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Advanced Design Technology announces that its TURBOdesign Suite version 5.2 is now shipping. This version of the company’s three-dimensional (3D) inverse design technology software provides a new TURBOdesign Volute module and faster turbomachinery design and optimization capabilities for wider operating ranges and customized solutions.

Global water technology company Xylem announces its latest mobile application for its Bell & Gossett brand. The mobile app provides industry professionals with one-touch access to brochures, submittals, performance curves, drawings, specifications, part lists, and installation and operation manuals.

The ecodesign requirements imply that only circulators with an Energy Efficiency Index (EEI) of not more than 0.27 are allowed after 2013 and only circulators with an EEI of not more than 0.23 are allowed after 2015.

All-Flo Pump Company, a global leader in diaphragm pump manufacturing, unveils its new mobile website to meet customer demand for quick access to the site’s information on-the-go.

Regulation No 547/2012 of 25 June 2012 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for water pumps stipulates the minimum efficiency requirements for water pumps as set out under the ecodesign Directive for energy related products.

CFturbo Software & Engineering GmbH a German engineering company specialized in CAE consulting and software development for Turbomachinery components and -systems, will bring a new software version of its user-friendly Turbomachinery design platform CFturbo to the market in autumn 2012.

Xylem has launched a new pump selection mobile phone app for contractors and specifiers within the residential and commercial water markets.

The guide highlights the importance of “in-service” monitoring of pumping systems through the description of the main parameters to monitor and the ways to acquire them.

Europump publishes on its website the “fingerprints”-efficiency graph- to support manufacturers with the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 547/2012 of 25 June 2012 and esp. Annex II, 2, 15.

Increasingly, municipal wastewater companies, water supply operators and farmers are discovering the benefits of remote monitoring, but not all take advantage of the advanced management possibilities they offer.