Case Studies

Colfax and their local distributor secured and delivered an order for 15 sump pumps on Indonesia’s first super critical power plant. Quality, performance, delivery time and local support were all critical elements of project execution.

A major chemical company found itself facing costly condensation leaks at its Canadian isopropyl alcohol manufacturing facility.  Not only did water condensing into a lubricant tank have to be drained up to three times per day, it also led to equipment shutdowns that could shut down the plant for a full week.  The Colfax THERMOJET Oil Purifier was installed and reduced water content from 0.95% to 0.019%

After a competitors product broke down, Colfax was brought in for their technical expertise and provided pumps that now operate on the world's largest hydro power generation facility - China's Three Gorges Dam.

A major oil-tanker operator discovered its existing fuel oil pump system could not meet new environmental regulations for ships entering European ports designated in emission-controlled areas (ECAs).  Colfax understood the regulations and responded...

Colfax Americas Engineered Systems responded with an integrated fuel-injection system designed and built specifically for the power generation marketplace.  By packaging the equipment into one unit, Colfax was able to deliver more value – and added profitability – to Mitsubishi.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Building new pipeline to transport crude oil from oil field to base production facility and onto main pipeline for storage and further transfer.

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...

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...

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...