The Booster Pump for Your Industrial Needs

Whether you’re showering at home, preparing food at a restaurant, washing dishes at an apartment complex, or even manufacturing spirits at a distillery, no structure is immune to poor water pressure. While this scenario can take place at any residential, commercial, or industrial setting, each one requires a different solution. Knowing this, A.Y. McDonald provides multiple booster pump options that cater to the job at hand, including the DuraMAC™ Vertical Multistage Variable Speed Booster Pump, which makes the most impact to the industrial market.

The DuraMAC™ Vertical Multistage Variable Speed Booster Pump is a stainless steel pump that adjusts its speed based on the demand of the system, maintains a constant pressure, and is easy to install. The motor provides a quiet operation at optimal working capacity, allowing users to save energy costs over traditional constant speed booster systems. Due to its simplicity, versatility, sophistication, and reliability, this pumping system has been described as the most intelligent, yet simple pressure boosting system in the market.

How does the DuraMAC™ Vertical Multistage Variable Speed Booster Pump work? The pump is controlled by a Yaskawa iQpump 1000 drive, which is why pump experts sometimes refer to this pumping system as a Variable Frequency Drive, or VFD for short. Combined with an internal PLC (programmable logic controller), the powerful software is designed to deliver multiple features that protect the drive itself, the motor, and the entire pumping system. While many of these features are factory programmed and set, they may also depend on the specific pumping application and may be required to be set during the installation. The DuraMAC™ Vertical Multistage Variable Speed Booster Pump’s drive is set at 50 PSI but can easily be adjusted while in the field.

A.Y. McDonald offers simplex, duplex, and now triplex DuraMAC™ Vertical Multistage Variable Speed Booster Pumps with parameters that have already been loaded for typical boosting applications. Read below for a complete list of attributes and control features that apply to all three pumping system options:

• Easy set-up installation
• Variable speed control
• Stainless steel pump
• Energy efficient NEMA TEFC motors
• Liquid filled gauges
• Wafer check valves with soft seat
• Stainless steel base
• 2” brass no-lead isolation valves
• NEMA 1 enclosure
• Suction and discharge transducers
• Fused disconnect

Control Features:

• Variable speed control that speeds up and slows down based on the demand of system while maintaining a constant pressure
• Date and time stamp for all faults
• Better system efficiency by applying only the power needed based on the load
• Password protected parameter settings
• Real time clock
• No flow mode - puts pump to sleep during no flow conditions
• Low suction alarm to prevent the pump from running if the incoming supply of water is interrupted
• Internal monitors prevent the pump from running if a pipe is broken or demand exceeds capability
• Live Zero protects the pump if the transducer cable is broken or damaged
   

Even though A.Y. McDonald’s DuraMAC™ Vertical Multistage Variable Speed Booster Pump options contain many similar features, they each have their own application and differing qualities. Continue reading to learn more about what features can be designated to the simplex, duplex, and triplex.

Due to its easy set-up and operation, the DuraMAC™ Vertical Multistage Variable Speed Booster Pump is often the preferred booster system for industrial applications. The newest addition of the triplex system not only brings more options to the industry but also allows us to better customize to the job at hand. We understand that you have a job to do and so do we. At the end of the day, A.Y. McDonald makes water work so you don’t have to!