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ABS introduces a new model in the JUMBO® range of contractor pumps for powerful dewatering of abrasive water from construction sites, mines, ships, docks and flooded areas.

The new model JUMBO® 205 is a 21 kW pump for high head or high volume.

New Lowara pumps are hydraulically powered multiphase centrifugal units, which run at 2.900 rpm and throw 13 m3 per hour at 12 bar giving overall better performance from a more compact scale. A particular innovation for this new design of de-icer is the use of a single, relatively small and light – yet high performance – pump. The vehicles being replaced had large, heavy, cast iron gear pumps which had many problems, most of them expensive.

Ready 24 is the latest drainage pump from ITT Flygt. The 2.4 kW pump, which weighs less than 18 kg and is less than 200 mm in diameter, can cope with everything from muddy water to corrosive liquids and gravel.

The implementations of innovative valves has enabled the Puchheim Pump Specialists ASF THOMAS to significantly increase the repeat accuracy of the volume flow of their Micro Diaphragm Pump 2002.

1999 saw the global launch of ITT Flygt’s N-pump. 2000 sees the launch of the New Generation N-pumps. They have been specially designed for more efficient, reliable and trouble-free pumping over long duty periods, than any other wastewater-handling submersible. The new pumps build on the successes achieved by the company with its patented N technology

Lutz Pumpen, one of the leading manufacturers of drum and container pumps, enlarges his product range of laboratory pumps.

With the market launch of KSB’s new Hya®-Drive integral motor, it has now become possible to operate as many as six variable-speed pumps of equal power, plus a seventh, fixed-speed pump, without using an external switchgear.

Gast Manufacturing Inc., a Unit of IDEX Corporation, announces the release of the 15D Next Generation Miniature Diaphragm Series.

Few tasks are more critical for a water pump than those used for life support equipment in hospitals.

After a testing period of several months, the worldwide unique chlorine absorption plant, which has been developed by GEA Jet Pumps, is now officially being presented.