2. Summary
• Hydrair highlights
• Air operated piston pumps
• Hydraulic piston pumps
• Rams (pump lifts & inductors)
• UV & EB ink pumps and rams
• Ink storage systems
• Ink distribution (pipelines & fittings)
• System components
• Spreader bars and ink sensors
• Ink control systems
• Installation layout
• Reference projects
• Hydrair service
• The Samoa Group
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3. Hydrair highlights
• Since 1954 Hydrair has manufactured equipment and
designed & installed systems for the printing industry.
• In 1969 Hydrair installed its first multi colour ink supply
system in a high speed press.
• Hydrair is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of ink
pumping equipment and associated control systems.
• In Hydrair’s UK home market, Hydrair have provided the ink
supply system for almost all major newspaper presses.
• Products are manufactured in Droitwich, United Kingdom.
• Turn-key organization (design, development, manufacturing,
delivery, installation, commissioning, maintenance, repair,
expansion and upgrades.)
• High quality products and specially designed systems.
• Hydrair is part of the Samoa Group.
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4. Air operated piston pumps
Hydrair pumps lead the
competition in technology and
innovation and are specifically
designed to pump today’s
high viscosity inks at high flow
rates
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5. Air operated piston pumps
Air motor
• Precision spool valve
• Generously dimensioned air
exhaust port to avoid icing
• Designed for efficient thermal
expansion
• Highly effective muffler
• High performance air motors
manufactured with high quality
materials
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6. Air operated piston pumps
Wet ends
• Divorced pump design
prevents cross-contamination
• Special pump cup design
prevents ink leaks
• Different check valves available:
- Chop check valve (special design for inks)
- Disc check valves
- Ball check valves
• Special seals for the increased abrasion
resistance required when working with ink
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7. Air operated piston pumps
• Double acting, positive displacement pumps
• Very robust modular design air motors. Interchangeable pump end
assemblies provide variable ink pressure and flow rate combinations
• Air motor piston diameters from 4-1/4″ up to 16″ (3 x 10″)
• Pump pressure ratio range from 3:1 up to 23:1
• Pump delivery range from 160 cc/cycle up to 3,275 cc/cycle
• High quality carbon steel wet end. Available in stainless steel on
demand
• Highly reliable pump seals specially designed for offset inks
• Different pump valve design: ball check, disc check and chop
check (exclusive Hydrair design)
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8. Air operated piston pumps
• High performance pumps:
- Delivery per stroke up to 3,275 cc
- Pressure ratio up to 23:1
- Pump speed range: from 5 to 10 cycles per minute
• Minimum maintenance
• Reduced downtime
• Reduced spare parts cost over the pumps lifetime
• High corrosion and abrasion resistance
• No ink leaks at the pump cup
• Easy and accessible installation
• Models available for UV inks
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10. Hydraulic piston pumps
• Double acting, positive displacement pumps
• Divorced pump design avoids hydraulic motor contamination
• High performance pump:
- Delivery per stroke up to 1,210 cc
- Pump pressure ratio 1.55:1 (model H1600), equivalent to an air
operated pump with a 16″ air motor piston diameter and 23:1
pressure ratio
- Pump speed: 5 to 10 cycles per minute
• High quality carbon steel wet end. Available in stainless steel on
demand
• Highly reliable pump seals specially designed for offset inks
• Recommended use when pump works more than 18 hours per day
Modelo H1600
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11. Hydraulic piston pumps
• High performance hydraulic motor
• Hydraulic controls to fit each application
• Hydraulic power pack to feed up to 4 pumps
• Hydraulic oil tanks
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12. Rams
(pump lifts and inductors)
• Single post rams.
• Twin post rams
Designed for high viscosity fluid transfer from drums
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13. Single post ram
• Ram air cylinder pushes the pump and inductor plate into
the fluid, to help the pump suction and lifts the pump out
of the drum for drum changeovers
• Available for 20, 50 and 200 kg drums
• Pump and inductor plate packages available with
Cruiser, Dreadnought and Warrior pumps
• For stationary and mobile units
• Double acting 3 ¼″ diameter air cylinder
•Maximum air cylinder lift: 940mm
• Built-in pump, lift and compressed air supply controls
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14. Twin post ram
• Two air cylinders on the ram push the pump and
inductor plate into the fluid, to help the pump suction,
and lifts the pump out of the drum for drum
changeovers
• Very robust and reliable twin post construction
• Can be used with all pump models and sizes
• Single and double lip inductor plate wiper seals
• Double acting air cylinders. Air cylinder diameter:
3½″ (RAM models) and 5″ (POWER RAM models).
• Standard ram for 200 kg drums (straight and/or
ribbed sides)
• Special rams available for any container size
(300 kg, 500 kg, 700 kg, etc.)
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15. UV and EB ink pumps
• Pumps specially designed to work with UV and EB inks
• Minimum friction contributes to reduce heat in pump
operation
• Prevents UV ink exposure to light
• Models available with 6″, 8″ and 10″ air piston diameters
• Models available with 5:1, 8:1 and 10:1 pressure ratios
• Pumping capacity from 4 to 20 kg per minute (depending on
ink viscosity, room temperature and pipeline size)
• Very robust stainless steel construction
• Complete line of components and accessories for UV and
EB ink supply systems
Pump with 10″ air motor 15
16. UV and EB ink pumps with rams
• Complete packages including pump, ram (pump lift & inductor plate) & pump controls
• Available for 200 kg and 20 kg drums.
Model 100000408SA with Model 800000510SA 8″ Model 600000510SA with Model 1350M with
10″ pump and Poweram pump and 2035 ram 6″ pump 8″ pump for 20kg drums
2050 and single 1055 post ram
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17. Ink storage systems
• Tanks built in carbon steel specifically designed and manufactured for each
site, with capacity from 5,000 kg to 20,000 kg
• Four ink levels monitored in each tank
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18. Ink storage systems
Mother / daughter IBC storage facility, with level sensors and
transmitter with remote readout.
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19. Ink distribution
Ink pipelines and fittings
• High pressure steel pipe lines: 2″, 3″, 4″ or 6″ pipe lines
• High quality and precision valves, flanges, elbows
• 2″ hoses
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20. System components
Manifolds
• Custom made manifolds to fit
each application
• Manifold foot with 1 m x 3″
suction hose
• Mobile tote manifolds
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21. System components
Filters, valves, flow meters, level sensors
2″ ink filter 1″ ink filter Custom made filters (available in 2″, 3″,and 4″ versions)
1″ spool valve 1/2″ spool valve Level sensor Flow meter
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22. System components
1″ ink pressure regulator
1″ ink pressure regulator
Ink pressure regulator
mounted on a press, reduces
ink pressure to five bar
1″ pressure regulator assembly incl.
pressure sensor and protection valve
Ink pressure regulator panel for eight pressure regulators 22
23. Spreader bars & ink sensors
Spreader bars and ink sensors.
Ink fountain spreader bars are engineered with positive
location brackets to suit all presses
• Adjustable ink flow control nozzles to balance feed
across the duct
• Spreader bars can be easily detached for cleaning and
color changeovers
• Bespoke ultrasonic or capacitive ink level sensors
provide automatic multi-switch ink level control
• Sensors can be easily networked to expand the system
to incorporate different operator interfaces
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24. Ink control systems
Hydrair ink controllers incorporate the
latest state of the art technology and
provide a cost effective solution to
automatic ink level control on commercial
and newspaper presses of all sizes.
Modular concept; choose an affordable
system and later enhance the system as
requirements evolve
• Capacitive and ultrasonic sensor to
measure ink level
• Colour touch-screen operator display
• System fault alarm analysis
• Ink storage and consumption
monitoring
• Remote tank level monitoring by ink
supplier.
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25. Ink control systems
Control cabinet
• Ink tank control
• Ink tank content readout
• Automatic or manual
operation
• Pump selection
• Alarm system
• Pump protection
• Automatic tank changeover
Ink bulk tank offset fill station
• Ink tanks content readout
• Tank overfill alarm 25
26. Installation layout
Offset presses
• Ink supplied in mobile or stationary tanks
• Each layout is carefully studied to meet
system requirements
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27. Installation layout
Sheet fed presses
• Ink supply in 200 Kg drums
• Each layout is carefully studied to
meet system requirements
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29. Newsprinters
Broxbourne (London), UK
• Newspapers: The Sun, The Times,
The Daily Telegraph, The Financial
Times, The Sunday Telegraph
• One of the largest automatic ink
supply systems in the world
•Pumps: twenty-six Chieftain H1600
pumps with hydraulic motor, equivalent
to 16″ air operated pumps with a 23:1
ratio
• Press-lines:
Two Man Roland Colorman XXL
Each press-line with fifty four high
towers, one hundred ducts per colour
and ten presses
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30. Newsprinters
Knowsley, UK
• Newspapers: The Sun, The Times, The Daily
Telegraph, The Financial Times, The Sunday Telegraph
• Production: more than 33 million newspapers per week
• Press line: One ManRoland Colorman
• Tanks: eight x 15,000 kg tanks and eight daily
consumption tanks with 4,000 and 2,000 kg capacity.
• Pumps: thirteen Chieftain H1600 pumps with hydraulic
motor, equivalent to 16″ air operated pumps with a 23:1
ratio
• Pipeline length: 150m, 2″ pipe
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31. Newsprinters
Eurocentral, Glasgow, UK
• Newspapers: The Sun (Scotland), The Times, The
Daily Telegraph, The Guardian
• Production: 1 million newspapers per day
• Pressline: One ManRoland Colorman
• Tanks: two 15,000 kg and six 9,500 kg tanks.
• Pumps: nine Chieftain H1600 pumps with hydraulic
motor, equivalent to a 16″ air operated pumps with a
23:1 ratio
• Pipeline length: 170m, 2″ pipe
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32. Trinity Mirror
Birmingham, UK
• Newspapers: Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, The
People, The Birmingham Post, sales flyers for Tesco,
Morrisons, etc.
• Production: 1 million units per day
• Pressline: Goss
• Tanks: eight x 15,000 kg tanks
• Pumps: eight Titan 12″ air operated pumps, 12:1 ratio
• Pipeline length: 100m, 2″ pipe
• Ink control system
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33. Mirror Colour Print
Watford, UK
• Newspapers: The Daily Mirror, The Independent, The
Sunday Mirror, The Daily Record, magazines and local
newspapers
• Production: More than 1.5 million units per day
• Pressline: ManRoland Colorman
• Tanks: four 15,000 kg and six 12,000 kg tanks
• Pumps: thirteen Chieftain 16″ air operated pumps,
23:1 ratio.
• Pipeline length: 180m, 2″ pipe
• Ink control system
34. Guardian Media News
London, UK
• Newspapers: The Guardian, The Observer, The
Guardian Weekly
• Production : 1 million newspapers per day
• Pressline: Man Roland Colorman
• Tanks: five 10,000 kg tanks
• Pumps: ten Commander 14″ air operated pumps,
17:1 ratio
• Pipeline length: 180m, 2″ pipe
• Ink control system
35. Polestar Petty
Leeds, UK
• Media printed: Radio Times, TV Times, Woman, Hello,
retail, travel, financial magazines, brochures and flyers.
• Production: 11 million units per day
• Presslines: eight in total, Man Roland and Heidelberg.
• Tanks: four 7,500 kg and four 10,500 kg tanks.
• Pumps: twelve Dominator 10″ air operated pumps, 16:1
ratio, and eight Commander 14″ air operated pumps, 17:1
ratio
• Ink control system
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36. Artisan
Leeds, UK
• Media printed: Commercial magazines for Marks
& Spencer, British Airways, retail, travel, financial
magazines and brochures
• Presslines: five in total, ManRoland and
Heidelberg
• Tanks: eight x 7,500 kg tanks
• Pumps: twenty Dominator 10″ air operated
pumps, 22:1 ratio, and Commander 14″ air
operated pumps, 16:1 ratio
• Ink control system
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37. Brighton, UK
•Tanks: four mother / daughter 1,500
kg tank systems, with low level alarms
and pump auto-stop when empty
• Pumps: four Warrior 8″ air operated
pumps, 20:1 ratio
• Ink control system
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38. Woods
Perth, UK
• Media printed: catalogues, brochures and books
• Presses: three Mitsubishi sheet fed presses
• Pumps: five Warrior 8″ air operated pumps, 20:1 ratio,
each with single post ram for 200 kg drums
• 1½″ pipelines
• Ink control system
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39. Nottingham, UK
• Media printed: catalogues,
brochures and books
• Presses: three Mitsubishi sheet fed
presses
• Pumps: eight Warrior 8″ air operated
pumps, 20:1 ratio, each with twin post
ram for 200kg drums
• 1½″ pipelines
• Ink control system
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40. Other reference projects
Web-offset presses
•Express Newspaper West Ferry
London, UK
• Apple Daily Printing
Taipei, Taiwan
• Apple Daily Printing
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• Al -Media Printing & Publishing CO
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• New Vision
Kampala, Uganda
Sheet-fed presses
• Martano Editrice
Bari, Italy
• Mediastampa Spa
Begonia, Italy
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41. Hydrair service
•Turnkey organization
(design, development, manufacturing,
delivery, installation, commissioning,
maintenance, repair, expansion and
upgrades)
• Quick reaction to customer specific needs.
• Use of skilled mechanical and electrical
engineers to install systems including all
pipe work, electrical and pneumatic
services and controls.
•Thousands of spare parts in stock ready to
dispatch immediately.
•Telephone support and responsive call out
service.
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42. The Samoa Group
• Since 2006 Hydrair is part of
the Samoa Group
• The Samoa Group
headquarters are located in
Gijón, Spain
• The Samoa Group designs,
manufactures and distributes
systems and components for
viscous fluid handling -
pumping, measurement and
control - for the vehicle
maintenance, manufacturing,
process, mining, construction,
farming, paint, water treatment, Samoa Group main production plant and Corporate Offices in Gijon, Spain
chemical, etc. industries.
• The Samoa Group products
are available in more than 100
countries through its own
subsidiaries and a select
distributor network.
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