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KSB newsletter December 2011
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KSB 140 years old
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On 18 September, KSB turned 140 years old. Company founder Johannes Klein started production in 1871 with the help of 12 employees and the support of Friedrich Schanzlin and August Becker, on part of today’s company premises in Frankenthal.
With more than 15,000 employees, production sites on every continent and a sales revenue of around € 2 billion, KSB today is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of centrifugal pumps and valves.
The development of innovative technology started with the boiler feed apparatus of Johannes Klein. This was followed by valves and pumps for a wide range of applications.
The acquisition of several German companies in the same field contributed to the company’s rapid growth. In addition, production facilities were set up in Asia, South America and Africa as early as the 1950s and ’60s. This meant the pump manufacturer was well prepared for the globalisation of trade and industry, thanks to a worldwide network of sales and production sites.
Since 1964 the majority interest in the public limited company established in 1887 has been held by the non-profit KSB-Stiftung [KSB Foundation].
Photo: Historic view of the KSB plant in Frankenthal around 1880. |
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KSB News
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PumpMeters Supplied to Parliament House
Efficiency and reliability monitoring made easy.
The Australian Parliament house in Canberra places a strong focus on sustainability and the environment. As outlined in the Department of Parliamentary Services sustainable purchasing practices, the 2007-2010 Energy Strategic Plan and the Water Strategic Plan require all tender documents to seek innovative energy and water saving solutions.
As with any cooling system, reliability and overall service life was also a major decision making factor. Maintaining operation close to the best efficiency point (BEP) ensures best practice use of energy, it also aids to ensure optimum pump service life.
It was natural to use a solution that ticks all the required boxes to be used
in the base load chiller system.
• Energy efficiency
• Water savings
• Innovation
In conventional fixed speed pump operation, the PumpMeter continuously analyses the pump’s operating data and establishes its energy saving potential. An energy efficiency icon is shown to indicate the pump could benefit from measures to save energy. Demand driven variable speed operation might be an appropriate option. Retrofitting the variable speed controller PumpDrive is straightforward as PumpMeter provides all parameters needed to employ PumpDrive. Enhanced with PumpDrive, a pump is turned into an intelligent, variable speed pumping system, ideal for both single pump operation and multiple pump configurations with up to six pumps.
As demand driven variable speed operation is already part of the overall strategy for the Parliament house chiller system installation, a greater emphasis on on-going monitoring of the system can be placed. The PumpMeter is programmed with all required pump flow and pressure data, to allow either quick and easy on the spot performance checks, or remote monitoring via integration into the building management system.
The PumpMeter acquires the actual pump inlet and discharge pressure and calculates the resulting differential head generated. In short, the operator can check just by looking at the display, the inlet pressure, discharge pressure, differential head and operating point on the curve. A simple and easy to follow representative bar graph indicates if the pump operates close to BEP, or by displaying the efficiency triangle providing a clear and visual cue that the system operation has improvement potential.
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Introduction to our new External Sales Engineer – KSB Sydney
Ben Frazier joined the team at KSB Sydney on 1 August. His responsibilities include servicing waste water and water customers, project work and selling service for southern NSW – covering Sydney, Bega, Wagga Wagga and Canberra.
His experience in the pump industry spans 14 years having commenced in the service department of a Sydney-based company repairing progressive cavity pumps and sewage macerators. He then progressed into a representative sales position with the responsibility of selling positive displacement pumps, macerators and screenings handling packages to treatments plants throughout the country.
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Ernest Henry Gold Mine
On 8 December 2010, KSB Australia was awarded the Supply and Delivery of 12 In-Pit Dewatering Pumps by Ernest Henry Mining Pty Ltd, part of the Xstrata Copper located near Cloncurry in North/West Queensland as part of the EHM LOM Extension Project.
The In-Pit Dewatering system was designed by AECOM out of their Brisbane office in conjunction with Ernest Henry Mining. Design of the In-Pit Dewatering system started in 2009 with KSB assisting AECOM and EHM with system and operation design.
Each pump set consists of the following - KSB / GIW LCC-M 250-660 (10x12 LCC26) 30Bar slurry pump driven by a TECO 850kW 4-pole 11kV electric motor via Flak M1150DCHC1 reduction gearbox each delivering a duty of 500l/s @ 112mhd.
Weighing in excess of 10,000kgs each, the first 4 units were delivered to site during July 2011 with the last unit being dispatched from KSB Tottenham’s manufacturing plant late August.
Site commissioning will commence late November/early December 2011 having the units fully operational before the peak of the pending wet season.
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KSB EasySelect
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Online selection tools
In today’s fast-fasted markets, speed is everything: speed of information, speed of availability and speed of access.
As people become increasingly more reliant on technology and the internet for instant communication and information, they have increasingly less patience for the pace of manual operations that defined communication before the digital age.
This demand for greater speed and efficiency has found its way into all aspects of our lives, and is now an essential part of how we do business.
In our own industry, it can be seen particularly clearly in recent innovations such as the development of online selection tools. These are comprehensive online databases of entire product ranges that keep everybody up to date with latest information and current equipment.
Online selection tools offer far more functionality than a regular online store or listing by providing highly detailed analysis of individual pieces of equipment, full technical specifications, and even CAD drawings.
Better still, all of this information is available to you 24/7, anywhere in the world, which means you’ll never be at the mercy of opening hours.
KSB believes online selection tools allow the user to make the most effective and efficient selection of equipment possible, and are very much becoming the way of the future.
The KSB group has developed their own selection tool, EasySelect, to help their customers find solutions faster. This software allows any individual to select the correct sized pump for their needs and any or all of the different options they want. This in turn allows people to be sure that they have the right size pump, and the appropriate level of power/size with any accompanying electric motors.
The process begins with a step-by-step search; select your relevant sector (industry, building services, water or wastewater); select the general application the pump is required for; and define the precise application. The online selection tool then guides you through the process and various options available to the end user.
Finding the right pump the easy way
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