Premier Foods plant recovers from pump failure

Manchester, UK – Premier Foods’ Sarsons factory in Manchester managed a speedy return to production recently after the failure of a progressing cavity pump brought part of the plant to a halt. The problem was resolved by NOV Mono, which supplied a replacement part from its Mono Universal Parts (MUP) range.
 
Premier Foods, which has a wide throat progressing cavity pump installed from another manufacturer, was unhappy with the average life span of the pump’s stator, which required regular replacement. This was causing significant downtime at the plant, as the pump transfers spent grain - a by product of production, which impacts on efficiency and output.
 
Following unsuccessful trials of another stator from the OEM, Premier Foods decided to contact Mono to provide an alternative solution. Within two hours Mono had delivered a replacement stator, which was picked from their comprehensive stocks of Mono Universal Parts.  These parts are manufactured by Mono for other branded progressing cavity pumps, and for this customer, cost one third of the OEM equivalent.
 
“We use Mono as a matter of course in many areas; being a local, long established and reputable supplier, we decided to seek their technical advice to find an alternative to the short life span of our existing progressive cavity pump part,” said Paul Vickers, engineering manager at Premier Foods.
 
“Mono was able to quote and deliver a replacement part in just two hours, at least twice as quickly as the OEM, allowing the pump to be up and running the very same day. Plus, the cost of the stator from Mono was also substantially lower than the OEM’s model.”
 
Manufactured by Mono, parts in the MUP range attract the same warranties and guarantees as parts for the Mono’s own progressing cavity pumps, and have been designed to be used in seepex, Netzsch, PCM, Allweiler, Robbins & Myers, Bornemann and Orbit pumps.