Centrifugal pumps for projects in Indaial, Santa Catarina

FB Bombas is a Brazilian manufacturer with direct service from its factory in Cabreúva. To compare an alternative for the project in Indaial, check performance, materials, dimensions, documentation and commercial conditions. Brazilian origin alone does not guarantee lower cost, shorter lead time or technical equivalence.

It depends on the series. Installation and operation instructions are in FBEI manual MAN001-10 and in FBME service manual MSERV-08/01, which also covers maintenance and recommends FB-authorized supervision during installation. The FBE (MTEC-01/01), FBCN (MTEC-03/00) and FBOT (MTEC-16/00) technical manuals provide technical data, sectional drawings, parts lists and dimensions; for installing and maintaining these series, the published services include on-site start-up and commissioning and maintenance contracts. The manuals are on the website’s technical manuals page (PDFs in Portuguese), and MSERV-08/01 is on the FBME series page. For the operation in Indaial, identify the series and model from the pump’s nameplate.

It can, especially with viscous fluids. On the FBE, speed and transmission are set by fluid viscosity (Table 2 of manual MTEC-01/01), and the heating chamber is available only on sizes from 1.1/2" to 6". The FBEI manual requires the fluid to be at the proper temperature and viscosity before start-up and the heating jacket to be supplied gradually, with steam up to 185 °C or thermal fluid up to 232 °C, both up to 10 bar. State the minimum site temperatures and the fluid viscosity at start-up and in operation in Indaial.

By replacement, not refurbishment. FB Bombas replaces the old pump with a new, complete FB pump manufactured in Cabreúva, Brazil. Before the order, engineering assesses the installation and issues a data sheet and dimensional drawing; the drawing confirms whether the existing baseplate and piping can be kept or need adaptation. FB does not refurbish other manufacturers’ pumps, sell third-party parts or reuse the installed casing. For FB pumps in service, it supplies original parts and maintenance contracts.

It depends on the model and the duty point; there is no single efficiency figure for the brand. The FBCN and FBME characteristic curves show the efficiency of each model and, for stainless-steel impellers with passages up to 15 mm, the FBCN manual deducts 2 or 3 points from the curve efficiency (Table 4). For the project in Indaial, compare the absorbed power at the process flow, head and fluid, also considering drive, control and operating duty.

Service can be requested for Indaial and other destinations through the factory channels in Cabreúva, Brazil. Provide each project location and required scope to confirm supply and transport conditions. This does not represent a physical FB Bombas location in every city.

Yes. The FBOT is the FB Bombas series developed for pumping organic thermal oils. Manual MTEC-16/00 states temperatures up to 350 °C within the series range and back pull-out construction, which allows the bearing-housing assembly to be removed without disconnecting the piping; the maximum discharge pressure varies with temperature (Figure 1 of the manual), and the fluid must not contain abrasive particles. For the circuit in Indaial, send the oil identification and technical data sheet, the start-up and operating temperatures and the flow and head duty point; model, materials and sealing are confirmed for the circuit.

No: manual MTEC-03/00 states mechanical construction per ASME B73.1, not dimensional compliance with that standard. So, before a replacement in Indaial, interchangeability with the existing pump is checked on each model’s drawing, together with the duty point, materials and drive.

FB Bombas serves projects in Indaial from its Cabreúva-SP factory, with direct engineering support and parts supply for its equipment. Availability, lead time, transport and on-site service are assessed according to the request. Its industrial pump manufacturing history began in 1944.

It depends on the series. The published limits are up to 260 °C for the FBCN, 350 °C for the FBOT, 340 °C for the FBEI and 140 °C for the FBME. For the FBE, the 2026 catalogue gives a range of 10 °C to 500 °C; the limit of each configuration depends on materials and sealing. These are series limits: they do not automatically apply to every model, nor do they necessarily occur together with the other maximums. State the start-up, operating and cleaning temperatures of the process in Indaial.