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ON OUR RADAR KSB AUSTRALIA INVESTS IN A MODERN TEST BAY at its Hope Valley Facility, Perth western and eastern Australia, but there is a difference in the range of the industry sectors served, and this is reflected in the types and sizes of the pumps supplied. The Perth operation is established in the mining industry, where very large pumps capable of handling vast quantities of aggressive liquids and slurries are required. It also has a significant presence in the water supply industry, being a preferred supplier to a major western Australia <strong>Water</strong> Authority and contracted to deliver maintenance for desalination plants in western Australia. Image 1: KSB Hope Valley Facility in Perth, western Australia KSB Australia has made another significant investment in a fully automated pump test bay at its Hope Valley Facility in Perth. Recently commissioned, this new capability extends the services of the 3,000 square metres workshop and now provides extensive resources for repairing rotating equipment and assembling pumping equipment (Image 1). The Hope Valley Facility opened during October 2015 to support the company’s growing activities in Western Australia, South Australia and northern territories. KSB’s business activities are evenly split between Taking the Test Bay in KSB’s Australian HQ in Bundamba, Queensland, as its template, the new capability in Hope Valley has been designed in accordance with ISO:9006, and the check list and design criteria stipulated by KSB headquarters in Germany. This means that it is in line with KSB’s expectations and all other KSB Test Bays around the world. Significantly, it enables engineers to access a fully automated system which can capture data from other KSB test facility data bases around the world. The system can be updated as changes and requirements evolve. “As one of Australia’s leading providers of pumps in all industries we are in an excellent position to fully support all our customers pumping needs; from process water, drinking water, wastewater, firewater, dewatering, high pressure pumping, 60
WATER & WASTEWATER ASIA | MAY/JUNE <strong>2021</strong> desalination, slurries, life science, start-up, operational support and The first testing programmes building services, irrigation or oil & repair or maintenance. Delivered by commenced in August 2020, with 11 gas etc, we are there to assist. With KSB specialists, all these services Mega CPK pumps from KSB India our ongoing investments in Australia are available throughout the planned and four high pressure Multitec we are committed to expanding our operating life of the pump. pumps from KSB France being services even further to support all subjected to functional testing by businesses and the resourceful and Consulting with KSB engineers at the a major customer’s independent enterprising people of this great outset helps to identify the operating inspection authority. Although all the country,” reported Dave Alexander, parameters of selected pumps and pumps would have undergone testing managing director of KSB Australia. systems by market leading smart in their respective manufacturing TEST BAY CAPABILITIES tools such as the KSB SES box, KSB Guard or Pump Meter. Once the plants, the opportunity for the customer to conduct their own tests The capabilities of the test bay appropriate pump has been selected in accordance with operational reflect the nature of KSB’s installed KSB SupremeServ participates in requirements was a much base across Australia and the need commissioning to ensure that the appreciated capability. Initial reports to be able to test pumps of all sizes delivered equipment meets the system from the customer indicated that (Image 2). design envelopes. Service and readily the facility was a very professional available spare parts solutions make set-up and the ease of testing was The 90,000L clean water test circuit for the smooth operation of pumps excellent. is designed for flow rates of up to and valves to ensure unparalleled 1500L/s at 40 bar pressure and is availability. This capability extends KSB still offers the option to perform equipped with manifolds ranging to taking servicing products from witnessed or non-witnessed from 80mm to 600mm. For larger any manufacturer. KSB provides pump performance tests at its flows and higher pressure, testing tailor-made service and has in-house manufacturing plants worldwide prior can occur at reduced speeds and affinity laws can be used to verify test results. reverse engineering capabilities of rotating equipment should the need arise to develop or reproduce a specific part. to shipping the equipment, however KSB can now also offer to perform verification tests locally, within Australia. Image 2: The new test bay has the facilities to test pumps of all sizes The 12,000L wastewater test circuit is designed for flows up to 200L/s at 14 bar pressure and is equipped with manifolds ranging from 80mm to 250mm. The test bay is equipped with variable speeds from 7.5kW to 630kW. CUSTOMER BENEFITS The commissioning of the Test Bay means KSB can now test all pumps after refurbishment, ensuring that it is repaired to meet OEM benchmarks, regardless of the manufacturer. KSB SupremeServ is dedicated to ensuring that customers’ pumps are repaired to the highest quality and to guarantee optimum functionally after repair. This four-part concept encompasses consultancy and analysis, commissioning and 61
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