Project details:
- Customer: Subsea Oil & Gas Company
- Location: UK
- Enquiry received: 8 July 2013
- Order placed: 24 July 2013
- Order dispatched: 27 September 2013
- Equipment supplied: 1 x 1.9Kw progressive cavity pump (Nova Rotors Diamond Range)
- Application: sludge pump
- Installation: horizontal, supplied with special baseplate
- Flow: 5.5m³/h
- Discharge pressure: 2.5bar
- Pump body: carbon steel
- Stator: NBR
- Voltage: 690v
- Frequency: 60Hz
- RPM: 1,670rpm (coaxial gearbox)
Enquiry
Castle Pumps received an enquiry from an existing customer that needed a special solution. They currently had a progressive cavity pump for pumping sludge installed onboard a ship, which was in need of replacing. However, the manufacturer of the existing pump was no longer able to offer a direct replacement that was dimensionally interchangeable.
It was very important to the customer that the original pipework was not modified, and therefore a sludge pump needed to be sourced that fitted into the existing installation. This was quite a challenging enquiry given that it is usually difficult to source progressive cavity pumps from alternative manufacturers that are both dimensionally the same and that can also perform the same duty requirements.
Solution
Castle Pumps has built a long-standing relationship with a progressive cavity pump manufacturer that not only supplies high-quality products, but is also open to adapting products to meet customer requirements.
A drawing of the existing pump was provided to the manufacturer and a special replacement interchangeable sludge pump was designed and subsequently ordered by the customer.
Our flexibility and experience meant that the customer was able to install a new replacement progressive cavity pump with no modifications having to be made onboard the ship. This therefore saved the customer valuable time and money.