The project:
Renovation of a pump station in East Butterwick, North Lincolnshire, Great Britain
Executing companies:
T-T Pumps Ltd., Cheshire
Messingham Internal Drainage Board
The pump station was built after the Second World War and is used to pump off flood water.
The problem:
In 1981 our partner, T-T Pumps Ltd., equipped this pump station with two TO500B855 units, each with a 55kW power rating.
900 litres per second is moved at a height of 4,5m. The operating range should additionally be between 0m and 7,5m.
Although the pumps have run for twenty-three years without failure or need for spare parts, the Messingham Internal Drainage Board decided in 2004 that the pumps had reached the end of their lifespan.
Our solution:
Again, T-T Pumps Ltd. won the bid. The solution that was offered was simple and inexpensive: In 2005 it was possible to employ two new type TO500B855 pumps of the latest design to be operated for another 24 years – without risks or large-scale reconstruction.
The installation of the pump control developed by T-T Pumps Ltd. has now made it possible for the pump station to be used for draining the surrounding fields during dry periods.
