Triark Crowned Winner at Pump Industry Awards
13/04/2017 Triark Pumps Ltd
Established in 1984, Triark Pumps is one of the leading independent suppliers of air-operated double diaphragm (AODD) pumps in the UK. Whilst striving to be more than just a trusted supplier of pumps and spares, the company has built up unrivalled technical expertise over the decades. Today, in addition to helping customers find the best product for the job, at the lowest possible price, it also offers engineered solutions and guidance.Against the backdrop of this pursuit for customer satisfaction, the company is delighted to have won the 'Technical Innovation of the Year - Projects' category at the prestigious Pump Industry Awards; an unprecedented achievement for a distribution company. It was also cited as a Finalist in the Distributor of the Year category for the second year running.
Commenting on Triark's success, Managing Director, David Rozée said, "Recognition by the PIA Judging Panel for our pump distribution credentials, two years in a row, is testament to the skill and effort expended by the Triark team every day, and is a wonderful achievement. But to have also been recognised and rewarded for one of our 'engineered solutions' is nothing short of fantastic."
The company was approached by a national concrete supply company, who had been tasked to fill and make safe a large hole that had appeared in a landfill site. The challenge was to significantly reduce the weight of the concrete used, so as avoid further subsidence, whilst facilitating an effective pour at what was a relatively remote location.
By using an AODD pump at its heart, Triark's engineers developed a pneumatic 'foam generator' that was able to produce the same sort of foam that Celcon use in the factory production of its 'industry standard' building blocks, but in a more liquid form to enable onsite mixing and pouring of lightweight foamed concrete.
The 'foam generator' was attached to the side of the cement mixer, allowing use of its on-board compressor and water tanks. In operation, appropriate volumes of water and foaming agent are drawn separately into the integral AODD Pump, which mixes them in the correct ratio to produce the pre-foaming solution. This pre-foaming solution is then forced at high pressure through a lance, to produce foam which has a volume 20-25 times that of the pre-foamed solution. The foam is then mixed into the mortar slurry to make the lightweight foamed concrete, which is then used to fill and cap the sink hole.
Not only did this approach help solve the challenge of filling and stabilising the large cavity, the solution also delivered significant weight and cost savings over traditional concrete pours.
Rozée added, "We will continue to provide our customers with clever solutions to their pumping dilemmas, and very much look forward to participating in the Pump Industry Awards programme next year, when we aim to be a winner once more."
For more information, please contact:
Ablah Williams
Triark Pumps
The Sail Loft
Burnham Business Park
Burnham-on-Crouch
Essex
CM0 8TE
Tel: +44 1621 781144
Email: ablah@tri-ark.com
Web: www.tri-ark.com
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