Armstrong launches industrial division
Armstrong Fluid Technologies has launched an industrial division that channels its full range of sustainable pumping solutions to a wide range of sectors, including primary resources, food and textiles, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and energy.
The new division, Armstrong Industrial, combines two of the company’s business entities – Armstrong Gas Transmission Systems and RMI Pressure Systems. According to Joe Keenan, Global Managing Director of Industrial Fluid Flow Solutions at Armstrong Fluid Technology, this provides the market with single-channel access to leading industrial fluid flow technology, which will drive customers’ sustainability goals, particularly through energy efficiency and carbon emission reduction.
“Armstrong Industrial gives us a clear market sector focus that streamlines how we make our fluid flow solutions available to customers,” said Joe. “Customers gain the benefit of our decades of innovation, including built-in intelligence on many of our products, as we apply our technologies in existing and evolving industrial sectors through our customer-centric approach.”
Michael Cline has been appointed as General Manager of Armstrong Industrial, which is organised into two specialised teams focusing respectively on fluid and gas, to better serve these distinct industrial needs. While the fluid unit will cater to applications such as metal foundries, non-metal manufacturing, glass production, pulp and paper, food processing, and mining, the gas unit will focus on the oil and gas sector, as well as energy and utilities.
“Armstrong Industrial is all about sustainable efficiencies – using demand-based control and digitalised optimisation to deliver superior performance and value,” said Michael. “Our high-pressure pumping solutions, combined with a range of specialised services and intelligent control systems, will transform customers’ operational efficiency and transparency. We offer solutions that save on energy costs and drive down carbon emissions, even conserving water use in some applications.”
Michael highlighted the company’s value offering in fluid and gas pumping solutions that help customers to reduce costs and optimise their operations for better performance: “This saves money and the planet, as less energy means fewer carbon emissions. Our closed-loop systems, intelligent controls, and digital tools directly support customers as they work to meet their sustainability objectives.”
Customers will also benefit from Armstrong’s Parallel Sensorless Pump Control (PSPC), a patented technology that improves the efficiency of a multi-pump installation through optimised load sharing. While the traditional approach involves staging pumps on the basis of motor speed, PSPC technology stages pumps based on operating efficiency rather than motor speed. This improves the efficiency of the full pump array by up to 30%.
