Albany has reengineered the Crown and Stanhope pump types to make them more economic, easier to maintain and with wider operating limits. Three new ranges of general purpose industrial gear pumps have merged these pump types. The new GN pumps (formerly known as 25, 40 and 56 Series) are designed for medium and intermittent operation […]
Case Studies: Pump Range
Sandwich Saucery
Albany’s Stanwin range of stainless steel pumps have helped Promotec, Albany’s appointed Dutch agent, to achieve good results in Holland’s food industry. In one application, a manufacturer of food processing machinery was developing a sandwich assembly machine for one of its customers. Part of the requirement was an automatic system to dispense a precise quantity […]
Confectionary Gear Pumps Get The Thumbs Up From Manufacturers
Up to 20 years after their installation at the Norwich works of Rowntree Chocolates, rotary gear pumps that had been supplied by Barclay Kellett of Bradford were taken out of service. Fit for many more years of operation, they we re-installed at Nestle’s York, Halifax and Newcastle factories. Under the Barclay Kellett design, Albany Engineering […]
Confectionary Manufacturers Look For Simple And Effective Pump Solutions
Albany Pumps have found that many of their customers have, prior to working with Albany, adopted screw-pattern pumps for handling molten chocolate. However, in-service problems with bearings and seals led to heavy running costs. One user reported that his screw pumps had to be stripped and serviced weekly. Low maintenance costs brought a pump manufactured […]
Albany Pumps Help Manufacturers Cook The Doughnuts
Freshly-cooked doughnuts are an enticing weapon in the supermarkets’ drive for market share. Tesco equipped a number of its stores with machines to deep fry the dough portions. Albany Pumps are supplying two major commercial cooking equipment manufacturers with pumps for the hot oil, which is filtered and re-circulated back into the frying tank. As […]
Albany Think – ‘Fire Protection’
Millions of people pass through airports and never give a thought to the fire fighting equipment. The good news is that Albany have given a lot of thought to the design, manufacture and performance of their GE and GF pumps used on foam concentrate used in fighting aviation fuel fires. When the fuel storage facilities […]
24 Volt Foam Pumps
The Unipower Rapid Intervention Vehicle (RIV) was a first response airfield crash, fire and rescue vehicle. It had exceptional performance and could operate in extremes of climate. Unipower of Coventry (formerly Alvis Motors) chose a DC motor-driven Albany GE to pump foam concentrate into the water stream. The RIV is currently in triservice use with […]
Albany Offers Pump Sets For Smaller Fire-Fighting Units
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 […]
Albany ‘Fight’ To Secure Order For Singapore Civil Defence
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 Tweak The Turning Of The Screws
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 […]