Ford's solid waste solution (1st March 2012)

The Ford Engine plant in Dagenham is using Vaughan chopper pumps to handle the combination of swarf, cutting oils and coolants that is collected from CNC machines making engines and transmissions.

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  Solids solution (1st January 2012)

A major storm can trigger a natural flushing mechanism within mains sewers with the excess foul water carrying larger quantities of rag and debris into the works. This can result in the main invert system being overridd

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Health Check Package offered (26th September 2011)

Extending operating life and optimising pump performance are among the important benefits behind the introduction of a ‘Health Check Package’, a new initiative from solids pumping and mixing specialists P&M Pumps.

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  Pump health check (1st September 2011)

Solids pumping and mixing specialist, P&M Pumps, has introduced a new Health Check Package aimed at extending operating life and optimising pump performance. The company is offering pre-scheduled site visits, incorporat

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  Mixing in some savings (1st September 2010)

Achieving more than £37k per year of savings was a key benefit for Anglian Water following installation of two mixing systems for handling secondary sludge at Colchester sewage treatment works.

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  Choppers for the Rock (1st November 2009)

Solids pumping specialist P&M Pumps, UK distributor for Vaughan Chopper Pumps, and Aquagib, a company appointed by the Government of Gibraltar, have worked together on a project to provide a long term solution to pump

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  Mixing aids digestion (1st September 2009)

System Mix has worked with UK water utility companies for over 15 years in various anaerobic digestion applications, providing specialist knowledge along with its Vaughan Rotamix mixing systems which has resulted in a 1

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  From rags to riches of reduced maintenance (1st May 2009)

At pumping stations heavily laden unscreened sewage containing rag and other debris is acknowledged as one of the toughest challenges for pumps, particularly when the site is subject to low flows and slack gradients. T

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