Available in 115VAC or 12VDC models, both EGP electric transfer and on-demand pumps are compatible with today’s most standard electric configurations. By simply plugging the pump into a power source, an entire 55-gallon drum of 10W oil at room temperature can be emptied in less than 8 minutes with the 8 gpm (30.3 lpm) flow rate transfer model. More energy efficient than pneumatic pumps, EGP pumps offer an equally durable option for those seeking energy savings or unable to otherwise utilize compressed air.

With a legacy of long-lasting performance and uptime, Graco pumps have built an outstanding reputation as one of the company’s flagship product categories. Built with pride and attention to this legacy, Graco EGP pumps are engineered to last with precision gears for incredible consistency. Pump life is optimized with a built-in inlet strainer and motor over-temperature protection which prevents overheating and extends the unit life cycle through proactive failure prevention.

Whether operating remotely or in a manufacturing facility without an air compressor, EGP pumps are the ideal solution when versatility is needed to get the job done. Following field tests for both the EGP electric transfer and on-demand pump, end-users were enthused by how effective the pumps performed.

“Best pickup prime of all the pumps I’ve had! That’s one pumping son of a gun,”

said one user during an on-demand application. 

The post Graco Announces EGP Electric Transfer and On-Demand Pumps appeared first on North America FarmQuip Magazine.

“The rock anchors are there for when the structure is empty. When it’s empty and the ground water table is above the bottom of the structure, if the rock anchors aren’t there, it could push up out of the ground like a boat. These buoyant forces are exactly what the rock anchors are there to resist,”

explains UMA’s Senior Engineer/Estimating Manager Mitch Crayton.

Cherokee County Water and Sewerage Authority outsourced this pump station improvement project to Atlanta-based Lakeshore Engineering, a heavy civil contractor that focuses on industrial, municipal, and environmental projects. UMA served as the
geotechnical subcontractor.

Located within proximity to Blankets Creek in Canton, Georgia, the water table is known to fluctuate. UMA’s sole function was to install a rock anchor system to keep the pump station’s concrete slab pinned down. The components to be built on top of the slab
would be a diesel engine-driven centrifugal pump and a concrete cast-in-place
emergency storage tank.

Working Down in the Hole

One of the biggest challenges for UMA’s team was working in a 23-foot-deep-by-
56-foot-wide excavation. Lakeshore Engineering had excavated the pit and installed a soldier pile wall with wood lagging. Tied-off workers accessed the pit via ladders.

“We’re working in a pretty tight area compared to what we’re normally used to on highway projects. It’s not the smallest footprint we’ve worked in, but it’s a lot smaller than our usual working space,”

says Crayton.

Lakeshore Engineering installed a mud mat to provide a stable working surface for UMA’s drilling rig and to keep the worksite clean. There was no air movement so the air was pumped in from ground level and circulated with fans to keep workers from breathing in diesel fumes.

The working area had to be dewatered also due to the proximity of Blankets Creek and a water table approximately five feet below the ground. While the failure of
dewatering pumps would not have been cataclysmic, the potential slow accumulation of
water in the working area could have damaged equipment.

One of the visual spectacles on the project was Lakeshore Engineering using a crane
with rigging to lower a Beretta T46 Drilling Rig into the excavation as UMA’s team
provided direction.

“It’s a smaller machine, but we selected it for this purpose. It doesn’t quite get the production that we’re typically used to, but it can hold its own with this smaller hole size,”

Crayton explains.

UMA’s crew was seasoned and used to working together. They were also familiar with the equipment and how to rig it based on past projects.

“We shut down around Christmas every year for safety and for training. We alternate between first aid, forklift certification, and crane and rigging so that everyone is safe on the job site. That’s always our number one concern,”

Crayton says.

Drilling the Rock Anchors

UMA was tasked with installing 24 rock anchors, evenly spaced every 10 feet vertically and 8 feet 8 inches horizontally. Skyline Steel supplied the anchors, which were 1-inch-diameter Grade 150 ksi DCP (double corrosion protected) bar. The owner’s representatives provided the grid layout with specific locations required to support the pump station equipment.

“It was critical to making sure these (rock anchors) worked because it would be very cost-prohibitive to move them. If even one failed, they would have to change reinforcing plans and the connection details of the slab foundation to the actual structure,”

says Crayton.

The Beretta was drilling a minimum 4.25-inch-diameter hole 15 feet down to bedrock with a permanent casing supplied by Star Iron Works. The drilling crew had to focus closely on ensuring that the anchors were plumb and in the exact location specified.

The material was higher quality partially weathered rock, although the crew hit a high-quality bedrock in a handful of areas. The team then drilled into bedrock with a 10-foot
rock socket.

“Our drillers are schooled enough to distinguish between the materials they’re drilling through. One drills a lot slower than the other and they can hear and feel the differences,”

says Crayton.

The Beretta was equipped with a down-the-hole hammer with a 4½-inch bit to drill the rock sockets. This tooling fit perfectly inside the casing, allowing the cuttings to be extracted onto the mud mat before being plowed away with Lakeshore Engineering’s Takeuchi skid steer loader.

“We drill down into a specific rock socket, place our anchors, and lock them all to that slab. That’s how we end up with our rock anchor system,”

Crayton explains.

Testing Anchor Strength and Movement

UMA conducted two extensive performance tests to ensure that the anchors were of sufficient strength to support the pump station. The movement was essential also.

“These anchors are basically like high-strength rubber bands. Anything that moves has some sort of desire to go back to where it was. When they flood this pit with water, the anchors will keep the slab and pump station from rising,”

Crayton says, noting that the anchors are designed to move.

Testing requirements placed some restrictions on the schedule. UMA was only permitted to install two anchors on the first couple of days and conduct a load test to demonstrate that capacity was achieved before installing the third. This pattern continued throughout the project.

UMA was installing multiple corrosion-protected anchors. The corrosion protection is granted by several components within the anchor, in addition to the grout itself. The
grout was then pumped to grade until clean grout was observed.

“We worked with Lakeshore closely to help speed up their construction process and get out of the way so they could finish their job. The main way we expedited our work was to lock off the anchor to a mud mat using a secondary bearing plate,”

Crayton says.

The double bearing plate system had one bearing plate locking the anchor to the mud mat and one suspended in the air to transfer the loading to the foundation. UMA was able to get all of the testing completed at one time under the initial mobilization. This permitted Lakeshore Engineering to set a bearing plate at a certain elevation and pour the structural slab without having to wait on remobilization for final stressing. This allowed a majority of the elastic elongation to occur prior to the final placement of the slab, ultimately saving the contractor time and money.

Batching and Grouting to Lock in Anchors

UMA grouted the rock anchors in place. The material was mixed in a batch plant on-site
with a specific gravity of 1.85 to 1.86. Its team is trained to check specific gravity prior to pumping, and a third-party contractor was retained to take samples and ensure quality control.

This standard mix was one that UMA was accustomed to and achieved the strength that
was required on this project. The spec called for a minimum of 3,500 psi at three days and 5,000 psi at 28 days.

Most of UMA’s soil nail projects require larger material quantities and hole diameters, and also deeper drilling.

“The crew that was doing this job came off of a year-long soil nail project so they were used to drilling 30-foot-long, six-inch diameter holes, and four batches of grout at a time. There’s a pretty big difference between a rock anchor job and a soil nail job, and our crew adapted well to the switch,”

says Crayton.

The grout was pumped through a tremie pipe to the bottom of the hole from within the casing. The casing sections were installed with the Beretta drilling rig, which was equipped with a special adaptor. UMA was performing a duplex drilling process, which involves drilling the casing and the hole concurrently. Once the rock was hit, the casing was halted, and drilling continued with the inner rod.

UMA workers fed casing to the drilling rig by hand.

“Normally we would use an EZ Spot UR attachment on the excavator to handle large casing sections. We had to use smaller pieces on this job because we didn’t have the real estate to put them in the pit with us,”

Crayton says.

The majority of UMA’s work on the Blankets Creek Pump Station project was done within a week and completed on schedule. Despite the technical nature of the work, the distance between the Jobsite in Georgia and UMA headquarters in Colfax, North Carolina was the true challenge.

“Making sure that everyone who needed to observe different processes was onsite during the installation and load testing was our greatest challenge,”

says Crayton.

That’s generally the hardest aspect of most of our projects: the distance between the field where the actual work is done and the office where the computers are required to do the analysis.”

The post UMA Goes Deep to Anchor Georgia Pump Station appeared first on North America FarmQuip Magazine.

“A mud pump is a crucial piece of equipment for ensuring mud rotary drilling efficiency. The feedback we’ve received from trials with this new setup has been outstanding. Crews were drilling noticeably faster than before because the system is providing a better flow of mud into the borehole, so we’ve made the new pump and engine a permanent fixture in our drill lineup,”

said Joe Haynes, president of Little Beaver.

The new pump and engine come standard on the LS200H and LS200H+ hydraulic water well drills and are an optional upgrade for the LS100 and LS200 mechanical water well drills. A 10-horsepower Yanmar L100N diesel option is also available to power the Flomax on the LS200H and LS200H+.

The new Flomax 10 pump paired with the 8-horsepower engine provides 61 psi and 200 gallons of mud flow per minute, an upgrade of nearly 20 psi, and an additional 50 gallons of flow per minute. The Flomax features a 2-by-2-inch inlet and outlet and incorporates tighter tolerances to handle the increased pressure from the larger engine. 

Haynes said the increased pressure allows the new pump setup to not only quickly fill the borehole with a column of mud to remove cuttings more efficiently during drilling but also handles thicker mud than the previous pump system. This provides crews with increased borehole stability as it replaces the dirt removed during drilling.

Lone Star Drills’ LS200H and LS200H+ water well drills are capable of drilling depths of 200 feet, borehole diameters of six inches and pull/push-back forces up to 5,000 pounds. The first drills in the Lone Star hydraulic lineup, the LS200H and LS200H+ feature 2,500- and 3,000-psi hydraulic systems respectively. Both drills can be upgraded with a down-the-hole hammer kit, anchor kit, wheel kit and more. 

The post Lone Star Drills Upgrades Two Drill Models with New Mud Pump System appeared first on North America FarmQuip Magazine.

Graco announce the launch of the Pulse Level Tank Monitoring system. Choose from multiple tank-level monitoring technologies, including the first system running entirely on Wi-Fi. The Pulse Level system allows you to track tank levels, capture and apply data, and allocate inventory quickly, accurately, and confidently from the industry’s leading fluid management expert.

“Tank monitoring is not a new technology, but Graco now offers the most cost-effective long-term solution on the market. With the addition of the Pulse Level system, Graco uniquely offers marketers and end-users an end-to-end fluid management solution with components working seamlessly with each other,”

said Tyler Salminen, Product Marketing Manager for Graco’s Lubrication Equipment Division.

A tank-level monitoring (TLM) system measures the amount of fluid in a tank, giving service centers, fleet garages, mining and construction operations, and industrial manufacturing companies more visibility over inventory levels and dispensed fluids. Managers and owners can use the data to simplify procurement, improve profitability and assess the overall performance of crews and technicians. Petroleum marketers can use TLM software to gain insight into their entire operation, and whether they oversee 20 tanks or 2,000+ tanks, tank fluid levels are tracked and monitored at every location.

Compatible with LTE networks, available in Wi-Fi configurations, and incredibly easy to use, the Pulse Level system is the latest in Graco’s storied lineup of fluid management solutions. Designed with the same commitment to quality as our pumps, meters, hose reels, and other solutions, the Pulse Level system helps petroleum marketers, service centers, construction crews, and in-plant users manage fluids strategically – and reduce costs significantly – with increased visibility of their tank fluid levels.

The post Graco Introduces Pulse Level Tank Monitoring System appeared first on North America FarmQuip Magazine.

The Pro 5 Series pumps include advanced features to improve reliability and prevent costly downtime. The new models are updated versions of the popular Ace FMC-HYD Series and FMC-150-HYD Series pumps.

“Our new Pro 5 FMCSC models feature a severe duty silicon carbide seal that resists scratching from abrasive materials. Plus a stationary face with an O-ring seat that transfers heat into the casting to improve seal survival during short run-dry events. The Pro 5 FMCWS models incorporate Ace Pump’s exclusive Oasis WetSeal Technology to isolate the seals from abrasive and corrosive materials and prevent run-dry failure of any length.”

noted Ace CEO, Andy Randle.

According to Randle, the new models feature all the advantages of the standard Ace HYD Series pumps, including:

• A compact design with a close-coupled motor for easy service and replacement
• High-efficiency gear type motors that provide higher performance with less oil flow
• Optional motors with integrated pulse-width modulated (PWM) control valves in the 206 and 304 sizes

In addition, the new Pro 5 Series pumps offer these added benefits compared to the standard models:
• Larger bearings for longer pump life
• E-coated castings for added corrosion resistance
• Standardized components within the Pro 5 Series:

– A unique design that allows interchangeability while simplifying parts inventory
– A common frame that accepts the new 200N5 and 300N Series motors

“These new Pro 5 products are ideal for use in a wide range of applications, from spraying and fertilizer application to fluid circulation and transfer. We feel confident they will help our customers avoid costly downtime during critical application periods.”

Randle added.

The post Ace Pro 5 Series Pumps Capture 2021 World Ag Expo Top 10 New Product Award appeared first on North America FarmQuip Magazine.

Nord offers flexible drive solutions for the grain industry, including bucket elevators, screw, drag, and belt conveyors. These solutions are engineered to provide high load capacities with high output torques, quiet operation, and long service life. NORD’s modular design also makes these products versatile and highly configurable, meeting your exact requirements to achieve optimal system efficiency. Nord will be showcasing a variety of its solutions for the grain industry at GEAPS Exchange Online, February 23rd – 25th. As the annual conference of the Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS), the Exchange is the premier event for the grain handling and processing industry.

Register to learn from experts at Nord and how Nord’s high-efficiency gearmotors are powering bucket elevators, drag conveyors, screw conveyors, feeders, slide gates, and other grain applications.

Featured products include:

• MAXXDRIVE – MAXXDRIVE industrial gear units provide high output torque from 132,000 lb-in to 2,200,000 lb-in and are perfect for use in heavy duty applications, such as bucket elevators, agitators, conveyor belt drives, mixers, mills, drums, or crushers. MAXXDRIVE is available as a parallel shaft or helical bevel and comes in 11 sizes.
• MAXXDRIVE XT – The newest addition to MAXXDRIVE series, MAXXDRIVE XT delivers maximum thermal and mechanical load capacities for high-speed applications, such as continuous industrial conveying and bulk material handling. It offers the grain industry asymmetrical designed gearbox for mirror image installations, which drastically reduces spare parts costs and downtime. MAXXDRIVE XT comes in seven sizes and provides a torque range of 130,000 lb-in to 660,000 lb-in.
• Screw Conveyor Package – Available for both CLINCHER parallel shaft and helical bevel gear units, the Nord screw conveyor package offers a cost-effective drive solution in a powerful, compact footprint. Closely stepped speed reduction ratios combined with a directly coupled gear motor or NEMA C-face input design eliminate the need for top motor mounts, pulleys, belts, or guards. This minimizes parts inventory and eliminates belted input systems to provide easier system maintenance, increased reliability, and superior drive performance, and up to 97% gear efficiency.
• 90.1 Helical Bevel Gear Units – Featuring cast iron UNICASE housing, infinite life gearing, and high permissible radial forces. Nord’s 90.1 helical bevel gear units are efficient, versatile units that are adaptable to countless applications. Footed, flanged, foot/flange and CEMA standard screw conveyor mounting 1/2 designs are all available as well as both solid and hollow shaft designs. The 90.1 helical bevel gear units are available in 11 sizes and have a torque range of 1,593 lb-in to 442,500 lb-in.

Nord manufactures a wide selection of gearboxes, electric motors, and drive electronics in various sizes and configurations for companies in intralogistics, food and beverage, airport baggage handling, grain and bulk materials, and other demanding markets. The modular design offers unlimited versatility with more than 20,000,000 combinations of totally unique gear motors and speed reducers available – inline or right-angle, mounted by foot or flange, featuring solid or hollow shafts – to give customers complete freedom to specify a drive solution that’s perfect for the job.

The post Nord Showcases Products That Drive the Grain Industry at GEAPS Exchange Online 2021 appeared first on North America FarmQuip Magazine.

Hydraulically-driven models.

• FMC-75SP-HYD-204 – 4 GPM (15.1 lpm) motor
• FMC-75SP-HYD-206 – 7 GPM (26.5 lpm) motor
• FMC-75SP-HYD-206-PWM – Motor with integrated 12V Proportional Control Valve for use in Precision Applications with Pulse Width Modulated control systems.

Gas engine-driven model

• GE-85SP – available less engine for mounting on ¾” keyed shaft engines or
complete on popular Honda and Kohler engines

Belt-driven models

• FMC-CW-75SP – clockwise rotation

“The 75 and 85 Series pumps were originally introduced in 2013 and have become very popular for use on small sprayers including UTV, skid, and small trailers. They are employed by large farms to spray around field borders and fence rows and by weekend hobby farmers as well. Ace Pump has also sold some of these pumps for planter applications.”

noted Andy Randle, CEO of Ace Pump Corporation.

Features and benefits of the new self-priming units include the following:

• All polypropylene construction with stainless steel hardware for corrosion
resistance
• Port sizes of 1” NPT X ¾” NPT
• Maximum flow rate of 24 to 50 GPM, depending on the drive type
• Maximum pressure of 60 to 80 psi, depending on the drive type
• Standard carbon/ceramic/FKM shaft seal with optional severe-duty silicon
carbide/FKM shaft seal
• Self-priming design allows the pump to be placed up to 6 feet (1.8 m) above
the tank or other water source.
• Ideal for smaller spray and transfer applications
• The new Ace self-priming polypropylene pumps do not have any contacting surfaces or resulting wear, so their performance remains consistent over time, unlike other pumps which wear quickly and lose performance.

“We’re very excited about these newest additions to our product line,”

Randle added.

“Now, even small farms, nurseries, vineyards, and golf courses can take advantage of the legendary Ace performance, reliability, and durability.”

The post Ace Pump Introduces New Self-Priming Polypropylene Pump Models appeared first on North America FarmQuip Magazine.

With this method the pumped water is primarily used for irrigation purposes; however, it is also used for flood control or water supply in general.

Over the years, this type of installation has also been used for other applications where system and environmental requirements were similar to those above: mines, industrial plants, etc.

Inclined submersible pumps offer numerous advantages compared to vertical pumps or horizontal pumps mounted on floating platforms, particularly because they are easily installed. The pump inclined on the bank of the basin requires no large structural parts to be installed, with consequent cost and time-saving.

Another important advantage of inclined submersible pumps is that they are highly compact machines and can be positioned on banks with very irregular slopes with no need for the shaft to be aligned, contrary to a vertical turbine pump.

Finally, the well-appreciated characteristics of this solution: pumps are easily handled, bearings are less stressed and the level of noise generated by these pumps is low.

The choice among a wide range of wet ends and submersible motors combined with Caprari know-how assures total reliability and efficiency in the selection and installation of the product with a guarantee of a long operating life of the system as demonstrated by the dozens of projects installed around the world.

Installations of the inclined submersible pumps are found in Queensland, Australia, where the banks of the water basin are very steep.

The solution offered by Caprari enabled an efficient water pumping system to be quickly installed to permit irrigation of the surrounding areas.

The post Caprari introduces the Inclined Installation for Submersible Electric Pumps appeared first on North America FarmQuip Magazine.

MPC10 motors, engineered by Caprari SpA, were launched on the market to complement the MPC6 and MPC8 range, thus offering our customers particularly performing products that stand out for extremely low energy consumption as compared to the average of the industry, for a very competitive price.

The new MPC10 model may be used for a broad range of applications, even the most challenging and difficult ones. Perfect for the farming industry, the entire Easywell range features outstanding resistance to wear, also thanks to the mechanical silicon carbide seal, which makes it also suitable for heavy-duty operations in the presence of abrasive liquids; moreover, it ensures remarkable resistance to thermal shock and aggressive chemicals.

MPC10 motors are particularly sturdy and reliable thanks to the graphite-based, self-lubricating, composite material line bearings and a thrust bearing whose oversize is amply suited to withstand the axial loads generated by the hydraulic force. Moreover, the copper rotor and the large-sized stacks ensure excellent and top-level electrical performance and yields that exceed by far the industry average.

The innovative MPC10 is suitable for applications with VSD (Variable Speed Drive / Inverter) and is also available in AISI 316 full stainless steel versions (MPCW10).

Caprari put its expertise to good use to create a product that is at once innovative and reliable, providing customers and users with new opportunities while reducing the return on investment time. In combination with Caprari submersible pumps, the whole range of Easywell motors ensures an unparalleled level of overall efficiency.

MPC10 not only allows reducing energy consumption but also its environmental impact, besides being at a particularly convenient price.

The whole 6’’, 8’’ and 10” MPC range is available on www.caprari.com

Easywell –  for Maximum Reliability and Extreme Environments at a Competitive Price

Caprari further expands the range of Easywell (MPC) submersible motors with improved options and configurations to make cement our position as world-leading manufacturers.

Important new developments are:

• 100% anti-corrosion: Easywell is now available as an option in full AISI 316 stainless steel construction, allowing them to be used in even more extreme applications.

When combined with Defender – Caprari International Patent, a standard device on all Caprari wet ends, this new option further extends the life of the electric pump, even in the presence of seawater.

• High temperatures: thanks to the dual-layer insulation windings, Easywell submersible motors are suitable for higher hot water applications without any decrease in performance.
• 100% reliability: Easywell has always guaranteed exceptional resistance to wear for the entire range thanks also to the silicon carbide mechanical seal and robust design which allows it to be used in difficult operating conditions. Furthermore, the range is equipped with a thrust bearing that is generously oversized compared to the axial loads generated by the wet end and has line bearings made of self-lubricating composite material based on graphite, guaranteeing durability.

Easywell range encompasses motor powers up to 125HP in size 8” and 200HP in size 10” for both cast iron and the new stainless steel version.

Easywell range: for increased power outputs, reduced energy consumption all at competitive prices!

The post Caprari presents the new Easywell – MPC10 motors appeared first on North America FarmQuip Magazine.

For Caprari the new series E10PX in AISI 316, an extension of the well-reputed Endurance range of borehole pumps, represents the pinnacle of innovation and performance on the market. Result of the experience developed over decades of installations throughout the world, the Endurance series ensures an absolute level of quality and the highest real hydraulic performances.

The appropriate sizing of massive components and the selection of ever high-performing materials, make the E10PX Endurance pumps unique for their durability, efficiency, and flexibility of use. With a design configuration based on precision-casting stainless steel AISI 316, the E10PX Endurance guarantees maximum efficiency and durability over the years, standing easily in challenging conditions or aggressive waters.

The shaft and coupling of the E10PX are in Duplex to maximize reliability in harsh environments, and the pump-motor coupling area is fitted with the device Protector: an additional element of protection against possible abrasion. Thanks to the Defender (a Caprari International Patent), quick passivation of external components is generated, protecting at best the entire pumpset, right from the beginning of the installation.

This product boasts many positive and distinctive features, such as an innovative hydraulic design that allows high flow rates, with a reduced external overall diameter. In fact, the Caprari E10PX Endurance electric pumps have an operating range that covers duties normally met by 12” (or larger) pumps and deliver a high head per stage, allowing a more compact and reliable pump to be selected, for comparable hydraulic needs. Last but not least, maintenance and servicing is easy and quick, due to an extremely rational construction and no necessity of special tools.

The Caprari E10PX Endurance 10” borehole range, can therefore be used in a wide variety of applications, including captation from deep wells, many civil and industrial uses, RO, and artificial snow-making. Heavy-duty applications such as mining and offshore are now performed with total peace of mind, thanks to the innovative design and technologically advanced solutions. From now on, durability and efficiency are available at good value.

The post Caprari introduces the new E10PX Borehole Pumps appeared first on North America FarmQuip Magazine.