KSB Group has received a contract to deliver 14 giant submersible motor pumps for flood management in Paraguay.
KSB’s Amacan submersible motor pump – Image ©KSB SE & Co KGaA.
The KSB pumps will equip a quantity of pumping stations belonging to the “Costanera de Pilar y management de inundaciones” challenge. They shall be used to stop future flooding during the high-water season alongside the tributaries of the Río Paraguay.
The metropolis of Pilar is situated 230 km south-west of Paraguay’s capital Asunción, on the Argentinian border.
ไดอะแฟรม ซีล of the Amacan submersible motor pumps weighs six tonnes and is pushed by a 370 kW, 380 volt motor. diaphragm seal of each axial move pump set is about 18 000 cubic metres per hour.
The pump sets are expected to be delivered by the tip of this year.
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