YOUR DOWNTIME SOLUTION. Are you tired of costly maintenance and extended downtime? With SEEPEX #SmartConveyingTechnology (SCT), say hello to quicker maintenance, increased efficiency, and significantly reduced life cycle costs. SEEPEX SCT progressive cavity pumps offer:
✅ 200% extended maintenance intervals
✅ 85% reduced maintenance time
✅ 200% longer stator life
✅ 25% energy saving compared to conventional PC pump design
Additionally, SCT is available as a retrofit option for all compatible pumps, making it even easier to upgrade your system.
SCT – SMART CONVEYING TECHNOLOGY
CONTINUOUS ONGOING DEVELOPMENT
The patented Smart Conveying Technology (SCT) ensures the fastest maintenance possible resulting in reduced downtime and significantly reduced life cycle costs in virtually all market sectors. The Smart Stator and Rotor are both manufactured in two pieces allowing the pump to be maintained without the need to remove either the suction or discharge pipe work resulting in an 85% reduction in maintenance times.
The unique design of SCT enables the sealing line between the rotor and stator to be adjusted to suit the required application and also to compensate when wear starts to occur, typically resulting in more than doubling the life of the rotor and stator.
Conveying Capacity
0.3–134 m³/h
1.3–590 US gpm
Pressure
≤ 8 bar
≤ 120 psi
Reduced downtime
Reduction in maintenenance time by up to 85%
Increased service life
Integrated retensioning device resulting in up to 200% increase in the life of the rotor and stator
Maintain in Place
Two-piece Smart Stator and Rotor allow the pump to be maintained in place without the need to remove the suction or discharge pipe work or the use of any special tools
Increased productivity
High energy and performance efficiency due to the in-built retensioning device which allows the the clamp between the rotor and stator to be adjusted for optimum performance
Environmentally friendly
Free molded stator halves can be easily recycled due to the lack of the stator tube.
Replacment of the rotor does not require additional universal joint components or lubricants
Retrofit-Option
The SCT Retrofit-Kit allows an existing conventional tube stator pump to be upgraded without the need to modify the pipework or base plate
Ease of installation
As SCT pumps do not require any pipework to be removed during maintenance, additional ‘spool’ pieces are not required to be fitted reducing installation costs and overall footprint
Smart Air Injection is a customized SEEPEX system solution. The innovative combination of progressive cavity pumping and compressed air conveying results in a low pressure level in the pipe – optimal for a long service life and lower investment and operating costs. In the food industry, SAI is used in breweries and distilleries to convey hop and malt spent grains by means of controlled compressed air impulses.
Learn how PC pumps work, mechanical components and common water and wastewater applications. Along with PC pump benefits such as maintain-in-place technologies, operating efficiencies, and an overview of operating characteristics.
The wastewater treatment process requires precise and efficient dosing of a variety of harsh and corrosive chemicals. Diaphragm and peristaltic metering pumps are typically the go-to technologies for this type of application. However, for one water reclamation plant in Cape Coral, Florida, progressive cavity pumps (PCPs) were selected for their precision, efficiency and reliability of its sodium hypochlorite dosing system.
Once again, SEEPEX is leading the way in the technical development of progressive cavity pumps. SEEPEX is the first manufacturer to offer a newly developed progressive cavity pump, which is certified according to the new EHEDG testing process and given Type EL Class 1 certification.
Thus, the new BCFH range meets the highest requirements with regard to hygiene, cleaning and sterilization, and ensures gentle conveying. The new, much more transparent certification process will be made compulsory for all components with EHEDG certifications by 2020. Above all, this includes components in production facilities in the food and beverage, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.
Certified Cleaning Capability
The Weihenstephan Hygienic Design Institute has confirmed the residue-free cleanability of the BCFH range with its dead-space-free rotating unit by carrying out the “EHEDG in-place cleanability” test. This test of the Clean in Place (CIP) feature for components involves checking for the presence of bacterial endospores after completing the standard in-place cleaning. The CIP flushing cleans the pump without leaving any residue, which does not require the disassembly of components or additional manual cleaning.
Residue-Free Cleaning and Even Easier Maintenance
All SEEPEX hygienic pumps are designed with a special surface shape and dead-space-free pump housing, so that no product components are able to collect there. The new BCFH pump is distinguished by its partitioned suction casing, which is very easy to clean. The suction line does not need to be disassembled for maintenance of its rotating unit or mechanical seal. The flushing inlet has been placed outside the center, in order to optimize the turbulence of cleaning agents. Its new inlet geometry causes flushing fluid to flow even better throughout the pump.
Top Technical Performance – Titanium Shaft Picks Up Rotation
Another main feature of the new BCHF range is a rotating unit made of titanium, the Flexrod, designed to be corrosion-resistant, low maintenance and wear-free. Since the Flexrod gently picks up eccentric motion and passes it on to the rotor, it does not need any joints. Fewer components in a hygienic pump offer even more cleaning advantages. The Flexrod is detachable from the rotor and plug-in shaft, which enormously simplifies maintenance.
Blockages and failures occur more often with some pump types, but for many of today’s water operators, there is a solution. Here, we take a look at how progressive cavity (PC) pumps are solving some of the water industry’s key pumping challenges.
Pumps are integral to the successful operation of wastewater treatment works (WwTW). Whether moving untreated water, transferring dewatered sludge or metering chemicals, the pumps in use at WwTW need to be easy to monitor, robust, reliable and able to handle a variety of materials. But not all pumps are the same.
Blockages and failures occur more often with some pump types, and with water companies delivering efficiency savings that have resulted in more unmanned sites, the discovery of process problems can be delayed, sometimes resulting in pump downtime. For many of today’s water operators, there is a solution. Here, we take a look at how progressive cavity (PC) pumps are solving some of the water industry’s key pumping challenges.
Monitoring and maintenance
Many of today’s WwTW were originally designed to be manually supervised by on-site operatives who checked for blockages, process or equipment problems and corrected them in a timely manner. Due to partial process automation, many sites are now unmanned, with maintenance planned at specific intervals.
When unforeseen problems occur, such as pump blockages due to ragging, or lack of suction lift due to grit contamination causing excessive pump wear, a maintenance team has to be despatched to rectify the issue. However, some PC pumps, such as SEEPEX’s Smart Conveying Technology (SCT) range, can be remotely monitored, making it easier for problems to be anticipated and enabling predictive maintenance.
For example, the use of variable frequency drives (VFD) and the ability to monitor speed means operators can foresee when maintenance will be required. As the pump stator wears, the pump speed increases; once this is identified, the SCT pump can be very quickly adjusted to match its original capacity, keeping efficiency high and providing more time to plan for maintenance.
