Pumping of latex agglomerate Polimeri Europa is one of the major world producers of elastomers at their plants in Hythe and Grangemouth, United Kingdom. For years, the latex agglomerate used during production had tended to clog in the existing centrifugal pumps causing them to overheat and leak. Despite a regular maintenance schedule of strip- ping, cleaning and rebuilding the pumps and re-packing the glands, seizures would still occur

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