The CVS line of liquid-ring and water-cooled VacuStar vacuum pumps from Fruitland Manufacturing proved popular with visitors at this year’s Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo in Indianapolis.
“We just brought this line on,” says Keith Myers, business development manager for Fruitland Manufacturing. “We contracted with a company in Germany called CVS [Engineering GmbH] with over 30 years of experience. It’s a liquid-cooled pump at 765 cfm [model W 3100; model W 900 delivers 530 cfm and model W 1600 delivers 942 cfm]. The application for the pump is industrial, for refineries, chemical plants and paper mills, so a lot of the exhibitors at the Pumper show this year use this type of product for their end-users,” he says. “Most of the customers were getting 10, 15 years before they have to do any rebuild on it.”
The liquid-cooled pumps deliver 506 (W 900) to 924 (W 1600) cfm at 18 inches Hg, have an operating pressure of 29 psig and maximum operating volume of 27 inches Hg, depending on cooling water temperature. The pumps have a speed range of 1,000 to 1,500 rpm. Power requirements range from 35.5 hp (W 900) to 63 hp (W 1600). The model W 900 weighs 485 pounds, the W 1300 weighs 615 pounds and the W 1600 weighs 747 pounds.
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Myers says the pumps are easy to install. “We have what’s called the Eliminator Series. These are comprehensive packages. All you have to do is literally bolt it up, hook up the plumbing and the PTO and you’re ready to go. Drive types vary from hydraulic right-angle to belt drive.”
The pumps can be used with multiple truck types. “They can be used on hydroexcavators or a regular vacuum truck,” he says. “In an application, you’re looking at refineries and chemical plants where they have ponds, pits, separators and lift sumps that collect liquid waste. Companies would go to the site, use this pump to load their tank, then take it to a disposal site and use the pump to unload the tank.” Tank sizes can range from 1,000 to 8,000 gallons.
Toby Jones, director of sales for Fruitland, predicts the CVS liquid-ring will be the pump of the future. “We sold out of them before we got the next container on its way,” he says. “It’s refining, mining and OSHA friendly because there is no spark.” The model line includes the WR 2500 (1,470 cfm maximum volume flow), WR 3100 (1,825 cfm) and WR 4000 (2,393 cfm).
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“The other big feature is you can make a mistake and suck product into the pump,” he says. “Once you contaminate it, it’s as simple as dumping that water and putting freshwater in. So it’s forgiving.”
Maximum volume flow is 1,470 cfm for the WR 2500 and 1,825 cfm from the WR 3100. The WR 4000 has a maximum operating pressure of 14.5 psig and maximum operating vacuum of 27 inches Hg; the WR 2500 and WR 3100 have a maximum operating pressure of 21.3 psig and maximum operating vacuum of 26 inches Hg, depending on cooling water temperature. The WR 4000 has a speed range of 800 to 1,300 rpm; the WR 2500 and WR 3100 have a speed range of 800 to 1,600 rpm.
The WR 2500 weighs 385 pounds, the WR 3100 weighs 422 pounds and the WR 4000 weighs 657 pounds. Maximum horsepower requirement for the WR 2500 is 105, 128 for the WR 3100 and 176 for the WR 4000.
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Pump features include face seals for extended service life and internal cooling with cavitation protection.
“It resists chemicals, rust and corrosion,” Jones says of the pumps’ anodized aluminum design. “It’s also very truck friendly. You can mount it at a 22.2-degree angle to go around a vacuum tank. The connection flanges that go from the pump to the vacuum tank are extremely flexible and adaptive to wherever you’re plumbing.” 800/663-9003; www.fruitland-mfg.com.
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