Save up to 50% of energy costs with the world’s most innovative industrial pump technology
ECOVIZOR PUMPS
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The Technology An introduction to the revolutionary design that makes the EcoVizor the most innovative industrial pump on the market.
The Product An overview of the EcoVizor model range with performance charts and technical specifictions.
The Company The driving force behind the EcoVizor pumps — its past, present, and future.
3 WelcometoEcoVizor4 Materials5 Design&Technology6 EcoVizorAdvantages8 UniquenessoftheDesign9 ComparisonTable10 ReducingTCO11 ReducingCarbonFootprint12 OurProducts14 OurServices15 TechnicalSpecifications16 Manufacturing17 Companyoverview19 FeedbackForm20 Research&Development21 Environment22 EcoVizorworldwide23 OurPeople
Acknowledgments
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Contents
SNCPromexASisanEstonianprivatecompanythatdevelops,manufactures,and markets industrial pumps. Thepositivedisplacementpumpsmarketedunder EcoVizor trademark are basedon a revolutionary, patented rotarypiston technology that offers majoradvantages over conventional pumpdesigns,includingsignificantreductionsinenergyconsumption,sizeandweightwhilealsoimprovingefficiency,durabilityandreliability.
Following the launch of the EcoVizorpump range SNC Promex is growingatanexponentialrate.Whilecontinuingtopenetrate theEuropeanmarket, thecompanyisactivelyexpandingintotheCIScountriesandtheMiddle-East.
LETTER FROM THE CEO: FAST FORWARD TOWARDS A GREENER TOMORROW
Decision-makers commonly associate environment-friendly technology with increasing costs and declining profits. We have made it our mission to show that taking the “green” route is not only responsible, but can also provide huge economic benefits.
Our pumps are based on an innovative technology that offers unprecedented efficiency while matching or surpassing conventional pumping technologies in terms of functionality, reliability and durability. The versatility of the EcoVizor makes it an ideal replacement for outdated equipment. Our pumps will dramatically cut energy consumption for many years of trouble-free operation - when less energy is consumed, less needs to be produced, reducing both costs and ecological footprint.
We consider it to be a rare opportunity and a privilege to work on a technology both ecologically and economically superior. Everyone at SNC Promex - a team of highly motivated professionals - is excited and enthusiastic about the EcoVizor, and recent rapid increases in our sales suggest that exciting times lie ahead of us.
We will all join our efforts to meet the growing demand for our pumps - designing and testing new features, increasing our production capacities, expanding our network of partners and distributors to provide friendly, fast and reliable customer experience worldwide.
Sincerely,
Aleksey SilantyevCEOSNC Promex AS
Welcome to EcoVizor
Materials
A DECADE OF RESEARCH
TOOL STEEL
STAINLESS STEEL
BRASS
ALUMINIUM
ALLOYS COMPOSITESCERMETS
PLASTICS
ForoptimalresultsinperformanceanddurabilityundervariousconditionsweuseavarietyofmaterialstomaketheEcoVizor.Overtheyearswehaveaccumulateda comprehensive database of the friction, wear and environment resistance ofdifferentmaterials in theEcoVizordesign.Thisexperienceallowsustomakethebestchoiceofmaterials foreach individualpumpaftercarefulassessmentof itsfutureworkenvironment.
Duetoitsdistinctivehardness,resistancetoabrasionandresistancetodeformationat elevated temperatures combined with availability and competitive price, toolsteel is the material of choice for general-purpose EcoVizor pumps. Dependingon application, steel parts are coated or surface-treated to improve aestheticappearanceandavoidcorrosion.
Corrosion resistance and antibacterial properties make stainless steel the idealmaterialforequipmentusedinfoodprocessingandchemicalindustries.Wealsousestainlesssteelforexplosion-proofEcoVizormodels.Sincestainlesssteeldoesnotrequirecoatingtowithstandtheenvironment,theinoxEcoVizorisshippedwithbrushedorpolishedfinish.
Weusebrassasareplacementforferrousmetalsinspecialapplications.Despiteitsrelativesoftness,brassisspark-proof,offerslowfrictionandhighresistancetocorrosion.Theprimaryuseofbrasspartsisinpumpsdesignedforwatermanagementsystems,seawaterapplications,andchemicallyaggressiveenvironments.
Aluminium can be used where weight is the primary concern, primarily in theaerospaceindustryandotherareasoftransportation.
Occasionally,the intendedapplicationofanEcoVizorwarrantstheuseofspecialalloysandcompositesinourpumps.Themostprominentofthosearethetungstencarbide and graphite parts used in our seal assemblies to reduce friction andimprovedurability.
Plastics, primarily UHMWPE are used to make laboratory equipment and smallindustrialmodelsfortheirsee-throughpropertiesandeasymachinability.
THE ROAD FROM INVENTION TO PRODUCTION
Sometimes itonly takesamanwithavisiontomakeamajortechnological breakthrough that can revolutionise entireindustries. In 1998, an engineer and inventor Jüri Keikovtogether with his son patented the basics of a rotary pistonmechanismthatistheheartofamodern-dayEcoVizor.
Despite the great promise of the technology, early efforts atmaking an industrial model based on the mechanism failed.Progresswascontinuallysetbackbylackofadequatefunding,andissuesofreliabilityandperformance.
In2002,SNCPromexwasestablishedandacquiredrightsfortheoriginalpatents. A fresh teamof talentedengineersanddesigners started work on the pump. A new prototype wasdesignedfromthescratch,andfiveyearslaterthefirstEcoVizorpumpswereinstalledatselectedcustomers’facilitiesforreal-world testing. Further adjustments and improvements weremade to thedesign,basedon theexperienceand feedbackfrom these test locations. In 2008, modern assembly andtestingfacilitiesweresetupnearTallinn,Estonia,afterwhichtheEcoVizorstartedshippingcommercially.
AtSNCPromex,we totallyagreewithanothergreat inventor,ThomasEdison,who remarked that “genius isonepercentinspirationand99percentperspiration.”BehindtheexceptionaldesignoftheEcoVizorlieyearsofconcentratedeffort-over100000man-hoursspentonimprovingandtestingthedesign,andover1.5millionhoursofpumps’run-timedataacquired,stored,andanalysed.Thishashelpedustoaccumulateanimpressiveamountofintellectualcapitalintheformofpatentsandknow-howthatwecanusetobetterserveourcustomers’needs.
Design & Technology
PRINCIPLE
The pump mechanism comprises disc-shaped housing (1) with through hole (2), inner surface of which (3) has shape of spherical belt, two shafts (4) positioned at an angle with respect to each other and directed inwards of said housing, and rotary-piston group mounted on shafts and located within of said through hole. Rotor (5) carries inside four chambers (6) and kinematically represents a cruciform. Chambers of said rotor are defined by two concave surfaces of rotating (7) and (8) that kinematically represent journals of articulated joints of two axles of cruciform (9) and (10) with shafts. Journal (7) belongs to axle (9) of cruciform and journal (8) belongs to axle (10). Two arc-shaped half-sleeves (11) and (12) of two articulated joints are located on the shafts perpendicular to their axles (one sleeve on each shaft) and represent doubled pistons of four chambers of said rotor. Capacity of chamber in direction of pistons’ movement is limited from the side, opposed to the piston, by surface of second doubled piston (13) that overlaps the said chamber in the lateral direction. During the shafts’ movement, each piston of the rotary-piston group is moving along the said chamber of the rotor, changing its capacity twice per revolution. Direction of forcing fluid through the said hole depends from the direction of rotation of shafts of rotary-piston group.
The inventor presenting an early prototype. The basic design of the rotary piston mechanism.
The EcoVizor design is unique dueto its being based on a conceptfundamentally different from any otherpumptechnologyeverinvented.
Whileallpumpmanufacturersstrive tomaketheirproductsmoreefficientanddurabletherearelimitsinherenttoeachtechnologythatdeterminethemaximumperformance and feature availability ofany given type of pump. Choosing asuitablepumpforaparticularapplicationisusuallyacompromisebetweenprice,efficiency,complexity,anddurability.
TheuniquenessoftheEcoVizorallowsustomatchorsurpassthebestresultsof conventional pump types with asingle, simple design. The versatilityof the EcoVizor makes outfitting entireindustrialcomplexesasimplematterofchoosingtherightsizes,materialsandcomponents instead of a nightmaretangle of different technologies,suppliersandoptions.
Uniqueness of the Design
Positive displacement
Centrifugal
EcoVizorAxial
Various types of water-lifters
Parameter ranges of different pump technologies
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Purchase price comprises only afraction of the total cost of ownership(TCO)ofapump.Energyisalwaysthesingle largest expense, comprising upto85%�oftheTCOofapumpwiththerest taken up by purchase price andmaintenance.Byextendingtheusablelifeofourpumpsusing long-lifeseals,bearings and lubricants we give ourcustomers maximum return on theirinitialinvestment.
Asenergycostsaccountformostoftheexpenditure, the unrivalled efficiencyof an EcoVizor significantly reducesTCOby loweringpowerconsumption.Simple calculations show that byreplacingexisting,inefficientequipmentwith EcoVizor large enterprises cancover the price of the switch within afewyears,andsaveupto50%�ontheirpower bills - that is millions of dollarseveryyear.
Reducing TCO
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PUMP LIFETIME COST DISTRIBUTION
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Achievable savings dependent on reduction in energy consumption, based on 8200 hours of operation per year, and $0.06 / kWh
SAVINGS DUE TO REDUCED ENERGY CONSUMPTION
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International and national legislation passed worldwide in order to meet the Kyoto Protocol targets have made emissionsmanagementamatterofnecessityratherthanchoiceforindustries.Withtherisingconcernaboutglobalwarmingnew,morestringentemissionstandardsare tobeexpected in thecomingyears.Thus theability tocopewith thecurrent and futureregulationswillbecomecriticaltothesuccessofacompany.
TheEcoVizoroffersaneasy,cost-effectivewaytosignificantlyreducecarbonemissionsthroughreducedenergyconsumption,andtomanagethetotalenvironmentalfootprintthroughtheECO2program.TheECO2programtargetsreductionofthetotalenvironmentalimpactfromproductsbyanalyzingproductlifecyclefrommanufacturingtodecommissioningandrecycling,andfocusingonreducingtheenvironmentalfootprintinkeyareasmostaffectingthetotal.
Eversinceitsinception,theEcoVizormodelfamilyhasbeendesignedtobethe“greenest”pumponthemarket,makingitfullycompliantwiththeECO2program.Weachieveourlowenvironmentalfootprintthroughfourfocalareas:
Reducing Carbon Footprint
ECO2REDUCED CARBON FOOTPRINT
AnEcoVizorisseveraltimessmallerandlighterthananyotherpumpofequalcapacity.Decreaseindimensions reduces thevolumeofmetalsneeded formanufacturing,andsincemetallurgy isoneof themajor sourcesof emissions, cutsdownon theecological footprint.Asa secondaryeffect,reduceddimensionsofpumpsalsomeanlessfacilityspaceisneededduringproduction,transportationandoperation.
Specialistsatourproductionfacilitiescontinuallyimprovethemanufacturingprocesstobyoptimisingmachiningoperationsandreducetheamountofwastematerialcreated.Wealsomakesurethatthematerialsusedinourpumpshavebeenproducedinanenvironmentallyreponsiblefashion.
Well over 90%� of the EcoVizor’s total environmental footprint is caused by the power used foroperation. As theEcoVizorallowssignificant reductionofpowerconsumptiondue to itshigherefficiency,increasingenergyefficiencyisadirectwayofcuttingemissions.
Longserviceintervalsmeanlessreplacementparts,reducingthetotalecologicalfootprintoftheEcoVizor.Inmanyapplications,lubricantsbasedonrenewablerawmaterialscanbefurtherreducetheenvironmentalimpact.
DESIGN
MANUFACTURING
USE
MAINTENANCE
• High efficiency• Resistance to wear• Resistance to
abrasion• Effective handling of
viscous liquids• Vacuum capacity• Reduced size and
weight• Quick and easy
repair and maintenance
• Reversibility• Gentle handling of
shear sensitive liquids• Direct drive• Inline installation• Reduced noise
TheEcoVizorpoductfamilyconsistsofaselectionofpumpsthatsharethebasicdesignbutvaryinsizeandspecifications.EfficiencyanddurabilitymaketheEcoVizoranidealchoiceforvariousapplications.ItslowenergyconsumptionandresistancetowearmakestheEcoVizoranidealprocesspumpformanyindustriesincludingfoodprocessingoil,chemicalandpetrochemicalindustries,waterandwastewatermanagement,shipbuilding,paperandpulpproduction,manufacturingofpaintsandcoatings,cleaningfacilitiesandrefineries, locksystems,centralheatingsystems,distributionoffuelsandlubricants.
Our Products
EcoVizor Standard Range:
WorkingPressure: max8bar
Vacuum: 0.92bar
Capacity: 1.5-120m³/h
FluidTemperature: max180°C
AmbientTemperature: max75°C/min-30°C
Particlesize: max2.5mm
Viscosity: max250000mPa*s
PLANNING AND DESIGN
Pumping efficiency and capacitydepends not only on the pumpingequipment installed, but also on thedimensions and layout of the piping.Whether designing a new installationfrom the scratch or retrofitting anexisting facility, our engineers bringvaluable expertise into finding andsolving bottlenecks, optimising overallperformance.
Bycombiningyearsofexperiencewiththe latest advances in technology ourdesignerscanmodelthehydrodynamicproperties of a system, allowing foroptimallydesignedfluidflowresultinginawell-balancedpipingdesignsthatmeetthe requirementsandspecificationsatoptimalcosttothecustomer.
SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE
Regular maintenance is a prerequisitefor long service life and trouble-freeoperation. The bearings, seals, andlubricants need to be changed atspecifiedintervalstomaintainefficiencyandavoiddamagingthemechanism.
Maintenance of EcoVizor is relativelystraightforward — a small numberof parts must be disassembled, andreassembled in correct order withnecessary replacements according tomanufacturer’sspecifications.Weoffertraining and documentation to all ourcustomerswhowanttheirpersonneltobeabletoperformthesetasks.
However,manyofourcustomerspreferto leave after-sales maintenace to ourfield service technicians, or ship theirpumpsbacktousforoverhauling.
INSTALLATION
Precision engineering used to maketheEcoVizormakescorrect installationessential.Excessivetorsionalstressorimproperalignmentofdriveshaftsmayreduce efficiency, cause malfunctionsorevendamagetothepump.
To mitigate installation-related issuesweoffertheservicesofourprofessionalfield team trainedspecialistswhoarefamiliarwiththeinstallationprocedureoftheEcoVizorand thusable toperformthetaskquicklyandreliably.
Our Services
We prioritise offering the highest quality products while giving our concern andconsiderationtothenaturalenviroment. It isonlyfairtosaythatweextendthesamewayofthinkingtotheworkenvironmentofourmostimportantasset-ourpeople.
Ourpeoplefeelpassionateabouteachprojectinourhands.Theyareknowledgeable,highlymotivatedprofessionalswhoalwaysgothatoneextramilejusttomakesuretheoutcomeisthebestofallpossibeoptions.Thesearepeoplewhoenjoyworkingwitheachotherforonecommongoal.Actingtogetherasacoherentteam,everyoneatSNCPromexcontributestheiruniqueskillsandtalents.
Weprioritiseourpeople–fortheyarethereasonwecanprovidetheultimateinquality.By providing them with pleasant working conditions, the best tools, education andtrainingwemakesure thatourpeoplestayon topof the fastpaceof technologicalprogress. In return, we can always feel confidence in our employees when facinganotherimpossiblechallenge.Theirskillsandmotivationalwaysfindawayofproducingthebestqualityandkeeptheperfectrelationswithinthecompany.
Our People