Most submersibles are rated for continuous duty only when sump levels are high enough to cover the motor. LPI's optional Continuous-in-Air submersible can be operated with the motor above the liquid level and will not be damage should the pump lose prime and operate dry.
Hydraulic Features For:
Sludge Removal
Keeping Solids in Suspension
Moving up to 150 MM Diameter Solids
Agitators that Work
The optional, high flow, axial agitators create the mixing action needed to effectively move sludge and debris in effluent sumps, coke maze, coal and ash sumps and many other high solids applications.
Wide Mounting Stand For Uneven / Unstable Tank or Sump Floors
Or where temporary pumping installations are needed for:
General Dewatering
Muddy Water / Drilling Mud
Storm Water Drainage
Settling Pond Clean-up
Etc.
The wide base option provides a stable mounting for the submersible pump when the bottom is uneven due to solids build up.
Crane suspended for a Clean Bottom Sweep on applications such as:
sump dewatering
sludge removal
barge unloading
emergency pumping,
The Series 5100 Submersible pump with a flexible discharge line can be suspended from a crane allowing travel across the sump or tank bottom for a clean sweep.
Clarifier Pond at a Waste-to-Energy Trash Plant
Quick Disconnect
Clamp In - Easy Out
A quick disconnect arrangement is optional. With this system the pump is lowered into the sump using a slide rail system. At the bottom of the slide rail the pump locks in place to a permanently mounted elbow and discharge pipe. For removal the pump is simply lifted up the guide rail system.