A major university in Washington State that came close to sewage overflows is back on track thanks to the intervention of Mitchell, Lewis & Staver and a Landia chopper pump.
The near-miss overflows at the university were being caused by the continuous plugging of an existing sewage pump, also resulting in downtime and constant, costly maintenance.
Ty Collins from Mitchell, Lewis & Staver (MLS) commented: “More and more we see the problem of so-called ‘flushable’ products that clog up so-called ‘non-clog’ sewage pumps.
“Standard pumps can deal with standard sewage, but they are no match for the stringy, tear-resistant synthetic fibres of products such as wet wipes”.
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Mitchell Lewis & Staver reviewed application data and changes in the waste stream with the campus facilities manager, opting for a submersible chopper pump that would be capable of actually cutting up the fibrous and stringy materials to the point that they would be pumpable.
Ty Collins added: “We specified a Landia chopper pump because of its proven, dual-action cutting mechanism and stationary hardened knife system. These knives chop and cut the materials prior to them entering the impeller. We’ve seen that other chopper pumps use the impeller itself as part of the cutting mechanism, but the Landia design allows for a far more efficient impeller system, whilst still passing whatever nominal solids remain”.
He concluded: “Since the installation of the Landia chopper pump, the results at the university speak for themselves: Zero clogging. Zero maintenance”.
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Landia's headquarters are located in Lem, which is how it has been since 1933. Today, Landia has subsidiaries in England, Germany, Norway and the US, and a sales office in China. In addition, Landia products are sold in 45 countries worldwide. Landia supplies pumping and mixing solutions to many different industries, with the most important ones being agriculture, wastewater, biogas plants and the fish industry. In general, you will find Landia's products wherever there is a difficult medium to be pumped or mixed. Landia survives by selling quality solutions in close partnership with the customers.
Landia is not a supermarket where customers select products from the shelves. Our technical sales people are always in close discussions with customers, which ensures solutions that work. For Landia, quality in every phase a matter of course, and we have been ISO9001 certified since 1994. Quality also means that many of Landia's products have been in operation for 20-25 years even though the operating conditions may be extreme. In that way, Landia's customers achieve the lowest lifespan costs, while resource consumption is minimised, which further results in a positive impact on the environment.
Where we supply to
Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, South America, North America
Industries we supply to
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Landia GasMix operating in tank
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