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AMPO FOUNDRY HAS COLLABORATED WITH A LEADING SCREW PUMPS MANUFACTURER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW SEALED TWIN SCREW PUMP

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AMPO FOUNDRY, an international leader in stainless steel and high alloy castings, has collaborated with a leading screw pumps manufacturer on the complex geometry castings development for a new sealed twin screw pump for chemical and petrochemical sectors.

This new and innovative pump has been recently launched in ACHEMA exhibition and it eliminates the need for mechanical seals and complex seal supply systems, and enable customers to handle harmful substances without polluting the environment. AMPO FOUNDRY has produced high added value castings for this innovative screw pump.

For this project, the parts have been produced in our brand new automated Ceramic Moulding facility. The automation of this process has allowed AMPO to increase its competitiveness, offering a capacity of up to 240 tonnes per month and 60 parts a day.

Moreover, all of the components can also be fully-machined on a brand new 5 axis machining center with FMS (Flexible Manufacturing System).

AMPO FOUNDRY is an international leader in the development of customized and high added value castings for pumps, valves, marine and power generation.

AMPO FOUNDRY PROVIDES AFTERMARKET SERVICES TO WORLDWIDE PUMP USERS

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Major pump manufacturers are relying on AMPO’s aftermarket service to manufacture complete machined pump components such as impellers, diffusers, suction bells, column pipes, bearing housings, chambers and bowls with really short delivery times.

At AMPO clients can find the most updated know-how and engineering services, including Reverse Engineering and Magma Soft simulations to offer and achieve reliable aftermarket pump solutions.

In the manufacturing of pump components for the aftermarket sector, AMPO implements the latest patternless casting technology in order to obtain high quality castings with dimensional accuracy and improved quality surface finish. With this patternless casting method, ceramic shells are produced in AMPO within a day.

Moreover, once the components are produced, AMPO FOUNDRY has an in-house laboratory and the latest NDT facilities (3D Dimensional Control, X-ray, Dye penetrant tests, magnetic particles, ultrasonic tests, PMI, etc.) in order to ensure the reliability of pump components.

AMPO also offers customized services such as pressure tests, balancing, pre-assembly and painting of components.

AMPO team guarantees a prompt response to customer needs wherever they may be; the organization has a clear orientation towards the development of components with short delivery requirements.  Pump assemblies in West Africa, Middle East, USA, China and India are currently being powered using AMPO components.