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Protection for pumps, heating elements and tanks plus control of cup dispensing and door interlocks on a wide range of food and beverage dispensing equipment is provided by liquid level, flow and position sensors from switching, sensing and control solutions specialist Gentech International.

Government rebates, improved awareness of health and safety issues, reliability, convenience and environmental awareness are some of the reasons why many farmers are turning away from traditional windmills and diesel powered pumps, towards solar pumps.

The ability to create a successful and safe solution to a problem which other pump manufacturers had not been able to solve has lead to a Mono Merlin pump being fitted to a new custom-built, fuel oil delivery vehicle.

Minneapolis, MN – Hydra-Cell Industrial Pumps, Wanner Engineering Inc., introduces their new Oil Level Monitoring kit.

The linear pumps of the Rietschle Thomas series 6000 are now available in 12 V und 24 V DC. Furthermore, there is also a 24V AC-version obtainable. In those cases where “only” battery power is available, the series 6000 is first choice.

Leading developer of exhaust gas analysis equipment for motor manufacturers, Cambustion, has selected the XDS range of oil-free vacuum scroll pumps from BOC Edwards for its fast response exhaust analysers. As a result, the company’s customers – which include leading names such as Ford, General Motors and Volkswagen – will benefit from significantly reduced pump maintenance and much longer service intervals.

The iH1800HTX drypump, on display for the first time at SEMICON® West 2003 by BOC Edwards, further enhances the line of 300 mm process pumps currently offered by this leading semiconductor materials, equipment and services company.

Process pumps which are used in refineries and chemical plants very often have to satisfy the highest demands for sealing. Sulzer Pumps has therefore extended its process pump series OHH with two hermetically sealed types, one with magnetic coupling (OHM) and the other with a canned motor (OHC). With these models, fluid transportation or delivery duties can be mastered in even the most difficult environment.

The AP family from Grundfos was been redesigned to reach a significant increase in reliability and general robustness. The pumps are designed for pumping effluent and sewerage water and for liquid transfer in general.

NEC Corporation announced the development of the world’s first slim sized water-cooling module for notebook personal computers that employs a piezoelectric pump driving method.