Pump System

Expertise & troubleshooting activity

Helping industrial operators make their pumping installations more reliable, efficient and modern, through several complementary services.

Troubleshooting

Problem solving on pumps and installations

Pumps and complete fluid systems.

A structured approach

  • Classic problem-solving methodology combined with technical pump expertise
  • On-site measurements, analysis of damaged parts, analysis of recordings
  • On-site tests where possible and without risk to production

When to call Pump System?

  • Recurring failures or breakdowns
  • Degraded or out-of-specification performance
  • Vibration, cavitation, abnormal wear
  • Technical dispute on an existing installation
Cavitation damage identified on a hydraulic part
Analysis of damaged parts — cavitation
Vibration recording of a pump
Analysis of vibration recordings
Flow simulation in a piping system
Flow analysis in the installation
Damaged impeller inside its pump casing
Damaged impeller assessment
Measurements on a pumping installation
On-site measurements
Pump in operation on an industrial site
On-site intervention
Reverse engineering

Keep operating orphan pumps

Solutions for pumps whose manufacturers have disappeared or no longer supply spare parts.

Hydraulic parts

Impeller, volute, diffuser: design of a part that fits in place of the original and delivers the performance. Supplied directly by the industrial operator from Pump System drawings, or by Pump System.

Mechanical parts

Sleeve, shaft, etc.: sizing that meets the geometric constraints of the assembly and withstands the loads induced by operation.

A complete reverse-engineering chain

Old impeller to be reproduced
Original part
Worn or orphan impeller
→
3D scanning of the impeller
3D scanning
Creality Raptor Pro
accuracy ~0.03 mm
→
Point cloud processing
Processing
CrealityScan · QuickSurface
→
CAD reconstruction of the impeller
CAD
SolidWorks
→
3D-printed impeller prototype
Deliverable
Mechanical part or manufacturing data
Pump blade digitised in 3D
Scanning a blade on the scan table
Point cloud of the impeller in the scanning software
Digitised model in CrealityScan
Duty modification

Adapting the pump to a new duty

A change of duty requiring an adjustment of operating parameters (speed, impeller trimming) or the replacement of a hydraulic part — usually the impeller.

1

New duty analysis

Proposal of the possible solutions.

2

Sizing

If necessary, sizing of the parts to be replaced.

3

Implementation

Purchase from drawings, directly by the industrial operator.

Pump curves at different speeds with the adapted duty point
Adapting the duty point on the pump curves (speed grid)
Energy efficiency

Cutting the energy cost of pumping

Analysis

Analysis of the operation and equipment of the pumping installation.

Operational savings

Estimate of the savings achievable through the way the installation is operated.

Investment savings

Estimate of the savings linked to investments: new pump, variable frequency drive, etc.

Operating sequence of the pumps in an installation
Analysis of the pump operating sequence
Consumption comparison between a pump with VFD and a pump with a control valve
Comparison of solutions: estimated annual saving

A pump causing trouble?

Pump System diagnoses, designs and makes your pumping installations reliable, from reverse engineering to troubleshooting.

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