A fire pump can be used in cases where flow and pressure or both are lacking.
Fire water pump diesel engine.
Cummins is an established manufacturer of premium custom diesel fire pump drive engine packages.
The pump intake is either connected to the public underground water supply piping or a static water source e g tank reservoir lake.
Through its innovative hydraulic drive fire pump design sulzer pumps brings a number of cost effective improvements to this key application.
All cummins fire pump drive engines have been manufactured under the controls established by a bureau veritas certification approved management system that conforms with iso 9001 2015.
Traditionally firewater pumps are conventional vertical line shaft pumps driven by a diesel engine via a 90 gearbox.
Emergency generators or diesel engine driven pumps fire pumps have been used to supply water and pressure to fire protection systems for over a century.
Since 1964 clarke has provided the largest line of diesel fire pump drivers in the world.
However this solution requires intensive maintenance.