ABEL Makes a Good Start into 2025

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, a specialist in sealing technology, announces the launch of the innovative Stefa high-pressure radial shaft seal portfolio designed to deliver unmatched performance across a wide variety of demanding applications. Stefa high-pressure radial shaft seals (HPRSS) are optimized to improve sealing performance for various speed, chemical compatibility and pressure challenges. They also feature innovative engineered designs that compensate for shaft misalignment, ensuring reliable sealing under extreme conditions.

At the end of February 2025, the KSB Group has launched the first size of its newly developed MultiTec Plus type series, size 150, on the market. These pumps have been specially developed for transporting drinking water, with optimum hydraulic efficiency being the focus.

Danfoss Power Solutions has announced the launch of its MP1T axial piston tandem pump. An addition to the company’s popular MP1 medium-power closed-circuit hydraulic platform, the MP1T tandem pump offers high rotating efficiency, enhanced controllability, and the shortest pump length in its class. The pump is designed for construction machinery and other applications with dual-path propel systems.

A Bredel peristaltic hose pump has shown the ideal qualities for transferring thickened sludge in the production of biogas for Scheldestromen water board (Waterschap Scheldestromen) in the Netherlands. A Bredel 65 hose pump is transferring polymer-thickened sludge of 6 to 8% to tanks for fermentation at Scheldestromen water board’s treatment plant in Terneuzen, Zeeland.

Franklin Electric Co., Inc. announced it has completed the acquisition of Cat Pumps Corporation, a leading provider of high-pressure, positive displacement pumps, for $350 million in cash plus a potential earnout of up to $50 million in Franklin Electric stock based on future performance.

Rising operating pressures, harsh environments and the high cost of equipment failure are placing greater reliability demands on hydraulic and pneumatic systems in Oil & Gas and industrial operations. Haskel’s new whitepaper, High-Pressure Reliability in Upstream Oil & Gas Operations, looks at these challenges in upstream Oil & Gas. It also outlines reliability principles and fluid power technologies that apply to similarly demanding industrial applications.