Paper & Pulp
Fluid Process Equipment's first customers were pulp and paper accounts in Michigan. FPE company founder and President Glyn Lake worked for Warren and Ahlstrom pumps in eastern Canada and eventually eastern USA and built an extensive knowledge in pulp and paper. Many of Fluid Process' personnel come from pulp and paper backgrounds. FPE has a significant presence with pumps operating in almost every Michigan paper mill. Our success was recognized when Sulzer Pumps (formerly Ahlstrom) awarded FPE in 1998 with the pulp and paper territory of Wisconsin. Since then, we have acquired northern Indiana and western Ohio
In 2007, Fluid Process Equipment was awarded the contract to supply US Gypsum's Otsego MI paper mill with 90% of their pump requirements. 40% percent of those services were used pumps that FPE rebuilt saving our customer thousands over buying new.
Sulzer Process Pumps are proven performers in pulp and paper mills across the USA and Canada. Sulzer's APT stock pump is unique with its patented dynamic seal that requires no seal water saving customers thousands in water costs. Sulzer's duplex stainless steel is far superior to 316SS both mechanically and in corrosion resistance. Sulzer's duplex back-to-back bearing arrangement provides bearing units that last five to eight years in 24/7 continuous service. Sulzer incorporates these features in their ANSI pump model CPT.
Sulzer's ZPP and Z double suction, split case fan pumps are industry recognized as the best within paper mill circles. The split, staggered and skewed impeller vane pattern designed by Sulzer results in the lowest pulsation and smoothest flow of any split case pump. In fact, Sulzer has double suction Z pumps operating today in Finland that were installed in 1890!
Sulzer's non-clog NPT pump with a recessed impeller is superior in solids and sludge services. From the high pressure HPT pump for shower water to Sulzer's medium consistency MC stock pump, Sulzer pumps are true performers in pulp and paper.
We also provide; positive displacement pumps like Yamada air operated diaphragm pumps in waste water treatment; Roper Gear Pumps for oil lubrication systems; Wemco self primers for the paper mill floor sumps; Prominent chemical metering pumps for caustic soda and sulfuric acid; Sealless magnetic drive pumps by Iwaki America- suited for chemical fluids and no pump leakage; Moyno progressive cavity pumps for starch and coating services.
We are also the authorized John Crane mechanical seal distributor for Michigan and Indiana. All pulp and paper plants we support use John Crane seals.