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plating and anodizing: PUMPS AND FILTERS

Maintaining Flow

Choosing Pumps and Filters

THE DIVERSE PROCESSES of plating and anodizing require
equally diverse pumps.
Pumps are used to provide flow through eductors for
mixing in plating tanks without introducing air, provide
flow through filters to keep plating solutions clean, empty
and refill tanks with plating solutions, transfer chemicals
and rinse waters from sumps, and transfer wastewater and
water treatment chemicals in on-site treatment plants.
Filter Pump Industries manufactures pumps for every
industrial application. Its Penguin pumps are rugged, com-
pact, energy-efficient, corrosion-resistant, capable of han-
dling both high temperatures and high flow rates, and fea-
ture the latest hydraulic technology, the company says.
The vertical pump line features an extended design for im-
mersion into solutions.
Filter Pump Industries’ PSS Stainless Steel Vertical In-Tank
Pump is described as compact and simple, with only one
moving part. These pumps are suited to cleaners, caustics,
salt solutions, chlorinated solvents, photographic chemicals,
deionized water, fatty, phosphoric, citric, or lactic acids. Max-
imum temperature ratings are primarily dependent on the
elastomer employed and the vapor pressure of the liquid
being pumped, Filter Pump Industries says.
A replaceable coupled shaft using multiple set screws
to minimize shaft deflection and misalignment also allows
the use of standard NEMA motors, available at most motor
suppliers, saving prolonged downtime and money. A motor
stand-off and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) slinger/disk
provide optimum bottom motor bearing protection against
chemical fume corrosiveness. Single-phase motors are wired
for 115 volts using a six-foot cord and grounding plug or
for 230 volts using a six-foot cord without plug. All three-
phase motors are shipped unwired, so that the direction of
motor rotation must be determined by the end user prior
to operation.
The PSS is recommended for OEMs, chemical wet pro-
cessing, spray rinse pumping, wet processing, standby
pumping, recirculating pumping, fume scrubbing, water
treatment, plating and etching, and more.
Filter Pump Industries offers six different types of filters
from cotton and polypropylene string wound to special-
ized polyurethane resin for various applications such as
plating and etching, electroless copper, fluid management, Filter Pump Industries’ MFD-600C-V-3, PVDF/Viton magnetic drive filter system.

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