B USINESS & FINANCIAL

Moyno tech- nology centre establ ished

Two bus iness units of Robbins & Myers - Moyno Indus t r ia l Products and Moyno Oihqcld Products - have jointly estab- l i shed the n e w M o y n o Techno logy Centre . Ded ica ted to r e s e a r c h in t he f ie ld of p rogress ing cavity technology, this n e w facility is l oca ted in Conroe, Texas.

"The p u r p o s e of the Moyno Techno logy Centre is to facili- ta te the a d v a n c e m e n t o f progress ing cavity technology," said Majid Delpassand, w h o has been n a m e d d i r ec to r of the Cent re . "This i nc ludes all a spec t s o f the t echno logy such as materials, design, and manu- factur ing processes . The Cent re wi l l b e d e d i c a t e d so le ly to research; app ly ing this research to p r o d u c t d e v e l o p m e n t and a p p l i c a t i o n s wi l l r ema in the respons ib i l i ty of the individual bus iness units."

As d i rec to r of the Moyno Techno logy Centre , Delpassand r e p o r t s to a jo in t s t e e r i n g c o m m i t t e e cons i s t i ng of the vice p r e s i d e n t / g e n e r a l mana- gers of bo th Moyno Industr ial P roduc ts and Moyno Oilfield Products .

Contact: Moyno Industrial Products, 1895 W Jefferson St., Springfield, Ohio 45506, USA. Tel: +1 513 327 3553; fax: +1 513 327 3572.

Life cycle cost analysis service

Life Cycle Cost analysis is 'hot ' again. Wi th the publ i sh ing of NORSOK, a s tandard for equip- men t and p lan t inves tment in t he N o r w e g i a n o f f sho re oil industry, the LCC c o n c e p t is moving f rom t h e o r y to p rac t i ce bo th in Europe and the US.This is good news for Discflo, w h o has been p r each ing LCC for years in the p r o m o t i o n of the disc p u m p .

Discflo has i n t roduced a Life Cycle Cost analysis serv ice to he lp p u m p users assess the total cos t s invo lved in the i r p u m p i n g o p e r a t i o n s . Using Discflo 's LCC workshee t , the user can c o m p a r e the costs of two or more p u m p sys tems over a p e r i o d o f t ime, in t e rms of capi tal cost , opera t iona l cost , ma in t enance and repa i r costs, the cos t of d o w n t i m e (de fe r red p roduc t ion) , and the cost of lower p r o d u c t yield or p r o d u c t quali ty due to damage f rom the p u m p system.

Contact: Discflo Corporation, 1817 John Towers Avenue, El Cajon, California 92020, USA. Tel: +1 619 596 3181; Fax: +1 619 449 1990.

D Gold plated pump marks Wilden's mi l l ionth

The mi l l ionth Wi lden air oper- a ted doub le d i aphragm p u m p to leave the c o m p a n y ' s assembly line at Grand Terrace, Cal i forn ia was m a r k e d by p r o d u c t i o n of a 14 carat gold p la ted model . The first Wi lden AODD p u m p was sold in 1955.

P ioneers of the air o p e r a t e d doub le d i aphragm c o n c e p t and n o w r e p u t e d l y t he Wor ld ' s largest manufac tu re r of AODD pumps , based on p resen t levels o f bus ines s the c o m p a n y expec t s to be p r o d u c i n g the i r two mil l ionth p u m p before the year 2005.

Wi lden p u m p s were origi- nally des igned pr imar i ly for use in min ing and c o n s t r u c t i o n . Today the p u m p is p r o d u c e d in a w ide variety of mater ia ls and conf igura t ions for use in indus- t r ies ranging f rom food and pha rmaceu t i ca l s to pa in t and e lec t ron ics on app l ica t ions as d iverse as mine dewa te r i ng and r e c i r c u l a t i o n in the semi c o n d u c t o r industry.

The W i l d e n P u m p & Engineer ing Co was founded by the late James K. Wi lden w h o s e

w i d o w Naomi was p r e sen t at the mi l l ionth p u m p ceremony. The gold p l a t ed AODD p u m p has b e e n d o n a t e d to Azusa Pacific Universi ty tor display in the Wi lden Hall of Business Management .

Contact: George Meller Limited, Orion Park, Northfield Avenue, London W13 9SJ, UK. Tel: +44 181 579 2111; Fax: +44 181 27800.

Pumpserv joins safety elite

Pumpserv , the Ca ld ico t -based p u m p special is t , has b e c o m e only the th i rd c o m p a n y in South Wales to win the annual British Safety Counci l National Safety Award.

A w a r d e d to c o m p a n i e s annually, the award r ep resen t s the second-year runn ing that P u m p s e r v have a t t a ined the n e c e s s a r y ce r t i f i ca t ion . The c o m p a n y joins just two o the r regional c o m p a n i e s to achieve the s t a n d a r d Aiwa (UK) Limi ted o f N e w b r i d g e and Rober t Bosch Limited (Cardiff Plant) of Pontyclun.

Comment ing , Stuart Cairn- cross , Manag ing D i r e c t o r of P u m p s e r v said: "This a w a r d be longs to all those c o n c e r n e d w i th ou r Hea l th & Safety p rog ramme. We are p roud to have ach ieved the high safety s t anda rds w e set o u r s e l v e s t h roughou t our w o r k s h o p s and p r o d u c t i o n facilities."

Contact: Pumpserv, Severn Bridge Industrial Estate, Caldicot, Monmouthshire NP6 4YG, UK.

[ ] Fast-track p u m p supply

Any c o m p a n y using p u m p s for the rmal oil can n o w benef i t f rom Al lwei ler Pumps ' n e w fast t rack high t e m p e r a t u r e p u m p supp ly service.

A l lwe i l e r is the b igges t s u p p l i e r of t h e r m a l oil

WORLD PUMPS JANUARY 1998