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Hi cvg, Thanks for your comments. Unfortunately this large pump station has no facility to de-grit the flow prior to the storm pumps. In fact the problem with this wet well is that due to a very large, unbenched wet well the client is having to dig pumps out of large quantities of sand & grit...

Dear All, Can anyone help me with a design question. We are looking to pump Storm Water which has large quantities of road grit (varies from sand to granite chips upto 15mm diameter). The pumps involved will be pumping at a flow of 190 L/s through a 25M vertical rising main. Can anyone...

Hi There, Without knowing your actual pump duty it is difficult to comment. The Pitbull is something a little special as it has no diaphragms to fail & is a very simple yet effective design. They have an excellent website: http://www.pitbullpumps.com which shows just what the pumps are...

Hi RJL, I am assuming that these are sewage pump stations ? Most of the pump manufacturers with a sales presence in Australia will have a CD ROM pump selection programme (eg, ITT, KSB, ABS, Hidrostal, Grundfos, EOne (?) etc). What are you looking for when you make your pump selection, low...

Hi Poopusher (like the nickname), Thanks for your input. I tend to agree with you regarding Hidrostal & their safety factors. For our application Vaughan & Hidrostal offered identically sized motors, even though Hidrostal had an additional 10-11 % hydraulic efficiency point advantage. When...

Hi Sawtry, Just wondering if you have had a chance to get the info requested about your Hidrostal mixing system. I did a bit of investigation work myself & asked for Hidrostal's comment to your feedback. The response from Hidrostal was: - 1. They have heard of isolated instances of solids...

Hi Sawtry, Thanks for the info. It would be interesting to see the Vaughan demo model in action. We are seriously looking at the Hidrostal mixers, as the end user has a preference for a system where all the mixing components can be maintained externally of the tank. Also the end user has had...

Hi Andrew, Thanks for the reply, You have given me much food for thought (decisions, decisions !!!) Will let you know how we get on. Berko

Hi Andrew, You seem to have a pretty good handle on various mixing systems. How easy was the Vaughan system to install ? Have you any experience of the the other recirc. pump mixing system we are considering, the Hidrostal tank mixing system ? We are leaning towards this, as we have used...

Hi All, Here's one for you UK based wastewater engineers. Can anyone give me some feedback, good or bad about Hidrostal sludge tank mixers. These mixers seem to be only installed in the UK & getting site references out of Hidrostal in the UK is proving hard work. We are considering using...

Hi kchayfie, I'm glad I bumped into you !! We are looking to put a sludge tank mixing system in Fiji. We have considered submersible mixers (ABS & ITT), but have had past issues with them ragging & hassles with "in tank" maintenance. This leaves us looking at the Vaughan Rotamix system + the...

chbit63, I am not sure what you are pumping, but here is my two pennies worth. For Sewage Sludges TR185 (Frost) is used to calculate pipe friction losses when pumping viscous sludges. In terms of correcting pump performance for viscosity with factors, each manufacturer's design de-rate...

Hi Andrew, Looking back at your thread of last year, how did you get on with your mixer application ? We are currently looking at a sludge tank mixer system in Fiji. We have narrowed down our choice to submersible mixers (ABS or ITT) or pump recirculation systems (Vaughan or Hidrostal). We...

Hi Kchayfie, I am interested in your comments relating sludge tank mixing. We are considering one of these system for a raw sludge mixing system, which is one of my reasons for the original thread. Our concerns are: 1. The nozzles & pipe ring main bore size appear very small & must rely on...

Folks, An interesting discussion. I served a toolmakers apprenticeship within the UK Nuclear industry in the late 1980's. In 1987 when I started my training we had 8000 people on site, when I left in 1991 there were less than 2000 ! This was due to Government cutbacks, however this trend...