26.08.2013 – Europe’s most modern pump test bay can now be found in the East-Westphalian city of Vlotho. With an investment of more than two million Euros, ASV Stübbe built a test bay for newly developed plastic pumps, which shatters all previous dimensions: now, vertical as well as horizontal centrifugal pumps with power ranges of up to 350 kW and a flow rate of up to 1,200 m³/h can be tested virtually fully automatically.
This being one of the largest investments in the company’s history, ASV Stübbe is focussing particularly on the growing markets in Eastern Europe, China and South America.
One of the highlights of ASV Stübbe’s new test bay is, for instance, a camera surveillance system that monitors the entire testing process, which in turn, considerably simplifies the detection of leaks. A static pressure test used as an extreme test when the test bay is idle represents an added plus for the operating safety of the pumps. The measured data from each individual pump is automatically transmitted to the ERP system so that even during testing a performance comparison can be made. In addition, the system also monitors other parameters such as noise level, vibrations, NPSH values and the actual torque of the pump shaft.
ASV Stübbe also began operation of a new pump installation parallel to the opening of the new test bay. As part of a smooth, trouble-free materials flow, this production is designed in such a way that all production lines lead to the test facility.
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