Davey Water Products Selects CFdesign to Accelerate Pump Innovation

“At Davey we are devoted to lean processes that ensure every pump delivers the quality, reliability, and performance our customers need and expect,” explains Mark Lance, Davey’s Engineering Manager. “After extensive evaluations, we confirmed CFdesign is the right CFD tool for Davey because it empowers our engineering team with a digital platform for comprehensive trade-off studies before we enter the physical testing phase. This means better products get to market faster.”

One of Davey’s newest products, the Silensor® water cooled pool pump, was developed with the aide of CFdesign. Davey engineers used the software to refine flow passages within the pump, yielding a 15% efficiency increase and an average energy cost savings of $100 per year for the customer.

Click Here to watch a brief video on the role of CFdesign in the development of Davey's Silensor pump.

Davey engineers used CFdesign during development of the new Silensor water cooled pump, boosting efficiency by 15%.

Blue Ridge Numerics, the world’s fastest growing CFD software company, was recently named as a finalist in the Technical Innovator of the Year category of the 2006 Pump Industry Awards. Industry members can view the list of finalists and cast a vote at www.pumpindustryawards.com/vote.php.

Established in 1934, Davey manufactures pumps and pressure systems that today are exported to over 60 countries. The award-winning Davey product range features products for every application: domestic, rural, sump and drainage, pond and aquaculture, industrial, irrigation and pool and spa. The company is a member of the GUD Holdings Limited group (ASX: GUD).

To learn more about how the pump industry is using CFdesign and to request a CFdesign starter kit visit: www.cfdesign.com/pumps.

CFdesign leads to innovative pump designs by supplying views into pump performance not available from lab tests.