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PUMPS COMBINE PERFORMANCE AND ENDURANCE

GERMAN-DESIGNED AND

manufactured Wangen agricultural pumps from Prime Pump have been around the dairy industry since 1969.

Founded on a drive for superior performance, trouble-free operation and a commitment to lowering cost of ownership, their slow-running durability and long service life are legendary.

One Wangen customer in Austria went 35 years without having to dismantle his pump or replace any parts.

Highly engineered, the progressive cavity pumps are also helping New Zealand farmers maximise efficient effluent pumping and minimise environmental impact. Long established in conventional dairy systems they have, more recently, been embraced by the emerging sheep dairy industry.

Feedback from both has been positive, according to Ben Petrie, Prime Pump Agri Team Leader.

“We find that once clients have tried Wangen, they’ll never go back. It’s quiet, it’s reliable, and it runs well which is what you need.”

His comments are backed-up by the general manager of a successful rural trade services business who says he has seen “fairly catastrophic” failings with some other pumps, but none with Wangen.

Petrie says one of the keys to the Wangen pumps’ performance is the Cardan joint; a critical design feature. This knuckle-like system is superior to the conventional pin joint which is subject to rapid wear, resulting in “sloppiness” and ultimately the need for replacement. In contrast the Cardan joint operates smoothly and seamlessly, lasting the lifetime of the pump.

The design, which has the same diameter as the rotor ahead, enables consistent flow, and avoids the problem of settling, which effectively removes the issues related to fibres becoming wrapped around the shaft.

A one-piece cartridge mechanical seal, filled with oil, rather than a two-piece system, is also easier and quicker to fit while the oil helps extend the life of the pump.

Prime Pump’s specialist effluent range also includes world-leading pumps and stirrers from Italian designed and manufactured Faggiolati, Demark’s LJM and Italy’s Varisco providing a complete solution from high-fibre barn effluent transfer to sump and pond management.

More? Visit www.primepump.co.nz

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