Replacing a submersible pump for drainage, wastewater or sewage is relatively easy if you can read the equipment’s nameplate and if the product is available. However, the difficulties start when either of these is not an option.
This is where the assistance of a pump expert such as Pump Technology Ltd, probably the UK’s largest independent submersible pump expert for drainage, wastewater and sewage applications, can be a lifesaver.
They hold one of the biggest stocks of replacement pumps at competitive market prices and their specialist team will quickly be able to select a suitable, easy to fit, replacement to provide the correct pumping performance!
Will McPhee, Technical Manager, and his team have extensive knowledge of all manufacture’s pump ranges and models, enabling them to identify and provide a like-for-like replacement or, if the broken pump is superseded, offer an appropriate equivalent.
Selecting the right replacement when a like-for-like pump is not available requires extensive, specialist knowledge. Online websites or even “AI” still can’t match this.
The Pump Technology Ltd engineering team is made up of long servicing staff (typically with fifteen plus years with the company) and their in-depth knowledge and technical resources enable them to ensure that any replacement pump is right first time. This allows contractors to go back to site with full confidence in completing the required works successfully and on time.
The first task is always to correctly identify the broken pump. This is easy with a readable nameplate. However, this is not always the case, and because almost everybody now has a camera, a photograph of the pump from several angles will enable the Pump Technology Ltd team to work out the make and pump model.
From this they can establish the pump’s pumping performance, physical size and interface measurements. For free standing pumps pump feet or, for pumps in a pump station, duckfoot and claw arrangements plus discharge port position and size must be specified.
The engineers will also provide advice on every aspect of a project, floats, control panels, alarms, guide rods, chain, manhole cover etc. In fact everything needed to complete the job.
Sometimes a replacement pump is not going to be the answer. The site requirements might have changed and a refurbishment or upgrade to the pumping system may well be required.
In this situation the Pump Technology Ltd engineers will discuss the application, study site drawings to understand inflows, site elevations, discharge runs and the size of the static head for the pump to overcome. They will then provide a comprehensive specification for engineers to present a technical submittal to their clients for review and approval.
For all drainage, wastewater or sewage pumping requirements the Pump Technology Ltd engineering experts are on hand to provide a properly researched, detailed, best practice and optimal commercial solution.
More Information:
0118 9821 555
www.pumptechnology.co.uk
