A 3D-printed containment shroud for mag-drive pumps
One of the technical highlights of this company is the new 3D-printed containment shroud for magnetic-drive (mag-drive) pumps of the Magnochem type series. Named MagnoProtect (photo), the component offers the same safety as a double-walled containment shroud — without the latter’s disadvantages of heating up strongly and having high eddy-current losses. While providing comparable safety, the overall efficiencies of the new mag-drive designs exceed those of canned motor pumps. Designed with a structure of channels, the new containment shroud offers a second, redundant, static safety barrier preventing leakage of the fluid handled. A pressure transmitter monitors the vacuum generated, which is present during normal operation in the channels of the containment shroud. If the monitored pressure rises to atmospheric pressure, the outer containment shell is leaking. If the pressure rises above the ambient pressure, the inner containment shell is damaged. Hall 8.0, Stand H14 — KSB SE & Co. KGaA, Frankenthal, Germany