Resources: Case Studies
Colfax Marks 10 Years of Performance and Productivity at Polish-German Sewage Plant
When two separate sewage treatment plants on the border of Germany and Poland decided to combine their operations into a new facility more than 10 years ago, the primary requirement for pumping was clear: create a solution with low Total Cost of Ownership...
Posted: 11/11/2009
Colfax Optimization Consulting Streamlines German Sewage Plant Operations
The Flerzheim cooperative sewage plant in Germany's Rhine-Ruhr region was looking for a better way to handle raw sludge - and at the same time optimize its operations to cut the facility's energy expenses and maintenance costs...
Posted: 11/11/2009
Colfax Wuxi Factory Begins Direct Supply of Pumps For Alfa Laval China
To maintain their competitiveness in China, the fluids-handling giant needed to reduce their investment in inventory. Alfa Laval needed to serve their Asian customers from Asia. However, Alfa Laval was determined to stay with Colfax, due to our product quality and unrivalled client service, and we did not let them down...
Posted: 7/29/2009
Colfax Pumps Cut Energy Use on Major Canadian Oil Company's Crude Oil Pipeline
Moving crude oil along pipelines from the oil patch in Northern Canada to central blending facilities is a tough, time-consuming process through some of this hemisphere's most demanding environments. It's a job that requires not just high pumping efficiency but equipment that can reliably stand up to the harshest conditions...
Posted: 7/13/2009
Colfax Collaborative Approach Strengthens Gabon Installation
French oil company Maurel et Prom needed to install a new series of pumps capable of transporting viscous oil from one of its oil-field production plants to a refinery more than 145 kilometers (km) away. Normally that would be challenge enough, but in this case the distance between the field and the refinery covered some of the harshest landscapes in all of Africa...
Posted: 4/29/2009
Colfax Delivers Multifaceted Solution to Venezuelan Facility
Moving heavy, sand-laden crude oil through its pipelines had always been a tough challenge for a large oil producer located in Venezuela. Because of high levels of basic sediment and water (BSW) in the crude oil, the company's mainline transfer pumps would gradually lose capacity and require rebuilding every three to four months...
Posted: 1/27/2009
Allweiler Pumps from Colfax Help Keep Hermann Bantleon Operations Running Smoothly
Germany's Hermann Bantleon GmbH, one of the world's leading producers and suppliers of lubricants, relies on a combination of speed, flexibility and superior customer service to deliver both universal and customized product lines to its customers around the globe...
Posted: 8/11/2008
Colfax Streamlines Shipbuilder Supplier Sources
VT Shipbuilding found itself faced with a complex and cumbersome list of suppliers, including an array of sources for vital pumping equipment. That meant a two-fold challenge: to streamline its supplier list, yet still ensure that the company had quick access to quality pumps...
Posted: 8/11/2008
Colfax Helps Southeastern U.S. Utility Lower Maintenance Costs
A major Southeastern U.S. electric utility was experiencing excessive maintenance requirements on pumps initially supplied by a competitor for the lubrication (lube) oil system on its General Electric (GE) 7F gas-turbine fleet. Premature failing of the pumps' bearings was determined to be the root cause...
Posted: 7/16/2007
