BELZONA PROTECTS CITIES WATER PUMPS
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
- Lower casing half before application
- Lower casing half, completed
- Impeller with casing ring shimmed and ready to refit the casing ring seats
- 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.
