MATRIX 18-Pulse Retrofit in water treatment facility
When a Massachusetts based municipal water treatment facility needed to upgrade their aging 350HP 18-pulse drives, they turned to a local Yaskawa drives distributor, who recommended a reliable, compact, and cost effective retrofit with Yaskawa’s U1000 Industrial Matrix Drive.
- Industries
- Environmental Protection
- Products
- CIMR-UC - U1000 Series
Application Challenge
The water treatment facility has four 350 HP pumps. The pumps run 25 MGD on average, but can reach 75 MGD in less than an hour with heavy rain fall. Three of these pumps can satisfy this peak demand. The last pump is used as back-up in case one of the three were to fail. Failure of one pump during peak flow without a back-up could lead to a precarious situation. If the back-up pump and the designated lag pump were to fail, the back-up of the influent main could cause overflowing manholes and flooded streets.
Based on the recommendations of the facility manager, the city made the decision to move forward with updating all of the influent drives. The facility was able to upgrade their aging 350 HP Robicon 18-pulse pump drives, which had become time-consuming and costly to keep in working order.