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By: Lilla Németh, Messer Hungarogáz
Welding gases for giant pumps
Welding gases for giant pumps
Hungary | At its Hungarian sites, the Danish pump manufacturer Grundfos uses argon and hydrogen from Messer to weld large pumps made of high-alloy stainless steel. These high performance pumps are typically used to protect against flooding and to drain water from mines, as well as in other applications. To test them under real-world conditions,
Grundfos operates a testing facility in Székesfehérvár, where water is pumped from a large basin at 150,000 cubic meters per hour to a height of 100 meters. Grundfos is one of the world’s leading providers of pumps and employs 19,000 people, 2,300 of whom work in Hungary.
