Taber Sump Pumps

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Taber Sump Pumps

• The Problem Solver

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Where did it Start?
Buffalo, NY
Picture May 1924
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Taber History

• Company founded in 1859 in Buffalo NY.
• Highly successful in vertical, rotary vane, and
  brewery industrial pumps.
• Moved into the Chemical Process Market after the
  Volstead Act of 1919
• Purchased by LaBour in 1964.
• Moved to Elkhart IN.
• Moved to Selma AL

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Where are we now?
Selma, AL
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Why a Sump Pump?
Stuffing Box Worries?
Pump Noise?
Space Savings?
NPSH Problem?
Pump Leaks?
Suction Pipe Size?
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Series 1000-10

• No intermediate bearings
• No stuffing box
• Limited length

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Series 1000-20

• With intermediate bearing
• No stuffing box
• Length to 36 feet

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Series 1000-30

• No intermediate bearings
• Stuffing box is included
• Limited length

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Series 1000-40

• With intermediate bearings
• Stuffing Box is included
• Length to 36 feet

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Taber - Stuffing Box Options
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Taber - Thrust Bearing Options
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Taber - Sleeve Bearing Flushing
Product Flush
Flooded Lube (optional)
External Lube (optional)
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Taber - Liquid End
Sleeve Bearing
Head
Tail Pipe (optional)
Heavy Duty LVA Casing
Strainer (optional)
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Taber - Discharge
Bolt on clamp w/ packing ring
150 R.F. Threaded Flange
Size matches casing discharge
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Taber - Options

• Jacket Column / Discharge
• External Mounting
• Dual (Pear) Mounting
• Float Switch
• Cladded Support Plate
• Vapor Proof Construction
• Low Flow Impeller

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Taber Options

• Expansive Metallurgical Selections
• Expansive Intermediate Sleeve Bearing Materials
  options
• Jacketing (Column Discharge)
• Float Controls
• External Mounting
• Contained Double Stuffing Box
• Suction Strainer
• External Flushing Arrangements for Shaft Bearing
  Lubrication
• Two Stage Design
• Mutli Triple Volute Casing
• Vapor Proof Construction (not available with
  Cladding)
• Solid Alloy Support Plate, (316SS,304SS,20ss)
• Cladded Support Plate (not available with VP
  const.)
• Mechanical Seals (Liquid and/or Gas Type)
• Non-Sparking Coupling Guard
• Heavy Duty Angular Contact Bearings, L10 life, up
  to 100,000 hours
• Suction Tailpipe

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Other Taber Pumps
Triple Throat - 8000
Old Style - 1000
2 Stage - 2000
Cantilever - 9000
Horizontal
Spent Grain - 6000
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Competition

• Goulds
• Vertiflow
• Lewis
• Lawrence
• Carver

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Taber - Competition Comparison
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LaBour-Taber Advantages

• Shorter Leadtimes on Higher Alloys
• Manufacturing Facility Dedicated to Industrial
  Pumps
• Flexibility in Design and Manufacturing
• Dedicated Metallurgist
• World Class Sales/Service Organization
• Long History of Engineering Excellence

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Taber Advantages

• Fully Open Impeller
• 5 inch sleeve bearing lengths
• Shorter bearing span (1st critical gt140 of
  rated)
• 20 larger shaft diameters
• 25 larger wear surface
• Sleeve bearing below packing
• External Impeller adjustment
• Large area hemisphere suction strainer
• Thicker support plate, 7/8 vs. ¾ inch
• Experience in high alloy pump materials
• Pinned intermediate shaft bearings vs. snap rings
• Larger support column
• 1/8 inch corrosion allowance
• Registered rigid column flanges

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Taber Applications

• Boiler Run off
• Water Treatment
• Acids
• Caustics
• Molten Sulfur
• Bromine
• Molten Lead
• Molten Caustic
• Mercury
• Nitro Glycerin Slurry
• Day Tank Transfer
• Parking Lot Sumps
• Rail Car Unloading
• Tank Farms

• Heat Transfer Liquids
• Industrial Waste Systems
• Entrained Air or Applications with Vapor
• Water

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Power Plants

• Gas Turbine or Steam Turbine Drive
• CHP Combined Heat Power
• CCGT Combined Cycle Gas Turbine
• Coal Fired
• Gas Fired
• Oil Fired

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Steam Turbine Power Plant
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Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Plant
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FLOW DIAGRAM FOR POWER PLANT
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Pumps Supplied in CCGT Plants

• Tabers H2SO4 NaOH for Water Treatment
• Tabers 200 o F Boiler Blow Down Water
• Tabers Cold/Warm Water Sump
• Tabers Phossy Acid for NOx removal
• LVA/B Lime Slurry for Water Treatment
• DHL/LHL Less Trap Filtrate
• Through OEMs

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Water Treatment Systems

• Per the Black Veatch specs through OEMs
• - Hungerford Terry
• - Infilco Degremont (Ondeo)
• - Graver Water
• - Gaco
• - L.A. Water Treatment
• - Illinois water Treatment

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Black Veatch Specifications

• Taber or equal
• C.I. Wet end materials
• Heavy Duty Sched. 80 column
• 316SS shaft, impeller hardware
• Alloy 20 discharge pipe and flange
• GFT bearings

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Molten Sulfur

• Solidifies at 238o F
• Viscous above 320o F
• Very poor conductor of heat
• S.g. of 1.78
• Mechanical Seal nightmare

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1000-44 - Steam Jacketed
Steam Inlet
Steam Outlet
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Taber Series Vertical Sump Pumps Founded in 1859
- Legacy of Engineering Excellence.

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