps compared with other types of pumps are:
- High wear resistance
- Robustness and durability
- Very long service intervals
- Low energy requirements -> Reduction of operating costs
The ABEL piston diaphragm pumps fulfil the requirements of filter press feeding in various ways.
Equipped with an analog pressure transducer and a frequency converter, the initial flow rate, the break-point and the minimum flow rate can be set easily. It is particularly important that these components can be varied if required, which is crucial for some applications.
Compared with other feeding pumps, whose feed rate – due to the design – is dependent on the counterpressure, the flexibility of the ABEL pumps provides a real added value – particularly so when the customer needs filtration times to be as short as possible and a high solids content.
The ABEL hydraulic diaphragm pumps are extremely energy-efficient and durable and they have a high efficiency rate when used as filter press feed pumps.
Due to their robust design, the ABEL piston diaphragm pumps are also employed in other industrial areas throughout the world for the transport of difficult media. ABEL pumps are used, for example, in mining for dewatering mines and in the water and sewage industry as transport pumps. Furthermore, many customers in a wide range of industrial sectors use the ABEL pumps for spray dryer feed and rotary kiln charging.
Customer Feedback
“The ABEL pumps have allowed me to increase the productivity dramatically and to transfer more slurry, because – compared with the prior technology – I can manage more filtration cycles in the same time. Also, it doesn’t matter any longer what kind of slurry I transfer – the ABEL pump will get the job done!” – Maxime Jolly, Industrial Director at Solvalor.
Overall, SOLVALOR is very satisfied with the performance of the ABEL pumps and services.
Does this pump seems to be the right solution also for your application?
You are welcome to discuss the detail now & non-binging with ABEL.
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You are welcome to discuss the detail now & non-binging with ABEL.
Source & Pictures: ABEL
