Albin Peristalic Hose and Tube Pumps from Kelair Pumps Australia

Kelair announces its appointment as the exclusive distributor for Australia of the Albin range of peristaltic hose and tube pumps.

Albin Pump has been manufacturing pumps since 1929, beginning with gear pumps. The hose pump factory located in Mountboucher, France has thirty-three years of hose pump experience.

Hose and tube pumps have excellent solids-handling capability and very specific application in the following services:

• Mining industry in various applications and particularly with thickener underflow.
• Pulp and paper industry for sludges, dosing and waste.
• Breweries for yeast cropping and dosing additives.
• Water treatment for dosing and waste.
• Filter press applications.
• Paint industry for latex and pigments.
• Pharmaceutical / personal care industry for dosing and filling.
• Food industry for various products and additives.

The hose pump range is nominated as the ALH series and has a wide hydraulic coverage with hose sizes from 10mm to 125mm. This allows flow capacities to 155 m3/hr with pressure to 15 bars. There are six hose materials available to provide broad chemical coverage.

The Albin ALH series can be specialised to meet specific client and application requirements.

The tube pump range is nominated as the ALP series with tube sizes from 9mm to 45mm. The maximum flow is 11.4 m3/hr with pressures to 4 bar differential. There are eight tube materials available to maximise chemical compatibility.

Albin Hose Construction

For the hose liner five materials are available to suit the diversity of pumped product:

• Blue marking: HY Hypalon (Ceases Sep 2010)
• White marking: NR (natural rubber)
• Yellow marking: NBR (Buna)
• Red marking: EPDM
• Yellow & White marking: NBR food (Buna)