Main applications vitacast
- Breweries
- Chemical industry
- Creameries
- Food and beverages
- Industry engineering
- Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology
- Soft drinks
- Sugar
Technical data
- Q max 560.0 m³/h
- H max 100.0 m
Design vitacast
Service-friendly volute casing pump with magnetless KSB SuPremE motor of efficiency class IE4/IE5 and PumpDrive variable speed system. All wetted components are made of 1.4404/1.4409 (AISI 316L/CF3M) stainless steel. Designed with very little dead volume; open impeller, electropolished surface, excellent efficiency. Hygienic design for the highest requirements on cleanability (CIP/SIP-compatible), certified by the TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute to EHEDG standards. All materials comply with FDA standards and EN 1935/2004. ATEX-compliant version available.
Application pump vitacast
Hygienic handling of fluids in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries as well as in the chemical industry.
Drive pump vitacast
▪ Efficiency class IE3 to IEC 60034-30
Standard design:
▪ KSB surface-cooled IEC three-phase current squirrel-cage motor
▪ 50 Hz winding, 220 – 240 V / 380 – 420 V ≤ 2.20 kW
▪ 50 Hz winding, 380 – 420 V / 660 – 725 V ≥ 3.00 kW
▪ 60 Hz winding, 440 – 480 V ≤ 2.60 kW
▪ 60 Hz winding, 440 – 480 V ≥ 3.60 kW
▪ Type of construction IM V1 ≤ 4.00 kW
▪ Type of construction IM V15 ≥ 5.50 kW
▪ Enclosure IP55
▪ Duty cycle: continuous duty S1
▪ Thermal class F with temperature sensor, 3 PTC thermistors
Explosion-proof version:
▪ KSB surface-cooled IEC three-phase current squirrel-cage motor
▪ 50 Hz winding, 220 – 240 V / 380 – 420 V ≤ 1.85 kW
▪ 50 Hz winding, 380 – 420 V / 660 – 725 V ≥ 2.50 kW
▪ Type of construction IM V1 ≤ 3.30 kW
▪ Type of construction IM V15 ≥ 4.60 kW
▪ Enclosure IP55 or IP54
▪ Duty cycle: continuous duty S1
▪ Type of protection EEx e II
▪ Temperature class T3
Desing Details pump vitacast
Design
▪ Standard design with materials to Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004
▪ Design to ATEX
Design
▪ Hygienic centrifugal pump
▪ Single-stage
▪ Long-coupled design
▪ Non-self-priming
▪ Wetted parts made of stainless steel 1.4404/1.4409 (AISI 316L/CF3M)
Pump casing
▪ Volute casing
Impeller type
▪ Open multi-vane impeller
Bearings
▪ Oil-lubricated deep groove ball bearing
Fluids handled
▪ Fluids not chemically or mechanically aggressive to the materials
Shaft seal
▪ Single mechanical seal to EN 12756
– Seal type T2): pump-end seal with non-encapsulated
spring surrounded by fluid handled, uni-directional
– Seal type H3): pump-end seal with encapsulated
spring, polished surface, bi-directional
– Seal type Y: external seal
▪ Double mechanical seal to EN 12756
– Seal type Q: back-to-back arrangement (pressurised barrier fluid)
Overview of technical data vitacast
| Q (50Hz) | 1.0 – 560.0 (m³/h) |
| H (50Hz) | 2.5 – 100.0 (m) |
| Type of bearing | Ball bearings |
| Drive frequency | 50 Hz /60 Hz |
| Type of drive | Electric motor |
| Drive voltage | Low voltage |
| Heatable | Yes |
| Type of installation | Close-coupled |
| Type of coupling | Direct |
| Type of lubrication | grease-/oil- and product lubrication |
| Max. permissible fluid temperature | 140.0 (°C) |
| Pump set location | Dry installed |
| Suitable for drinking water | Yes |
| Type of casing | Volute casing |
| Casing material (EN standard) | 1.4409 (AISI CF3M) |
| Installation position | Horizontal |
| Shaft seal type | Mechanical seal |
| Main applications | Industry and process engineering, Food,beverages and pharmaceutical industry |
| Maximum discharge-side pressure | 10.0 (bar) |
| Type of installation | Transportable, Stationary |
| Maximum speed of rotation | 3500.0 (1/min) |
