When an established beverage and food packaging company needed to increase the capacity of it’s can washing systems, the existing pumping setup was quickly becoming a limiting factor.
The site was running older Alfa Laval LKH-80 pumps, originally selected for a duty of around 120 m³/hr. With production requirements increasing significantly, the existing pumps needed to be upgraded to handle a much higher flow rate – around 300 m³/hr.
💡Finding the right pump for the duty
With the required flow rate more than doubling, simply replacing the existing pumps with another LKH-80 wasn’t going to provide the additional capacity needed.
We therefore looked at Alfa Laval’s LKH-90, the largest centrifugal pump in the LKH range, as a suitable solution for the increased duty.
The LKH-90 offered the additional capacity required while providing plenty of operating capability beyond the new 300 m³/hr duty point. The selected configuration could handle flows of up to 500 m³/hr, giving the system sufficient headroom for the increased production requirements.
💦 Eight pumps for eight washing systems
The project required a total of 8 pumps, with one pump serving each of the site’s 8 can washing systems.
Each LKH-90 was supplied with a 37 kW half-speed motor, providing the power required to meet the increased duty while maintaining the benefits of a lower-speed pump configuration.
✅The result was a significant increase in the available pumping capacity – taking the original system requirement from 120 m³/hr to 300 m³/hr across the washing systems.
🔩 More than just a pump replacement
Projects like this aren’t simply about selecting a larger pump. Increasing capacity from 120 m³/hr to 300 m³/hr requires careful consideration of the pump’s operating range, motor selection and how the equipment will perform within the existing process.
In this case, the LKH-90 provided the additional capacity required while giving the customer a robust upgrade to their existing can washing systems.
8 × Alfa Laval LKH-90 pumps | 37 kW half-speed motors | Up to 500 m³/hr capacity | 300 m³/hr required duty
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