Life-cycle costs
Once considered the theoretical concept of academics, rarely applied in practice, life cycle cost analysis is fast becoming the accepted method for the evaluation of both capital projects and items of replacement plant. Indeed to assist pump users in the evaluation of whole life costs the Confederation of Pump Manufacturers has in 1999 issued a specification (LLC) for establishing and reducing Life-cycle costs.
The developing world has become acutely aware of the effect of its waste and the introduction of levies on CO2 emissions now directly taxes the inefficient users of energy. Globalisation is squeezing maintenance budgets and demanding an increased mean time between major service outages.
Initial capital cost is, in most instances, a fraction of the whole life cost of a typical pumping installation. Energy, unplanned downtime with resultant loss of productivity and replacement of "lower life expectancy consumable parts" such as seals and bearings equates to as much as 80% of the total life-cycle cost.
SPP's recognition of this increasing emphasis on whole life cost when evaluating pumping schemes for the twenty-first century has lead to the development of our 'Lowest Life-Cycle Cost Series' of pumps.
The concept behind this series is quite simply to provide our customers with pumping solutions offering them the lowest total cost of ownership.
Incorporating both clean liquid and solids handling pumps, a world class series of pumps has been assembled combining many of our existing well proven hydraulic designs, finely tuned with the aid of three dimensional computational fluid dynamics with new innovative designs.
Mechanical designs have been substantially upgraded, utilising high grade materials for standard build options previously only associated with fully API 610 compliant products.
