PCM, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of positive displacement pumps for the oil and gas, industry and food sectors, today announced the launch of the new Ecolobe® pump, its first eco-designed lobe pump for heavy-duty industrial applications. With the addition of Ecolobe®, PCM rounds out its offer of positive displacement pumps, which also includes progressing cavity pumps, peristaltic hose pumps and dosing pumps. Ecolobe® is the first lobe pump developed by PCM using eco-design. This unique approach to product design aims to minimize the environmental impact of a product during its entire lifecycle. PCM embraced eco-design in the late 1990s as a way of reducing the total cost of pump ownership for its customers. Eco-designed pumps also help customers prepare in advance for increasingly strict environmental regulations. Ecolobe® was eco-designed from the ground up in order to overcome the shortcomings of traditional lobe pumps, including frequent and costly servicing and fluid contamination. For example, Ecolobe® is designed without an oil chamber to eliminate the risk of the pumped fluids being contaminated by lubricating oil. Another common problem in older pumps is lobe failure caused by the lobe rubbing against access plate fasteners. The new Ecolobe® body design developed by PCM engineers eliminated or repositioned the plate fasteners. The result is easier access for maintenance operations and no more contact between fasteners and the lobe. Ecolobe®’s eco-design also includes improved shaft reliability and easier rotor synchronization. The Ecolobe® pump is an ideal choice for industrial applications that need a reliable, highly efficient pump that can handle liquids containing solids, with a pulsation-free pumping action to avoid shearing. Ecolobe® provides continuous and reversible flows and can tolerate running dry. Ecolobe® requires very little maintenance and has excellent service-in-place characteristics. Technical highlights Maximum flow rate: 525m3/h Maximum pressure: 10 bars Maximum temperature in continuous service: 90°C Particles size: up to 90mm Applications examples : Scum and grease, manure, oily sludge, slops, glues, vinylic emulsions and sodium hydroxide solutions. About PCM Based in Paris, France, with offices around the world, PCM is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of positive displacement pumps and fluid-handling equipment. It specializes in the development of pumping solutions for the lifting, transferring and dosing of abrasive, fragile, viscous, corrosive, hot and heavy products in challenging environments in the oil & gas, food and industrial sectors. PCM was co-founded in 1932 by the inventor of the Progressing Cavity Pump (PCP), René Moineau. For more information : www.pcm-pump.com