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The Lowara ecocirc XL bronze range has been granted Water Regulations Advisory Scheme (WRAS) approval, and now meets all strict byelaw regulations set out by UK water companies.

Federal Pump, an 87 year old Brooklyn, NY manufacturer of centrifugal pumps for the buildings industry, was awarded several prestigious high rise projects in NYC after introducing its newest stainless steel pre-engineered and packaged variable speed potable water system along with its recent upgrade to its MSC chopper pumps for wastewater applications.

The outstanding features of the new Mink claw vacuum pump range are optimised noise emission levels and a smaller floor area. The new range will be introduced at the Fakuma plastics processing trade fair in Friedrichshafen (Germany).

Portable and stationary devices for medical, analytical and other applications require an extremely low sound and low vibration level of all functional parts. In the past individual adaptions have been created by customers in cooperation with the component manufacturers.

Flowserve Corporation announced it has attained NSF 61-G certification for certain pumps comprising its line of commercial potable water pumps and the facilities that manufacture them. This certification, including Annex G for low-lead content water products, immediately puts these Flowserve pumps in full compliance with the U.S. Safe Drinking Water Act.

The new range of Arbo thermoplastic mechanically sealed centrifugal pumps are available in a choice of polypropylene, polyethylene, PVDF and PTFE so they resist the effects of aggressive chemicals which can cause corrosion problems for metallic pumps.

Delivering superior safety, improved functionality and a self-standing design, the next generation Depa DH line of aluminum air-operated double diaphragm pumps has been expanded to include the sizes DH50 and 80. With this addition, the advanced flanged range includes now five sizes that are certified to ATEX Zone 1.

John Miersma, President and CEO of Iwaki America Incorporated announced today that Iwaki America Incorporated has added the Sanwa Hydrotech line of metal magnetic drive pumps to its product line in Latin America.

AxFlow has added Blackmer’s new XLW4A wear-resistant sliding vane pump to the Blackmer range of pumps for which it has exclusive distribution throughout the UK. The XLW4A is a 4” ported pump that has been field tested for almost two years handling an abrasive detergent/soap and has performed flawlessly.

Gemü has developed the world s first Single-Use diaphragm valve. Gemü Sumondo represents the long-awaited paradigm change to Single-Use design: From manual systems to automation-capable and controllable plants for faultless operation and continual documentation by the plant monitoring system.