Turo Vortex Pump: The Most Efficient Grit Pump

The Best Grit Pump Solution For Your Application

At Egger, we strive to reduce your operations budget by supplying our pump technology which has the lowest life cycle cost available. Factors affecting life cycle cost include initial purchase price, maintenance over the life of the pump, and energy consumed.

Longevity, Reliability, and Energy Efficiency!

Fully Recessed “Vortex” Impeller

Egger’s 8 vane impeller designed to handle the rigors of pumping grit
Lower cost of ownership
85% of the fluid never comes in contact with the impeller
Less Wear, Less Shear
Full port solids handling
Non-clog impeller design

Superior Hydraulic Efficiency

Lower cost of ownership
Twice our competitors efficiency
1/2 the horsepower
Max. Flowrate Turo range = 3170 gpm

Designed for Longer Life

Axial Spiral Casing design helps channel flow thru pump and reduce wear causing recirculation
Fully Recessed – 85% of fluid never contacts impeller
Impeller is centered in casing to reduce radial thrust loads
Smaller “cut-water” helps to balance radial thrusts

Design Guidelines: Grit Pumping and Piping Systems

• Keep suction piping as short as possible, approximately 10 to 15 feet.
• Pipe line velocity: 6 to 8 fps (feet per second)
• Provide cleanouts and flushing connections
• Avoid the use of check valves
• Use full port pinch valves for isolation
• Use hardened metal fully recessed “vortex” impeller pumps
• Use pumps having flushed mechanical seals or flush-less hydrodynamic seals

Materials of Construction

Abrasion resistant construction

ASTM A532 IIA White Iron materials
316 Stainless steel shaft sleeve
Seals include: single, double, tandem, or Hydrodynamic slurry seal

Available Sizes

Size: up to 8 inch
Flows: 20 to 2220 gpm
Differential Head: up to 460 feet
Pressures: up to 440 psig
Temperatures: up to 355 deg. F

• Use 3.0 inch minimum diameter piping
• Use a piping system which is abrasion resistant like glass lines ductile
• Use long radius 90 or 45-degree elbows or bends
• Use dedicated suction and discharge piping runs for multiple pumps

Engineering Specifications

Sewage / Rag Handling

Recessed Pump Technology Good Enough to Pump a Chain

Self Cleaning Impeller

We can handle your toughest pumping applications.

Modular System

Economical storage

As there are only five standardized bearing housing sizes, spare parts can be easily interchanged between many pump types and hydraulic systems. The storage of spare parts is thus optimized.

Flexibility in the choice of seal due to Varioseal®

Egger pumps have a standardized sealing space for mechanical seals and gland packing rings. This allows for a great flexibility in the choice of seal. Read more about EGGER Varioseal options.

One pump shaft for all pumped media

The pump shaft is not in contact with the pumped media and is sealed by a standardized shaft sleeve. Thus, no special materials required for the shaft.

Fast delivery

Thanks to the Egger modular system and our systematic storage of assemblies, a quick delivery of spare parts can be guaranteed.

1947: Swiss Engineered Pumps

EGGER, founded by Mr. Emile Egger, is an independent family-owned Swiss pump manufacturer specializing in handling solids and aerated liquids.

A key quality feature is that the whole production process – from development through functional testing – is carried out in-house under controlled conditions by 350 skilled employees.
Thanks to the contribution of each member of our team, we have succeeded in maintaining our excellent level of quality; the highest even by typical Swiss standards.

Our unique background has been achieved by our ability to identify with and listen to each of our business partners. These partners have many different specific needs, however, all can be sure of
one thing: EGGER has the unique solution for them.