Pump Selection and Capability Guide. How to choose the right pump.
The Pump Industry Capability Guide is the key reference tool for all pump users. The Australian Pump Industry has evolved from the days of a small number of large manufacturers. This has been replaced with a much larger number of small to medium companies who often excel in their particular area or niche, and offer a range of very high-standard products and engineering expertise. This guide, is a useful way to connect our readers and pump end-users everywhere with the products and services they need.
Main Categories
Building Services & HVAC
Pumps are an essential component of HVAC systems, supporting the operations of cooling towers, chill
Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
Pumps play many roles within the chemicals and pharmaceuticals industries. They are frequently used
Filtration
Filtration is required whenever there exists a need to separate solids from fluids by introducing a
Food & beverage
The food & beverage industry utilises pumps to transfer a variety of materials from raw ingredie
Irrigation
Pumps play a vital role in irrigation projects for both water intake and distribution. Most irrigati
Manufacturing
The manufacturing industry uses pumps for a wide variety of applications dependant on the product be
Mining
Pumps play a number of vital roles in the process of mining and mineral recovery. Within the mining
Oil and Gas
In the oil & gas industry pumps are employed for an extensive range of hydrocarbon production, t
Plastics/rubber
A variety of different pumps are involved in the processes undertaken to produce and treat plastics
Power generation
Different pumps are used extensively throughout the power generation industry for many applications.
Pulp & paper
Different pumps are used extensively throughout the power generation industry for many applications.
Water and Wastewater
The water and wastewater industry relies on pumps for a broad range of different water and sewage tr
Main Products
Bearings
A pump’s bearings are responsible for supporting the shaft and constraining motion in order to loc
Blowers
Blowers are used to move and/or impart moderate increases of pressure to volumes of air or other gas
Borehole pumps
Borehole pumps are submersible pumps used to extract water from a vertical borehole. Borehole pumps
Centrifugal pumps
Centrifugal pumps are a type of rotodynamic pump which uses a shaft-mounted impeller that rotates un
Chemicals pumps
Chemicals pumps are those used in the chemical process industries to transport chemical fluids. Ofte
Chopper pumps
A chopper pump is a type of centrifugal pump equipped with a chopping or maceration component to bre
Compressors
Compressors are used to impart pressure increases to gas by reducing its volume. Thus they can be em
Consulting
Pump and hydraulic consultants can help determine the pump system requirements for a given applicati
Couplings
Couplings essentially connect two drive elements (usually shafts) to allow rotary motion and torque
Dewatering pumps
Dewatering pumps are pumps used to remove groundwater from a construction site, mine shaft or other
Dosing and metering equipment
Accurate dosing and metering is vital for an array of applications throughout industries ranging fro
Dry gas seals
Dry gas seals are generally non-contacting, dry-running face seals, mainly used in high speed applic
Engineering
A well engineered pump and system can dramatically improve the quality of service for a pumping appl
Expansion joints
Expansion joints play an important role in extending the life of and reducing maintenance of pump pi
Fire pumps
Fire pumps are high pressure water pumps designed to boost the pressure in a building’s hydrant se
Gearboxes
Gearboxes are vital components of pumping systems throughout practically all industries, transferrin
Gland packing
Gland packing is a braided, rope like material that is packed around the shaft - physically stuffing
Hoses
Hoses are required in a variety of different pumping systems with a range of applications within var
Instrumentation control and monitoring
Sensors and other instruments play critical roles throughout pumping s
Lifting equipment
Specialized lifting equipment is vital to safely and effectively fulfil the materials handling requi
Mechanical seals
A mechanical seal is a method of containing fluid within a pump where a rotating shaft passes throug
Motors drives and engines
Motors play a vital role in pumping systems, acting as the drivers for most pump types. The most com
Peripheral pumps
Peripheral pumps are a niche pump type that sit somewhere between centrifugal and positive displacem
Positive displacement pumps
Positive displacement pumps are one of the two main pump categories. These pumps impart energy to th
Pressure pumps
Pressure pumps are those used to create and maintain fluid pressure for domestic or industrial use.
Pressure sewer systems
Pressure sewers are centralised sewer systems that consist of grinder pumps - located on individual
Reciprocating Pumps
Reciprocating pumps are positive displacement pumps which use a backward and forward movement to cre
Repair and aftermarket
Quality repair and aftermarket support is an important consideration when choosing a pump. In many c
Rotary pumps
Rotary pumps are a type of positive displacement pump where for each revolution, a fixed volume of f
Rotodynamic pumps
Rotodynamic pumps are one of the two major pump categories that most pumps fit into. A rotodynamic p
Seals
Seals are required to prevent unwanted leakage to the pump’s surroundings around the pump shaft. T
Slurry pumps
Slurry pumps are used to transport a mixture of liquid and solid particles, otherwise known as ‘sl
Solar pumps
Solar powered pumps are an economical alternative to electrical or diesel pumps, making them ideal f
Speciality pumps
Traditional reciprocating pump designs are not always optimal for every pumps application, this has
Stainless steel products
Stainless steel is one of the materials used to manufacture pumps, pipes, valves, instruments and co
Submersible pumps
Submersible pumps can be fully submersed in the fluid to be pumped due to the hermetically sealed mo
Transfer pumps
A transfer pump is used to transport fluid between locations. Bulk water transfer pumps are commonly
Vacuum pumps
Vacuum pumps work by removing air and other gases from the vacuum chamber, and are used in a wide ra
Valves
Generally, valves are used in pumping systems to restrict fluid motion to the desired direction. Val