Albany’s GE and GF range of foam concentrate pump sets includes 1/2in and 3/4in, Pelton wheel-driven units. These sizes are designed for lower capacity fire fighting applications, such as equipment for helicopter decks. These water-powered gear pumps will dose fluoroprotein, AFFF or detergent concentrates from drums or bulk into a high pressure water stream. Able […]
After fierce competition Albany secured an order from a major Singapore fire fighting & protection equipment specialist. The requirement was for pumps to handle 1400 litres/ minute of fire fighting foam concentrate. Eight relief valve extended bearing pattern Albany GE-HD080 pumps with 4-inch flanged connections and bare drive shafts were supplied for building into skids […]
Albany has owned the Stothert & Pitt twin screw pump design for 10 years. During that time we have made exact replacement pumps and spares and continued to do so. The picture illustrates a pump reconditioned by Albany which is in use at a dockside location in the UK. Based on these well proven designs […]
A 1.5in GA-AP080 gear pump was despatched to Spain, for installation on the MV Fortuna, Royal Yacht of His Majesty King Juan Carlos. It replaced a similar unit supplied by Albany in 1978 to pump seawater in the cooling circuit of one of the vessel’s W.H. Allen diesel engines.
Early in 2000, Albany’s Sales Department took an intriguing telephone call, enquiring if anyone knew about a water pump made in the 1930s by a company called Salaman & Handoll. The sales estimator knew his company history; Albany Pumps had been named Salaman & Handoll before being blitzed out of London and moving to Lydney […]
Albany GX Crown type gear pumps were selected by Re-Tec Manufacturing of London for a pivotal role in their design of packaged processing unit for production of fuel from waste oils. The waste, a random mix of lubricating oil and kerosene, is heated, centrifuged, filtered and blended to produce a constant viscosity and calorific value […]
Adding further to Albany’s reputation for durable products, a series of lube oil pumps are regularly returned to Lydney for overhaul. The type GT-AP120/AP130 pumps have been purchased for lube oil service on power station gas turbines. It is nothing unusual for the units being sent back to have seen 20 years use, with a […]
Allen Gears, of Pershore, Worcestershire, were about to deliver a large gearbox when the unit was failed on the grounds of noise by the inspector sent by their French customer. The problem was traced to a lubricating oil pump. An out-of-hours call to Albany Pumps found the Managing Director still at his desk. He made […]
Albany GN duplex pump units are designed to pump light fuel oils for generators, high rise office air conditioning and day tanks, hospital incinerators, telephone installations and boiler feed. Albany close-coupled pumps make a compact solution for flows up to 300 l/min. Larger sizes are made for specific applications. A duplex filter is often supplied. […]
Albany GC style pumps continue to be selected by power stations and power station equipment OEM’s as the prime supplier of pumps for critical fuel and lubrication requirement in power generation in all Continents. The specifications are exacting and the pumps have proved themselves in the long life continuous running duties of various units in […]
