Technical News

Sulzer Pumps

In late 2007, Sulzer Pumps opened a new service center with about 30 employees inside a major Brazilian steel plant. Previously, each pump supplier had been responsible for its own pump maintenance. The customer decided to delegate the maintenance of 864 pumps of various brands in one specific area of the plant to just one service provider. In a competitive bid, Sulzer Pumps obtained the contract. Sulzer Pumps is responsible f...

Now available in English: the book on centrifugal pumps by J. F. Gülich.

The book Centrifugal Pumps by J.F. Gülich, who has been working for Sulzer for 41 years, is now available in English. There is an edition by the publishing company Springer (ISBN: 978-3-540- 73694-3) and a Sulzer special edition. The previous editions of this book were available only in German. The book provides in-depth treatment of all kinds of flow phenomena encountered in centrifugal pumps including complex interactions of...
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Sulzer Pumps

In October 2007, RWE, a major German utility, awarded Sulzer Pumpen Deutschland (Germany) with the order for engineering and possible supply of feed and booster pumps for its 2×800-MW power plants at the locations Hamm (Germany) and Eemshaven (the Netherlands). The scope of supply includes geared variable-speed couplings by Voith. The first pump units will be delivered in January 2010. Commercial operation is planned for July ...

Sulzer Turbo Services.

The product division of Sulzer Enpro Inc., a company of Sulzer Turbo Services in New Orleans (US), recently received orders from a major pipeline company for engine/ compressor upgrades at their locations in Mississippi and Florida. These upgrades include shielded Altronic digital ignition systems and Altronic fuel valves. The fuel valves replace the old-style governors presently in service and will make the engines more effic...

Sulzer Metco: 75 years from very early developments to state-of-the-art 2008.

In 1933, Rea Axline founded the Metallizing Engineering Company, which—now called Sulzer Metco— celebrates its 75-year anniversary in 2008. In the early years of the company, industry started looking for ways to increase component service life by preventing corrosion and salvaging worn parts to serviceable condition.
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