AUDITING PUMP EFFICIENCY

ENERGY SAVINGS: A lot of money is being spent keeping old pumps going. New, energy efficient pumps can pay for themselves in just a few years.

The tremendous growth in that part of the food industry, which manufactures more or less ready-made foods, requires more and more pumps in processing plants. Grundfos has prepared a new service product called ’Pump Audit’ to provide its customers with a thorough check of pumps in customers’ production plants.

“The energy to run the many pumps in a production plant costs a lot of money, and the requirements for energy-efficient pumps are constantly increasing,” says Roy Olesen. “With our ’Pump Audit’ programme we offer a thorough efficiency check, which most often results in very significant savings for the industry. By replacing old and inefficient pumps with new and energy-efficient ones, an average dairy or brewery can often save so much money that the repayment period can be as little as 1 or 2 years for a new pump.”

Grundfos is represented throughout the world, with sales companies in more than 45 countries. The company has its own production facilities in 14 countries in Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia. In 2006, Grundfos generated revenues of approx. EUR 2.1 billion.

Old, worn out pumps are expensive on energy. By replacing them with new, energysaving pumps, the repayment period can be as little as 1 or 2 years