Maintaining Water Systems with Chesterton®
Water industry operations need a helping hand to enhance productivity and operational output. The best way is to have the best quality industrial parts built for the unique conditions found in water plants. Chesterton provided quality solutions for Fitt Resources to carry out integral upgrades by Sydney Water in 2022, leading to better equipment efficiency and performance outcomes. More is being presented at the WIOA Canberra conference, detailing this immense job and the Chesterton range’s critical role in the upgrade.
Fitt Resources and Chesterton
Sydney Water provides water and wastewater services to the Sydney metropolitan, Illawarra, and Blue Mountains regions, with an operational area of approximately 13,000km². The network comprises water and wastewater treatment facilities, distribution/collection, and stormwater assets. Water and wastewater specialists, FITT Resources, successfully tendered to undertake work in three main areas: the repair and overhaul of submersible, centrifugal, and positive displacement pumping units.
There were three main elements of the Chesterton product range that FITT Resources utilised. The first was a packing upgrade with Chesterton’s DualPac® 2211 1″ section in a bull ring configuration at the bottom and sealing ring configuration on the top, allowing for successful ongoing gland operation. Raw sewage pumps were upgraded using Chesterton 442 Split Mechanical Seals. The seal set-up utilises either an API Plan eleven or 13, with close clearance or EnviroSeal SpiralTrac™ gland bushes. All sewage units were rebuilt and reclaimed using a Chesterton ARC industrial coating.
The Results
Using Chesterton’s range led to an increase in efficiency, extended equipment life, and reduced downtime.
About Chesterton
For 140 years, Chesterton has provided pump and valve sealing solutions, applications expertise, equipment maintenance and wear prevention products to help make its customers more profitable, productive, and environmentally responsible.
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