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LaBour - TFA. Triple Volute Pump. The “Q” Classic Triple Volute Pump. TFA Design. Features & Benefits -TFA Power End. Optional 316SS Bearing Frame & Adapter (Corrosion or Temperature). Lip Seals Standard (Optional Lab. Seals). External Impeller adjustment using jack bolts AND shims.
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LaBour - TFA Triple Volute Pump
Features & Benefits -TFA Power End Optional 316SS Bearing Frame & Adapter (Corrosion or Temperature) Lip Seals Standard (Optional Lab. Seals) External Impeller adjustment using jack bolts AND shims Heavy Duty 316SS or higher Alloy Shaft Duplex Angular Thrust Bearing
Features & Benefits - TFA Liquid End 150# F.F Flanges (optional 300 # FF/RF Heavy Duty TRIPLE volute Casing Optional Casing & Stuffing Box Cooling & Heating
Features & BenefitsStuffing Box Options (with or without Spiral Trac) Standard Bore Big Bore Taper Bore
Features & Benefits - ANSI Base Plates New Cast Iron Fabricated Steel
Competition • Vortex type pumps • Side Channel type pumps
Typical Applications • Entrained air/vapors • Released by mixing chemicals • Food processing • Dissolved Air Flotation • Evaporators • Low flow or varying flow • one pump serving 2 lines • seasonal demand changes • Shear sensitive Fluids
Inlet pressure drop Air bubble size 1 2 3 4 5
TFA/LVA Impeller design Extended inlet vanes and steep outlet vanes Conventional vane design
Entrained Air Application Capacity Correction with flooded suction: • approx.. direct ratio of the % entrained air. Capacity Correction w/ 20 ft suction lift: • approx. 2.5 times % entrained air.
Entrained Air Application TDH Correction: As a rule of thumb, you can use the entrained air percentage to the 2.5 power to correct the differential head at the best efficiency point of the pump. The head loss will be more both at lower and higher flows.
Lip Seals or Labyrinth seals Customer sold on labyrinth…… Sell him on the advantages of the Impro bearing seals that last forever. Your after market sales…….$0.00 Other customers (LaBour majority) Sell him on using only LaBour “CR Wave” type lip seals, instead of the “cheap” lip seals purchased from bearing houses Your aftermarket sales $ 50.00+ pp/year
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