Kadant Johnson Liqui-Mover® Pumps Provide an Energy-Saving Alternative to Centrifugal Pumps

 

Three Rivers, Mich., March 26, 2010 - Kadant Johnson Inc., a subsidiary of Kadant Inc. (NYSE:KAI), recently expanded its Liqui-Mover® pressure-power condensate pump line to include skid-mounted packages using a float-free design. Float-free units have no springs, pivot points, or floats and offer capacities up to 180,000 pounds per hour. Liqui-Mover pumps are available as packaged or standalone units in either float-free or float-operated configurations. Float-operated units are non-electric self-actuating pumps and offer capacities up to 14,900 pounds per hour. Both versions use 150 psig ASME labeled steel tanks and are rated up to 450 F.

 

The Liqui-Mover pump, first introduced in 1934, has no motors, starters, shafts, rotating mechanical seals, or impellers. Instead, they use steam or compressed air as the motive pressure to lift or pump high-temperature condensate. Both the float-operated and float-free configurations reduce or eliminate the loss of flash steam and the associated heat energy, making these units highly efficient and highly reliable.

 

Kadant Johnson Inc., based in Three Rivers, Michigan, is a leading provider of rotary joints, precision unions, and fluid handling systems to process industries, where they optimize heat transfer in rotating cylinders and integrate fluid handling systems.


Kadant Inc. is a leading supplier to the global pulp and paper industry, with a range of products and services for improving efficiency and quality in pulp and paper production, including paper machine accessories and systems for stock preparation, fluid handling, and water management. Our fluid-handling products are also used to optimize production in the steel, rubber, plastics, food, and textile industries. In addition, we produce granules from papermaking byproducts for agricultural and lawn and garden applications. Kadant is based in Westford, Massachusetts, with revenues of $226 million in 2009 and 1,600 employees in 16 countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.kadant.com.

 

The following constitutes a “Safe Harbor” statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including forward-looking statements about our products, technologies, and customers. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such statements are set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” in Kadant’s annual report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 2, 2010. These include risks and uncertainties relating to our dependence on the pulp and paper industry; significance of sales and operation of manufacturing facilities in China; international sales and operations; competition; soundness of suppliers and customers; our debt obligations; restrictions in our credit agreement; soundness of financial institutions; litigation and warranty costs related to our discontinued operation; our acquisition strategy; future restructurings; factors influencing our fiber-based products business; protection of patents and proprietary rights; fluctuations in our share price; and anti-takeover provisions. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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