In the second part of our ACHEMA highlights impeller.net takes a look around the area of pumps, centrifugal pumps to be precise. Among our featured highlights are chemical norm and process pumps, vertical chemical pumps, self-priming pumps, high pressure centrifugal pumps, propeller pumps, side channel pumps and even some waste water pumps.

VSX – VOGEL SOFTWARE GmbH, specialist for software and Internet solutions for the pump industry has been named certified Microsoft Partner in January 2006. Software engineers now have direct access to the latest MS technology. Customers profit from this gain for the product development and the extended integration into Business Solutions.

VSX – Vogel Software, leading supplier of pump selection software for Windows and the Internet, extends its product range with the new Spaix Quick&Easy.

Allweiler AG installed a new sand mixer at its German foundry. The new machine is just one aspect of a comprehensive effort to modernize the foundry. In total, Allweiler will invest 650,000 euro in modernization this year.

Expoquimia is the most significant fair of the Chemical Industry with international participation in the Mediterranean. From November 14 to 18 the Chemical Industry presented its latest products and developments in Barcelona, Spain. Impeller.net was there find out about the most important news in the area of pump technology.

VSX – Vogel Software, leading supplier of pump selection software for Windows and the Internet announces the new software support program Spaix Inside. It is about a new series of high quality articles to help professionals working in data entry or maintenance and users alike to use the software more effectively.

In times of interlinked business solutions and streamlined processes, technical software has to be like a piece in a puzzle to fit a company’s requirements. Linking Spaix to other software is therefore an important step. Among recent developments by VSX is the Spaix ProjectAdapter to connect with ERP systems of other third party software.

More than 1,000 innovations, nearly 2,300 exhibitors on 21 hall levels and an exhibition area of approximately 254,000 square metres await some 180,000 visitors at the ISH, the International Trade Fair for Building and Energy Technology, The Bathroom Experience, Air-conditioning and Ventilation Technology (15 to 19 March 2005 in Frankfurt).

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.

There probably is no easier way to update pump data and program databases using the Internet, than the Spaix DownloadProvider. This new module enables pump manufacturers to create price lists, individual product series or entire catalogues and make them available as updates. Then, the updated information is fed into Spaix Classic right through the user interface.