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          Failure is not
          an option for the fire protection industry

          
Ultra-reliable
          is the only standard acceptable when it comes to building, testing
          and maintaining water pumps for fire fighting. To ensure all
          of its pumps are fully able to provide maximum performance instantly,
          under all circumstances, Ruhrpumpen has built a dedicated fire
          pump centre in Lancing, West Sussex and fitted its test-rig with
          the best torque sensors it could find on the market.

          
Ruhrpumpen is
          a global leader in high technology pump systems and is a major
          player in industries such as oil and gas, water distribution,
          chemical production, continuous processes, and nuclear power.
          Identifying fire fighting as a crucial sector, it set up Ruhrpumpen
          Industrial Europa Ltd (RPIE) a Factory Mutual (FM) and Underwriters
          Laboratories (UL) certified manufacturing facility for fire water
          pumps in the UK. The FM and UL Approvals Bodies audit the facility
          quarterly, inspect calibration certification and carry out flow,
          pressure, power, NPSH (net positive suction head) and other relevant
          tests as required, ensuring that the facility maintains world-class
          standards at all times. 

          
Ruhrpumpen Industrial
          Europa Ltd's state-of-the-art fire pump manufacturing centre
          is fully equipped to design, assemble, test and package fire
          pumps for European market requirements. It can also produce standard
          and highly-engineered pumping systems for a wide range of other
          applications industries, often using the technical requirements
          of firefighting to set benchmarks in other industries. 



          In addition to pumps and systems for use in the UK and Europe,
          the facility also provides parts and support for highly-engineered
          pump equipment to other Ruhrpumpen companies around the world,
          and offers product and system testing, training and specialist
          consultancy services.



          With the test-rig TorqSense transducers measure and record instantaneous
          torque levels in rotating pump drive shafts, with analysis of
          the data confirming real-time performance standards, in testing
          operations.

          
TorqSense is
          made by Sensor Technology Ltd in Banbury and comes in a range
          of sizes for measuring torque, both rotary and static, from 10mNm
          up to 13,000Nm. Different ranges are based on different technologies,
          including full four element strain gauge bridges and optical
          measurement. None of these require hard wiring with slip rings,
          instead being designed for use with wireless radio frequency
          pick-ups which make set up and adjustment fast and simple.



          Working with clients, experts from Sensor Technology can recommend
          the best transducer for each application.

            

          As is a requirement in all fire pump testing, the torque transducers
          are all regularly calibrated by an independent ISO 17025 accredited
          calibration laboratory. 

          
Sensor Technology
          also produce a full range of data display, recording and analysis
          interfaces. Again, it is the work of moments to integrate these
          with the sensor heads. However, with fire water pumps being such
          a specialised and highly regulated field, Ruhrpumpen decided
          to use bespoke data systems developed to directly address the
          needs of the industry. With these, data is recorded and analysed
          in Ruhrpumpen's own performance test app before the final pump
          Test Report is made available. Naturally everything is tested
          and verified by qualified independent bodies on a regular basis.



          David Gentle, Ruhrpumpen Industrial Europa Product Line Manager
          for EU Fire Systems, says: "We are a very high tech industry,
          but there is also a lot of human intelligence and input into
          our operations. We really value the support from the team at
          Sensor Technology and know we will always get a quick response
          from them, no matter when we call. TorqSense transducers are
          lightweight, easy to use and we have recommended their adoption
          by our group subsidiaries around the world, all of whom are FM/UL
          certified.

          
About Sensor Technology

          Sensor Technology Limited has been manufacturing quality torque
          measurement solutions for over 35 years and operates from two
          different locations in the heart of rural Oxfordshire; its sales,
          marketing, production and calibration facilities located at Apollo
          Park, Wroxton and a research and development facilities at Balscott
          Mill, Balscote. Sensor Technology also has a global network of
          distributors assisting sales and a network of world-renowned
          technical experts assisting the development of TorqSense and
          other technologies.

          
For
          more information, please contact :-

          
Tony Ingham

          Sensor Technology Ltd

          Apollo Park, Ironstone Lane, Wroxton, Banbury, Oxon, OX15 6EY

          Tel: +44(0)1869 238400

          Fax:+44(
          0)1869 238401

          Email: info@sensors.co.uk

          Website: www.sensors.co.uk

          
September 2023

          

            

              
                
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