A cardboard mill customer suffered from regular pump breakdowns in the fibre line effluent sump. Sulzer replaced the two existing submersible pumps by one non-clogging AHLSTAR NPP42-150 pump equipped with a Sulzer Ejector. After more than two years in operation, there has been no disturbance.

The adoption of electric vehicles across the world is increasing rapidly and this demand needs to be matched by the supply of batteries. As new processing plants and manufacturing facilities are constructed, it is important that they employ the latest in pumping technology to ensure optimum reliability and efficiency.

The EU-funded Arbaflame project is aiming to produce 70,000 tonnes biomass-based combustibles per year to enable clean power generation. The biomass pellets are made of wood and can be used as a 100% sustainable alternative to coal in power plants to produce carbon-neutral power.

Sulzer Chemtech’s innovative EU-funded Arbaflame project is aiming to produce 70,000 tonnes of biomass-based combustibles per year to enable clean power generation.

Sulzer Mixpac has received a CO2 inventory certificate from TÜV NORD as part of its continued strategy to improve sustainability. The certificate verifies the carbon footprint of the business, helping to identify areas for improvement to minimise its overall footprint.

Sulzer Mixpac has received a CO2 inventory certificate from TÜV NORD as part of its continued strategy to improve sustainability. The certificate verifies the carbon footprint of the business, helping to identify areas for improvement to minimise its overall footprint.

Sulzer Chemtech is enabling the further development and optimisation of Blue Planet’s innovative carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) solutions. The process will leverage Sulzer Chemtech’s advanced carbon reduction technologies for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in industrial applications while producing highly sustainable aggregates.

Here Mark Taylor, Service Center Manager at Sulzer’s Rail Competency Center in Nottingham, looks at how Sulzer has resolved one of the main reliability issues and rotating rectifiers in UK passenger trains.

Sulzer is collaborating with Atlantica to install its BLUE BOX advanced analytics solution on the performance-critical pumps at two solar power plants. Located 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles, US, the Mojave 280 MW solar plant generates clean electricity to power approximately 90’000 households, preventing the emission of 350’000 tons of CO2 emissions annually.

Industrial gas turbines rely on specialised coatings to deliver continued performance and reliability. Renewing these protection systems is an important part of the routine maintenance schedule and the quality of the new coatings is dependent on attention to detail and the expertise of the refurbishment team. With a high level understanding of the processes, it is possible for operators to assess this expertise and select the most suitable suppli...

Sulzer strives to promote and maintain an inclusive, diverse and empowering working environment. This has been recognised by the Empowering Women in Industry awards in the nomination of six of Sulzer’s employees as finalists across nine of the eleven categories. The conference and awards gala, taking place on 26th September in Chicago, IL, US, celebrates the excellence of female professionals in a male-dominated industry to promote gender e...

Every train is fitted with alternators to generate electrical power and each one has an automatic voltage regulator (AVR) card that ensures the correct voltage is produced. However, in some cases, reliability has become an issue for these cards, which has led Sulzer to develop a service to repair or redesign and manufacture replacement AVR cards.

At the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) WINDPOWER 2019 Conference & Exhibition, Sulzer will exhibit its service and maintenance capabilities for rotating equipment in wind turbines. During the event, visitors will be able to discover some of the latest developments on cost-effective generator repairs.

  Visitors to this year’s Railtex exhibition, held at the NEC, Birmingham, will have the opportunity to see the extensive range of services on offer from Sulzer. The company’s stand, E61 in Hall 3, will show some of the key components that can be repaired and refurbished by Sulzer’s dedicated engineering teams as part of its comprehensive rail solutions.

Sulzer’s BLUE BOX IoT Advanced Analytics has won the Gold Certificate Industry 4.0 at the Swiss Digital Economy Awards in the category Highest Digital Quality. BLUE BOX uses existing pump data to cut costs in pump operation and maintenance considerably. The Swiss Digital Economy Awards are presented by the industry association SwissICT, the Association of Swiss Internet Companies Simsa and the specialist publisher Netzmedien. 

Digitalisation, realised by a specialist parts manufacturer such as Sulzer, is the key to rapid and precise repairs. Repairing critical equipment can be a time-consuming task, especially if it has been in service for a long time and original parts are difficult to source. In West Virginia, USA, Sulzer re-engineers and produces new casting parts for a wide range of rotating equipment using additive manufacturing technologies.

Maintenance and repair projects within the rail industry are managed by tier one contractors to provide operators with a fixed cost project that enables them to accurately forecast annual repair bills. This type of contract requires flexibility and high quality repairs to provide customers with reliability. Author: Mark Taylor, Service Centre Manager at Sulzer’s Nottingham Facility

From June 11th-15th 2018, ACHEMA, the trade fair for the process industry, will take place in Frankfurt, Germany. At the event, Sulzer Chemtech will offer all stand visitors free Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) experiences.

Turning data into value: Sulzer’s BLUE BOX advanced remote analytics platform went live for Phillips 66. Two pipelines with 40 performance-critical pumps (Sulzer and third-party) are connected in real-time. BLUE BOX provides significant savings and substantial operational improvement in the automation of field-testing and targeted service activities to increase the efficiency, performance and reliability of pumps and pipelines.

Usually carried out to determine benchmark data after a major repair is performance testing of high voltage motors and generators, however, increasingly, customers are requiring this information as part of a problem diagnosis or to verify performance figures for a component when its essential data has been lost.