Description:
Designed to meet the hygienic requirements of the dairy, food and beverage and personal care industries, LKH centrifugal pumps increase process productivity while providing high efficiency and gentle product handling.
Introduction:
The Alfa Laval LKH Centrifugal Pump is a premium pump for use in hygienic applications. To increase process productivity, it is distinguished by high efficiency, gentle product treatment, chemical resistance, and a wide range of flow rates, pressures and options. Precision-engineered, the LKH pump delivers greater energy efficiency than similar pumps. Its optimized design, premium motor, tight tolerances and advanced impeller design minimize recirculation and reduce energy consumption.
Application:
Designed for Cleaning-in-Place (CIP), the Alfa Laval LKH is ideal for hygienic applications within the dairy, food, beverage and personal care industries that require gentle product treatment and reliable operation. The LKH pump is available in 13 sizes to handle capacities up to 500 m3/hour and differential pressures up to 11 bar at 50 Hz
Benefits :
- Energy efficient: superior efficiency resulting in reduced energy consumption and CO2 footprint.
- Hygienic: designed according to the most stringent hygienic design standards and with verified, effective CIP cleanability.
- Wide performance envelope: reduce need for parallel and serial pump installations and ensure pump operating with high efficiency.
- Maximized uptime and reduced maintenance costs: robust mechanical design and ease of maintenance with modular front-loading seals.
Standard design:
All media contacting steel components like pump casing, impeller, impeller nut and backplate are in W. 1.4404 (AISI 316L). A stainless steel shroud protects the motor and four adjustable stainless steel legs support the complete unit. A compression coupling securely attaches the stub shaft to the motor shaft with precision alignment, and the semi-open impeller with a special vane design ensures efficient and gentle handling of the product as it moves through the pump. As standard, the LKH pump is equipped with a single mechanical shaft seal but is also available with a single flushed or a double mechanical shaft seal. The front-loading shaft seal, with the spring and washers mounted on the atmospheric side, makes maintenance fast, easy and inexpensive. It takes just a few minutes to replace the shaft seal. In addition, the balanced design minimizes the risk of seal opening during unforeseen pressure shock.
