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Pump intelligence
from July/August 2022
by Pat Lehane
Wilo – intelligent solutions for water management
Wilo was among the 3,100
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exhibitors who participated in this year’s IFAT, the world’s leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management, which was held in Munich.
The challenges for the pump sector posed by global trends such as climate change, water shortages and increasing urbanisation were the main themes. Water supply and disposal have to be ensured in increasingly large urban and agricultural areas around the world. It is not only the number of applications in municipal waterworks and wastewater treatment plants or in flood control that is constantly on the rise. Their performance requirements and complexity are also increasing.
Connected solutions
Reliable and intelligent connected solutions are increasingly important to meet such challenges. As an international technology provider and digital pioneer in the industry, Wilo presented a number of innovative solutions at the show where it occupied two stands.
Abionik acquisition
In spring 2021, Wilo took over the Berlin- based Abionik Group, thus expanding its expertise as a solutions provider in clean water treatment. “With the acquisition of the Abionik Group, we have diversified our portfolio in the market segment of water management in a targeted manner,” explains Derek Elton, Managing Director, Wilo Ireland. “Abionik’s products and services are designed to sustainably reduce resource and energy consumption, pollutants and other contaminants in water management. Wilo and Abionik thus complement each other perfectly and create new solutions for end-users.”
Among the solutions presented at IFAT was the Wilo-Rexa SOLID-Q, an intelligent system solution for smart sewage pumping stations; the highly-efficient Wilo-Actun ZETOS, a submersible pump for process water and water supply from boreholes and water reservoirs in municipal and industrial applications; and the 2- or 3-blade Wilo-EMU TRE submersible mixer for reliable biological wastewater treatment. A membrane filter module from Abionik, as well as the water backpack PAUL for mobile water purification, were also on display.
Operational reliability
Wilo is further focusing on its digital applications and services, such as the digital system landscape Wilo-World; the application-independent advice and chat function Wilo-Live Assistant; and the service package WiloCare. This combines various maintenance services with digital remote access to the installed product solutions, thus guaranteeing operational reliability during the entire product life cycle.
Contact: Wilo Ireland. T: 01 426 0000; E: sales.ie@wilo.com; www.wilo.ie
