ITT Goulds Pumps
3180 Heavy Duty Process Pump
The Goulds 3180 is a heavy-duty process pump engineered for high-capacity, hard-wearing services in pulp and paper mills and process plants. Its patented TaperBore PLUS seal chamber is guaranteed to run on medium-consistency paper stock without any flush water, a rare promise in stock pumping.
Product Benefits
- Guaranteed flush-free sealing: Running stock without flush water saves fresh water, avoids diluting the process, and removes the flush system as a failure point; the TaperBore PLUS seal chamber makes this a guaranteed capability rather than a hope.
- Reduced shaft loads: A special volute reduces radial loads on the shaft, and the power ends are engineered for very long bearing design life.
- Self-venting casing: The self-venting, top centerline discharge casing keeps air from accumulating in the pump.
- In-place adjustment: External impeller adjustment restores performance in place as the open impeller wears, and labyrinth oil seals protect the bearing housing as standard.
Where It's Used
- Tough process pumping: The 3180 is built for recycle mill and repulper dump service.
- Water, slurries, fibers: It also handles cooling water, slurries, and liquids carrying stringy fibers.
- High-flow mainstay: It is a mainstay wherever a mill needs large flows of difficult liquid moved with minimum fuss.
Good to Know
- Impeller options: The standard open impeller has a full back shroud with balance holes and back pump-out vanes; an enclosed impeller is optional, and a Shearpeller variant in duplex stainless steel is offered specifically for recycle services with stringy, ragging material.
- Casing materials: Materials range from cast iron and carbon steel to CD4MCuN, high-alloy stainless, and duplex grades.
- Sealing choices: Options cover mechanical seals, packed boxes, and a dynamic seal, and the foot-mounted, back pull-out casing keeps maintenance conventional.
- Inch-standard dimensions: Flange drilling follows common ANSI classes and the shaft, sleeve, and keyway are inch-dimensioned, easing spare-part compatibility in inch-standard plants.
