KnowHow 1-2011 - Pentair
KnowHow 1-2011 - Pentair
KnowHow 1-2011 - Pentair
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To meet today’s competitive demands and<br />
adjust to ever-changing technologies,<br />
customers asked the <strong>Pentair</strong> Flow<br />
Technology Systems Group to update<br />
the current domestic booster system,<br />
emphasizing the importance of cost and<br />
lead-time. IntelliBoost 2.0’s redesigned<br />
features will meet these requirements<br />
to increase sales throughout our global<br />
community.<br />
intellibooSt 2.0<br />
by roBert a. mueller<br />
robert.mueller@pentair.com<br />
Large pump companies, companies<br />
specializing in the systems industry<br />
and a few of <strong>Pentair</strong>’s own distributors<br />
manufacture domestic booster systems.<br />
IntelliBoost 2.0’s design offers variable<br />
speed control of our pumps with an<br />
intuitive touch screen comprised of only<br />
four screens to initially program and start<br />
the system.<br />
The typical <strong>Pentair</strong> distributor knows<br />
<strong>Pentair</strong> pumps, but is not familiar with<br />
the complexity of variable speed drives,<br />
PLC’s and the programming required<br />
to set up these devices for efficient<br />
operation. The upgraded controller<br />
allows the end user to simply select<br />
how they want the pumps be utilized<br />
(i.e., sequence pumps by time or first<br />
on first off or select a permanent lead<br />
pump) without physically changing the<br />
controller or special programming. The<br />
new controller will have an “auto-detect”<br />
function that will automatically adjust the<br />
pumps start and stop times to maximize<br />
the booster systems efficiency while<br />
increasing the life of the pumps. The<br />
new controller has added maintenance<br />
alarms to provide notifications to the<br />
end user and provides distributors<br />
intelliboost 2.0<br />
Front and side<br />
view<br />
more time to schedule maintenance,<br />
rather than execute emergency repairs.<br />
IntelliBoost 2.0 also includes settings<br />
for customers to make adjustments or<br />
revert back to original factory settings,<br />
and password-protected screens on the<br />
controller. These upgraded features were<br />
developed after carefully examining and<br />
considering our customers’ needs. They<br />
are not available on any competitors’<br />
models to date.<br />
Since almost all of the features, including<br />
the upgraded ones, will come standard,<br />
the IntelliBoost 2.0 will have fewer price<br />
options. The distributor will simply<br />
IntelliBoost 2.0 answers customers’ demands<br />
for an updated domestic booster system.<br />
F l o w t e C h n o l o g i e s<br />
select the pumps, booster control screen<br />
size and the option to include Ethernet<br />
communications.<br />
The <strong>Pentair</strong> Flow Technologies Systems<br />
Group hopes IntelliBoost 2.0 will win<br />
distributors back from competitors’<br />
systems, such as Canaris, SynchroFlo,<br />
TigerFlo and Quadplus. The latest UL<br />
listing for Booster Systems—along with<br />
NSF 61 G standards—will be added to our<br />
system to ensure we meet all the local<br />
codes and government requirements. We<br />
are in the process of presenting this new<br />
system to our distributors and the Alpha<br />
test was started in mid-April, 2012.<br />
knowhow 2012 15
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