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 The process industry is finding uses for positive displacement pumps that are very different from traditional applications. Eugene McCarthy reports.


 In der Prozessindustrie finden Verdrängerpumpen innovative neue Anwendungen. Eugene McCarthy berichtet.


 L’industrie de la transformation trouve des applications radicalement différentes des applications traditionnelles pour les pompes volumétriques. Selon Eugene McCarthy.


New applications for positive displacement pumps


of speciality ink producer FSIS. The company previously used an air-operated diaphragm pump


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MasoSine SPS series pump from Watson-Marlow Pumps Group has transformed the efficiency and reliability of a bead mill at the Broadstairs, UK, facility


but had to battle constantly against excessive friction and heat which had the effect of curing a vital ink component - turning it from liquid to gel - ultimately leading to machine seizure. FSIS is a global leader in the manufacture of


speciality printing inks, producing high performance products for digital, flexographic narrow web and


Fig. 1. A sinusoidal rotor that overcomes the limitations of conventional rotary lobe pumps.


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