Self Priming Pumps

Jabsco, Johnson, ITT corporation, The Weir Group PLC, KSB AG

Have also AC models, the first 3 have bronze bodies and rubber impellers.

What freq. and voltage?

Duty cycle?

Regards. D

just the pump is required..... however if they have a 3ph 480volt 25HP motor then I'll take it!

many thanks for your quick reply! gonna check them out

Are you sure about 50 m3 per hour? 25 HP seems very high to me.

There is also MONO (UK origin)

yes 25hp is high.. but it's for use here in Oman.... and better to be to big than to small, taking into consideration the heat factor etc..

If I were you I wouldn't write off Grundfos. They make good pumps and I found them very helpful but that was 10 years ago and maybe things have changed.

yes normally I'd agree, but I'm in Oman.. different rules. No help whatsoever!

Hi Brich,

If you are looking for good self-primers for aggressive fluids, there never was anyone better than LaBour Pumps, both for handling aggressive fluids (corrosive and abrasive, superb range of materials) and for self-priming performance (I actually saw batter than 8.5m lift!). Unfortunately the UK outfit was swallowed up by Sterling process some years ago, and has effectively disappeared. You might still get the pumps from SIHI, but it will be no fun dealing with them, and they know very little.

You could try LaBour/Taber USA, if you pm me I might still have a contact there, and they might at least know more about the pumps than SIHI.

It might be best if I contact an old friend in the UK who used to deal with these pumps for many years, but also made his own self-primers and vertical pumps for many years. He knows them far better than the SIHI/LaBour guys, and also knows the petrochem industry better than most.

Let me know.

What discharge pressure? (~220gpm). If not too high, some plastic ones might work.

Give it a try at SPX Flow Technology Assen BV in The Netherlands and ask for selfpriming pumptype Freflow in Stainless Steel.

Bredel Model 100 parastaltic hose pump. Suction lift 9.14m Capacity 52.9m³/hr. (also 78m³ and 108m³ versions available) Hoses available in Natural Rubber (+80°C, -20°C), CSM (+80°C, -10°C) & EDPM (+90°C, -10°C) any one of which will cope with your acid. Bredel is now part of Watson Marlow.

many thanks to you and to every one who has responded....

love to stay and chat, but got a lot of pump companies to contact!!