Chemical manufacturer,
BASF, has installed four
EZstrip maintain-in-place
progressing cavity (PC)
pumps from NOV Mono.

In a bid to improve
process efficiency and reduce
downtime at its site in
Bradford, UK, BASF turned
to NOV Mono for a solution.

“Our existing pumps, which
transfer a range of varying
viscosity products, were often
difficult and time-consuming
to maintain,” says a BASF
spokesman.

“When NOV Mono told
us about the maintain-inplace
benefits of its
innovative EZstrip PC pump,
we knew it was the solution
we had been looking for.
“Thanks to Mono’s
EZstrip, we are able to fully
strip down and maintain the
PC pump, in-situ and within
just 30 minutes. This was a
massive reduction in time
and it has, in turn, resulted in
significant cost savings. So
far, everything is running
perfectly and we couldn’t be
happier with this new
solution.”
NOV Mono describes the
new pumps as “the biggest
leap forward in progressing
cavity pump design for 30
years.” They are an extension
of Mono’s popular Compact
C Range.

The EZstrip has been
specifically designed to
provide a quick and easy way
to disassemble, unblock and
maintain a PC pump in-situ.

The company says this
significantly reducing the
costly maintenance and
downtime that servicing can
sometimes cause.