Vitaprime

Summary

Product identification

The KSB Vitaprime is a hygienic, self-priming side channel pump designed for horizontal installation, available in one or two stages. It is suitable for fixed speed (without PumpDrive) or variable speed (with PumpDrive) operation.

Main applications:

• Food industry / beverage industry
• Chemical industry / Fine chemicals
• Pharmaceutical industry
• Further industrial applications

Fluids handled:

• Pure liquids not mechanically or chemically aggressive to the pump
• Liquids containing gas or vapour

Product benefits:

• Good and fast self-priming, capable of transporting fluids containing gas.
• Easy to clean with very little dead volume and excellent flushing capability.
• Service-friendly design, easy and fast to dismantle.
• Can be driven by all common standardised motors via stub shaft.
• Corrosion-resistant design with high-quality stainless steel 1.4301.
• A large variety of materials, sealing elements, and connections are available.
• Highly suitable for CIP/SIP routines.

Operating limits

• Flow rate Q:
  • ≤ 58 m³/h (50 Hz)
  • ≤ 60 m³/h (60 Hz)
• Head H:
  • ≤ 45 m (50 Hz)
  • ≤ 65 m (60 Hz)
• Operating pressure p: ≤ 10 bar
• Inlet pressure p: ≤ 3 bar
• Fluid temperature T: ≥ -20 °C to ≤ +100 °C
• Sterilisation temperature T: ≤ +140 °C
• Connection sizes DN: 40 - 80

Feed water / Product water

The pump is designed to handle a wide range of hygienic and industrial fluids. Examples of fluids handled include:

• Alcohols (butanol, ethanol, methanol, propanol)
• Beer (mash, wort, brewer’s yeast, hops, trub)
• Cleaning-in-place (CIP) solutions
• Alcoholic beverages (spirits, brandy, fruit liqueur, wine, whiskey, sparkling wine)
• Non-alcoholic beverages (Coke, coffee, lemonade, glucose, glycerine, glycol, urea)
• Liquid foodstuffs (egg, malt)
• Dairy products (chocolate milk, condensed milk, skimmed milk, milk, cream, sweet permeate)
• Sodium hydroxide (0 to 50 % concentration)
• Fruit pulp (apricot purée)
• Vegetable oils (anise, cotton seed, peanut, lavender, linseed, corn, olive, palm, rapeseed, castor, soybean, sunflower, edible, walnut)
• Juices and sugar solutions (fruit, vegetable, orange, pressed sap)
• Acids (malic, citric, acetic, tannic, lactic, oxalic, tartaric)
• Sorbitol solutions
• Various types of water (de-ionised, drinking, mash, ice water, tap water, hot water, pure water)

Specific temperature ranges and recommended mechanical seal codes (e.g., T19, T64, T66, T80, T81, T82, T83, T84 for single seals; Q71, Q72, Q79 for double seals) are provided in the official PDF for each fluid, often with comments regarding quench requirements or concentration limits.

Electrical

Drive (fixed speed version) - Standard design:

• Motor: KSB/Siemens surface-cooled IEC frame three-phase squirrel-cage motor
• Efficiency class: IE2 (size 71/80) / IE3 (from size 90) to IEC 60034-30
• Rated voltage (50 Hz):
  • 230 V / 400 V ≤ 2.20 kW
  • 400 V / 690 V ≥ 3.00 kW
• Rated voltage (60 Hz):
  • • / 460 V ≤ 2.20 kW
  • 460 V / - ≥ 3.00 kW
• Enclosure: IP55
• Duty type: continuous duty S1
• Thermal class: F with temperature sensor (1 PTC thermistor for size 80/90, 3 PTC thermistors from size 100)

Drive (fixed speed version) - Explosion-proof design:

• Motor: KSB surface-cooled IEC three-phase current squirrel-cage motor
• Efficiency class: IE2 / IE3 to IEC 60034-30
• Rated voltage (50 Hz):
  • 230 V / 400 V ≤ 2.50 kW
  • 400 V / 690 V ≥ 3.30 kW
• Rated voltage (60 Hz):
  • • / 460 V ≤ 2.50 kW
  • 460 V / - ≥ 3.30 kW
• Enclosure: IP55
• Duty type: continuous duty S1
• Type of protection: EEx eb II
• Temperature class: T3

Drive (variable speed version) - KSB SuPremE motor:

• Motor: Surface-cooled KSB SuPremE motor, IEC-compatible, magnetless synchronous reluctance motor (PumpDrive required)
• Efficiency class: IE4 / IE5 to IEC TS 60034-30-2:2016
• Rated power: 0.55 kW to 45 kW
• Rated speed: 1500 rpm or 3000 rpm
• Frequency (PumpDrive input): 50 Hz / 60 Hz
• Voltage (PumpDrive input): 380 V to 480 V
• Enclosure: IP55
• Duty type: continuous duty S1
• Thermal class: F with temperature sensor, 3 PTC thermistors

PumpDrive 2 (Frequency inverter):

• Mains voltage: 3~ 380 V AC -10 % to 480 V AC +10 %
• Mains frequency: 50 Hz to 60 Hz ± 2 %

PumpDrive R (Frequency inverter):

• Mains voltage: 3~ 380 V AC -10 % to 480 V AC +10 %
• Mains frequency: 50 Hz to 60 Hz ± 2 %
• Nominal power: 110 kW (standard) or 1400 kW (on request)

Mechanical / hydraulic

Design:

• Side channel pump
• Horizontal installation
• One or two stages
• Self-priming
• Standard design with materials to Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004

Pump casing: Casing with transfer passages.

Shaft seal:

• Single mechanical seal to EN 12756 (Seal type T): Pump-end seal with non-encapsulated spring surrounded by fluid handled, uni-directional.
• Double mechanical seal to EN 12756 (Seal type Q): Back-to-back arrangement (pressurised barrier fluid).

Impeller type: Open star impeller.

Bearings: Grease-packed deep groove ball bearing.

Connections:

• Axial suction nozzle, tangential discharge nozzle.
• Types of connection:
  • Threaded: DIN 11851 (hygienic pipe union), DIN 11853, DIN 11864-1-GS-A, SMS standard, ISO 2853 (IDF), RJT standard.
  • Clamped: DIN 32676-C (Tri-Clamp/Tri-Clover fitting), DIN 11864-3-NKS-A, DIN 32676-A, ISO 2852.
  • Flange: EN 1092-1, DIN 11864-2-NF-A, ANSI B16.5 Class 150, APV flange, Varivent flange.
  • Other connection types on request.

Mounting arrangements:

• Horizontal installation, close-coupled pump set.
• Mounted on 3-point ball feet (up to 4 kW drive rating) or 4-point ball feet (from 5.5 to 22 kW drive rating).
• Alternatively mounted on round base feet or a motor foot (for drive ratings from 0.33 to 22 kW).
• Vertical installation requires a mechanical seal with flushing system.

Dimensions: Dimensions for single-stage and two-stage pumps, including pump sets with motor shroud on 3-point ball feet, 4-point ball feet, or motor feet, are provided in detailed tables and figures in the official PDF. See the official PDF for exact tabulated values.

Materials

Wetted components (conform with Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004):

• Pump casing: 1.4409 (AISI CF3M)
• Impeller: 1.4409 (AISI CF3M)
• Impeller nut: 1.4404 (AISI 316L)
• Shaft: 1.4404 (AISI 316L)
• Elastomers: EPDM, FPM, FFP, FFKM

Other components:

• Drive lantern: 1.4308 (AISI 304)
• Bearing assembly: Cast iron, nickel-plated or painted
• Motor housing: Aluminium (motor size ≤ 160), grey cast iron (motor size ≥ 180)
• Motor shroud: 1.4301 (AISI 304)
• Ball feet: 1.4308 (AISI 304)

Certifications

• Certified quality management to ISO 9001 (All countries).
• Elastomers certified to FDA, 3A, USP Class VI (All countries).

Pump accessories

• Motor shroud made of stainless steel
• Vertically adjustable ball feet or machine mounts
• Residual drainage of pump casing
• Noise reduction valve
• Mounted on a trolley, with switch and power cable
• System for supplying the mechanical seal

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Disclaimer: This summary is based on extracted text and may not include all figures, footnotes, or the latest revisions from the complete OEM PDF datasheet. Contractual data must always match the specific OEM PDF revision used on the project.

Official datasheet (PDF)

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