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1st Quarter 2019

The New Liquid Handling Equipment Repair Shop Is Ready for Business!

In late 2018, Liquid Handling Equipment’s long-underway expansion was �nally �nished. The increased space now includes a state-of-the-art pump repair facility. Our new professional repair shop will allow us to better serve our customers by becoming your trusted, highly experienced source for repairing pumps.

We are skilled in the repair of every type of pump, including those from manufacturers we don’t represent. With the limited number of people employed in today’s maintenance departments, companies have little-to-no time to deal with inconvenient, often dif�cult repairs. We want the Liquid Handling Equipment pump repair facility to become your go-to solution for timely, challenging pump repairs.

We offer a no-charge repair evaluation, which includes a two-page report that carefully outlines the pump’s issues and what is required to return the pump to its original condition. In addition, the evaluation will provide pictures to aid in your understand-ing of the repairs needed. Once the evaluation is sent, the customer can decide whether or not to have the pump repaired.

Some of the equipment that represents the expertise of the Liquid Handling Equipment Repair Shop follows:

• One-Ton and Two-Ton Overhead Cranes• Balancing Machine• Lathe• Drill Presses• Parts Washer• Welding Machine• Laser Alignment• And many more

If you are interested in having us evaluate your damaged pump, please contact your local Liquid Handling Equipment representative to request a RGA and Certificate of Cleaning form that will be sent to you to begin the evaluation / repair process.

The Liquid Handling Equipment Repair Shop is ready to earn your pump repair business!

The New Liquid Handling Equipment

Repair Shop Is Ready for Business!

Technical Spotlight -Electrically-Heated Enclosures

for HMD Kontro Pumps

Product Spotlight -Important Notice from

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A Liquid Handling Equipment Success Story

Meeting Your Process NeedsLiquid Handling Equipment’s

Full Line of Products

Liquid Line Editor: Eric Sant Vice President of Marketing

Published by:Liquid Handling Equipment, Inc.2311 Executive StreetCharlotte, North Carolina 28208

Mailing Address:P.O. Box 668525Charlotte, NC 28266-8525

Phone: 704-399-8700 • 800-872-8414Fax: 704-393-2412

Website: www.liquidhandlingequip.com

Email: lhe@liquidhandlingequip.com

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Technical Spotlight on:Electrically-Heated Enclosures for HMD Kontro Pumps By John Hickner

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Liquid Handling Equipment recently received an inquiry from one of our HMD Kontro customers about the possibility of constructing an insulated electrically-heated enclosure speci�cally designed for one of his HMD Kontro pumps. The most common insulated covers for pumps are either steam or oil-jacketed; however, the customer wanted a custom cover that would meet the pump’s demanding temperature requirements.

The design process for the electrically-heated enclosure began with researching the customer’s particular heat requirements. Once we de�nitively knew the customer’s temperature and heat loss speci�cations, the proper heating element was selected. How did we determine the heat requirements?

Sectional View of Full Assembly

In calculating the heat transfer area, Liquid Handling estimated the pump’s surface area in order to simplify the model. With the known head that is lost from the pump, we roughly knew how much heat was needed to send back into the pump. Also, since our main goal was to maintain a speci�c temperature without raising the temperature of the �uid, less energy was needed.

The whole enclosure was made out of 3/16 SS sheet metal with all 3/16 SS interlocking latches. The insulation used was two-inch-thick �berglass with foil-facing material. The design included cables leaving the enclosure with a cord grip for strain relief. The control boxes were mounted separately.

The custom-designed electrically-heated enclosure for the HMD Kontro pump was a big success, meeting all the customer’s requirements. The 3-D generated model and the final product can be seen below.

Final Electrically-Heated Enclosure

Contact your local Liquid Handling Equipment representative to inquire about the option of an electrically-heated enclosure for your HMD Kontro pump!

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How Often Are You Forced to Change Out Filters? • Are you changing out your bag filter in the middle of your batch?• Does your product start to dry once the filter housing lid is opened?• Is your clean differential pressure too high?• Is there an issue of exposure of your product to employees?• Is your product viscosity over 1,000 centipoise?• Do you want to change out your filter bag less often?• Do you want to purchase larger bag housing?

If you answered YES to one of the above questions, our AA BAG is the answer!With a small investment of our AA Bag housing basket adaptor, you can possibly extend your �lter’s life four to �ve times and/or increase �ow rate by 65%.

Important Notice fromSTRAINRITE

How Often Are You Forced to Change Out Filters?

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AA EXTENDED SURFACE AREA HOUSING ADAPTOR

AA EXTENDED SURFACE AREA BAG FILTER Additional Area bags provide 65% more surface

area and extend life as much as 4 to 5 times.

• Do you have high ppm?• Do you want to change out your filter bag less often?

If you answered YES to one of the above questions, our EVP BAG is the answer!• 14 ft2 (size 2) of media vs. 4 ft2 ft of media standard bag• 7 ft2 (size 1) vs. 2 ft2 of media standard bag• Fits in standard size 1 or size 2 housing• Not recommended for high-viscosity fluids

EVP BAG FILTEREnhanced Vertical Pleat with proprietary advances in pleat profile and rigidity; graded density materials of construc-tion and utilized surface area. No other filter element provides equal filtration performance, life, and loading capacity at a similar price. The increase in surface area and improved filter-media utilization results in longer, uninterrupted run times.

Our BRB BAG is a resin-bonded polyester bag that ensures increased life with high viscosity fluids.

Offered in single-layered media, AA-extended surface area, and dual-layered micron.

EX: Inner layer is a more open micron and �nal layer is micron �nal �ltration, i.e. BRB 200 micron/100 microns.

viscosity fluids.

AA-extended surface area, and

BRB (AA-STYLE)Resin bonded extended surface area bag filter

All bags are offered in size 1 or size 2Fits in size 1 and size 2 housings

Website: www.strainrite.com

Meeting Your Process Needs

Liquid Handling Equipment carries a full line of products to meet all of your process needs.

Tanks & Heat ExchangersAllen Industries, LLCBendel Tank & Heat ExchangerModern Welding Poly Processing CompanySharpsville Container

PumpsBoerger PumpsCrane Pumps - Barnes / Burks / Crown / Deming / WeinmanDESMI / Rotan EbaraFlux PumpsHMD Kontro / SundyneIwaki-AmericaLC ThomsenPriceRoperWalchem Watson-Marlow / MasoSine PumpWatson-Marlow Sanitary Process PumpsYamada AmericaZoeller Pump Company

AgitatorsMixMor Corporation

Filtration Eaton / Hayward MFG HarmscoPentair Strainrite

Flow & Liquid Level ManagementFLOWLINEICON Process Controls, Ltd.Niagara Meters

Accessory EquipmentBlacoh Fluid ProductsDixonGarlock Sealing TechnologiesNovaflexOPW / Civacon Corp.

A Liquid Handling Equipment Success Story by Nick Miller

A North Carolina chemical company made plans to expand its production. In order for the plan to succeed, the plant needed an additional rail car loading rack. Liquid Handling Equipment made a visit to the plant to see where the new rack would be located, as well as to gather information on the actual product to be loaded. We ascertained that the company required a full loading rack with gangway and safety cage, along with a loading arm. The loading arm had to be able to handle an aggressive chemical.

The �rst step was to determine what size the rack needed to be. Liquid Handling worked with Benko Products, a parent company of Green Access & Fall Protection. Benko supplies unloading systems for rail cars and trucks. Its engineering team put together a package that consisted of loading rack, gangway, and safety cage based on the location of the rack in relation to the center of the rail car’s location.

Ultimately, the original design had to be altered slightly due to the size of the cage on top of the rail car. The Benko engineering team made the necessary modi�cations and presented the plan to the end user.

Once the distance of the loading rack and manway to the rail car were deter-mined, Benko Products provided the information needed so a loading arm could be designed. OPW Engineered Systems manufactures complete loading systems, including pre-manufactured arms and custom-designed arms. In this case, OPW designed a loading arm based on the specifications provided to its engineering department.

The customer also requested that a speci�c hose and �tting be used for the drop arm, which was easily designed by OPW. A drawing was provided within a day that included the entire loading arm with swivel joints, springs, and compatible elastomers.

In partnership with Liquid Handling Equipment, Benko Products and OPW Engineered Systems were committed to providing the best possible solution to the end user. The custom-designed loading rack was a big success, allowing the company to move additional product to and from its plant. The chemical company’s goal to expand production was achieved via expert collaboration.

Do you have a special engineering need? If so, contact Liquid Handling Equipment to put our expertise

and resources to work for you!

Nick Miller Outside Sales

Liquid Handling Equipment, Inc.

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