IQ Pumps optimized for streamline flows and better intake with no pulsation
A pump’s specifications and performance are important, but once you get past all the talk about GPMs and HP, it’s the operators and maintenance persons who are left to deal with the reality of using and maintaining a pump.
A pump’s specifications and performance are important, but once you get past all the talk about GPMs and HP, it’s the operators and maintenance persons who are left to deal with the reality of using and maintaining a pump.
When Vogelsang designed its IQ HiFlo Rotary Lobe Pump, the engineers there used a complex technology to solve a common problem. Computational Fluid Dynamics enabled the Vogelsang engineers to optimize the pump for streamline flows and better intake with no pulsation. This enabled them to create a pump that has less wear on its lobes, housings, seals and other parts. That in turn reduced the need for service and the hassles that come with servicing and repair.
Part of this revolutionary design was to eliminate 50% of the wet-end parts used in typical rotary lobe pumps. The most notable reduction being a one-piece housing. This one-piece housing body also acts as a removable cover. Once removed, a service tech has full, unimpeded access to the lobes, mechanicals seals and wear plates. Unlike most rotary lobe pump designs, where the lobes are enclosed in housing segments, everything is open and accessible with the IQ.
The improved housing design also allows the IQ pump to be smaller and more versatile, especially when compared to progressive cavity pumps. Its universal connectors can be turned 360° for virtually any configuration.
The IQ pump is used in municipal and industrial applications, particularly in waste disposal. It has been proven to increase operating lifetime up to 150%, even in demanding applications with abrasive media. The capacity* of IQ pumps is up to 154 m3/h (5438 ft3/h) at pressures up to max. 7 bar.