Diaphragm pump change cuts dosing downtime
A
Larox Flowsys product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Jul 16, 2008
By replacing the air-operated diaphragm pumps with Larox LPP-D20 pumps, James Hardie gained reduced downtime, increased flow accuracy and reduced maintenance labour costs.
James Hardie Building Products replaced its air-operated diaphragm paint primer pumps with a Larox LPP-D20 pump for dosing.
Since changing to the LPP-D pump in 2008, James Hardie has been able to reduce downtime and increase flow accuracy.
According to the Engineering Manager at James Hardie, the air-operated diaphragm pumps were failing every three weeks and a decision was made to find more reliable pumps.
By replacing the air-operated diaphragm pumps with Larox LPP-D20 pumps, the company gained reduced downtime, increased flow accuracy and reduced maintenance labour costs.
The new pump yielded considerable savings in spare part costs, as the LPP-D hose is significantly less expensive than the replacement parts of the diaphragm pump.
In addition, the change led to reduced costs due to the high air consumption of diaphragm pumps.
The rolling hose compression of the LPP-D offers a more reliable, uninterrupted flow of the medium to the process than diaphragm pumps.
Not what you're looking for? Search the site.
Contact Larox Flowsys
Tel +358 201 113 311
Other Larox Flowsys stories
-
Knife gate valves suitable for abrasive slurries
Larox Flowsys has launched a series of heavy duty knife gate valves to supplement the pinch valve family. -
Larox Flowsys unveils basic LPP-M pump
Larox Flowsys has introduced a basic version of its LPP-M pump in addition to the current smart version. -
Pinch valves improve silo isolation
Concerning shut-off and control solutions, pinch valves are one of the best technologies for the isolation of pneumatically conveyed cement, according to Larox Flowsys. -
LPP pumps reduce waste and energy usage
Larox has introduced the LPP pumps, which feature low energy consumption and a long life cycle. -
Larox LPP-M pumps accurate doses of bleach
A major corn producer in the US has chosen Larox LPP-M pumps to replace electric diaphragm pumps for pumping 12.5 per cent bleach in the industrial boiler cleaning process.
Browse by category
-
Capital Equipment (3,490)
- Capital Equipment (1)
- Compressors and Air Treatment (531)
- Electrical hardware (131)
- Electronics Manufacturing, Tools, Instruments (192)
- Machinery and Production Equipment (1,124)
- Manufacturing Machinery and Plant Equipment (474)
- Production line blowers and fans (73)
- Robotics, Handling and Storage (964)
- Consultancy and Services (917)
-
Control and Instrumentation (5,107)
- Cabling, Conduit, Signal Conditioning (813)
- CNC and Motion Controllers (188)
- Control and Instrumentation (2)
- HMIs/Operator Interfaces (296)
- Logic Controllers, Timers and Relays (96)
- Mid-range and Large PLCs (203)
- Plant- and Machine-Wide Communications (1,197)
- Plantwide control (1,349)
- Power Supplies, Uninterruptible Power (573)
- Smaller-Sized PLCs (390)
-
Drives, Motors and Controls (3,423)
- Drives, Motors and Controls (2)
- Industrial Drives/Controls (1,289)
- Industrial Motors (501)
- Linear Drives and Motors (119)
- Precision Motors and Gears (426)
- Stepper and Servo Drives, Motors, Controls (1,084)
-
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Design (4,279)
- Batteries, chargers and circuit protection (576)
- Connectors, Terminals, Busbars, Slip Rings (710)
- Electrical and Electronic Components (647)
- Electrical and Electronic Equipment Design (3)
- Electrical and Electronic Subassemblies (374)
- Enclosures and Equipment Cooling Fans (720)
- Knobs, Handles and Enclosure Hardware (428)
- PCs and Embedded Systems (821)
-
Engineering Design Software (6,323)
- 2D CAD software (202)
- 3D CAD software (1,177)
- CAM, CNC, production management software (576)
- Data, document management software (321)
- Electrical design software (165)
- Engineering Design Software (17)
- FEA and structural analysis software (376)
- File conversion software, data capture (358)
- Fluid, thermal, noise, vibration software (338)
- Materials design and moulding design software (152)
- Maths, charting, statistics, QA software (324)
- PLM and collaboration software (659)
- Process, instrumentation, automation software (269)
- Publishing and documentation software (234)
- Rendering, visualisation, styling software (206)
- Simulation, modelling, validation software (949)
-
Engineering Industry News, Resources (6,199)
- Electronic Resources for Engineers (278)
- Engineering Business News, Views (388)
- Engineering Conferences (435)
- Engineering Education, Resources, Standards (849)
- Engineering Exhibitions, Events (575)
- Engineering Guides, Newsletters (365)
- Engineering Industry Developments, Awards (636)
- Engineering Industry News, Resources (4)
- Engineering Industry Reports, Surveys (597)
- Engineering Recruitment, Employment (219)
- Engineering Seminars (414)
- Engineering Training Courses (456)
- Health and Safety Consultancy, Software (180)
- Health and Safety Events, Training, News (285)
- Health and Safety Legislation (403)
- Health and Safety Strategy, Risk Assessment (115)
- Machine Building (4,608)
-
Materials and Processing (3,020)
- Materials and components (2,258)
- Materials and Processing (5)
- Materials processing and testing (291)
- Rapid Prototyping (466)
-
Monitoring, Measurement and Quality (5,622)
- Data Acquisition Hardware and PC I/O Boards (486)
- Data acquisition Software and Communications (505)
- Data loggers (425)
- Electrical and Electronic Testing, PAT Equipment (641)
- Form/co-ordinate, optical, vision instruments (757)
- Gauges, Indicators and Instruments (448)
- Materials testing equipment (429)
- Monitoring, Measurement and Quality (1)
- Telecomms/network test equipment, software etc (158)
- Testing and Calibration Services and Information (518)
- Testing, analysing and monitoring equipment (1,254)
-
Powertrain Design (3,692)
- Bearings (973)
- Chains and belts (333)
- Gears, brakes, couplings and engines (1,469)
- Hydraulic Components (473)
- Lubricants (440)
- Powertrain Design (3)
-
Sensors (7,240)
- Accelerometers and Vibration Sensors (446)
- Barcode Sensors (103)
- Flowmeters and Flow Sensors (638)
- Gas, Chemical, Radiation, Magnetic Sensors (289)
- Humidity and Environmental Sensors (157)
- Level Sensors and Leak Detectors (534)
- Linear Position Sensors (412)
- Loadcells, Force Sensors, Torque Sensors (725)
- Pressure sensors (634)
- Proximity Sensors (710)
- Rotary Position, Tilt and Angular Sensors (559)
- Sensors (10)
- Temperature sensors (620)
- Vision and Colour Sensors (1,403)
- Small Mechanical Components, Joining, Tools (2,023)
- Valves, Pumps, Process Hardware (3,711)
