BELZONA PROTECTS CITIES WATER PUMPS

KHIA ID: 996
Industry: Water / Wastewater (WATR)
Application: CEP-Centrifugal Pumps (CEP)
Substrate: Cast iron
Customer Location: City of Hannibal, MO
Application Date: 1993
Products:

Belzona® 1311 (Ceramic R Metal)

Belzona® 1341 (Supermetalglide)

Problem: Failure due to high cavitation caused by bad suction conditions that could not be changed.
Photograph Descriptions
  1. Lower casing half before application 
  2. Lower casing half, completed 
  3. Impeller with casing ring shimmed and ready to refit the casing ring seats 
  4. Rotor set in lower casing half, ready to install the top casing
Application Situation
New Ingersoll-Rand pumps costing over $8,000.00 failed in six months.
Application Method
Application carried out in accordance with Belzona Know-How System Leaflets CEP-3 and CEP-5.
Belzona Facts
Slightly over a days work and under $2,000 of Belzona, the first pump was returned to service. A follow up was done in January 2008 and revealed this pump as well as others done subsequent to this one were still running like new.
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