Process pumps are designed to move liquids at high pressures and temperatures within industrial systems. They are specifically engineered to safely handle aggressive and corrosive media commonly found in the chemical and petrochemical industry as well as the oil and gas sector. In addition, process pumps can manage liquids at low temperatures as well as flammable, toxic, abrasive, highly viscous, or solvent-based fluids. To ensure reliable operation in process engineering, these pumps must meet strict standards and deliver the highest level of operational safety.
KAMAT develops process pumps that meet these requirements. Our pumps are known for their reliability and long service life. They help minimize downtime and increase the efficiency of industrial operations. By combining advanced technology with a robust design, we ensure maximum operational safety while keeping maintenance costs low.
The Role of Process Pumps in Demanding Industrial Environments
In process engineering, process pumps play a vital role by transporting fluids under extreme conditions – from highly viscous chemicals and explosive liquids to abrasive particles. Reliability and precision are essential to maintain production processes and avoid unplanned downtime.
Whether used for transferring aggressive chemicals, in offshore facilities, or in hygienic applications, the robust construction and high precision of KAMAT pumps ensure safe and continuous operation in demanding industrial environments.
Customized Process Pumps for Industry-Specific Applications
Depending on the area of use, process pumps must meet a wide range of requirements – from handling aggressive chemicals to managing viscous or abrasive media. Typical application areas include:
- Chemical industry: Conveying corrosive fluids, dosing solvents, and reaction chemicals
- Oil and gas industry: Methanol and glycol injection, offshore operations under high pressure
- Petrochemical industry: Pumping co-monomers, aromatic hydrocarbons, and highly viscous substances
- Food and pharmaceutical industry: High-pressure extraction, hygienic process pumps for sterile fluids
- Steel and metal industry: Descaling, cooling, and cleaning circuits
To meet these diverse demands, KAMAT relies on a flexible modular system. Materials, drives, and pump configurations can be freely combined, allowing each process pump to be perfectly tailored to the specific process technology.
Our pump finder helps you quickly identify the ideal solution. By entering key process parameters such as pressure, flow rate, medium, or temperature, you’ll be guided directly to the pump configuration that fits your application precisely.
Advantages of KAMAT Process Pumps
KAMAT process pumps are specifically designed for use in extreme industrial environments and offer numerous practical advantages:
- Durability and reliability: Built to withstand high pressures and temperatures, ensuring long service life and stable operation
- Chemical resistance: Safely handle aggressive and corrosive media, ideal for chemical and petrochemical processes
- Energy efficiency: With efficiency levels above 90%, our pumps help reduce operating costs and support sustainable production
- Flexibility: The modular design allows customization to specific process parameters such as medium, flow rate, and pressure range
- Maximum operational safety: The robust construction minimizes the risk of unplanned downtime and increases plant availability
Specifications and Standards
KAMAT process pumps meet the highest international standards to comply with stringent industrial requirements. Depending on configuration, they conform to API standards (American Petroleum Institute), which are recognized worldwide as benchmarks for quality and safety in the oil and gas industry. These standards ensure that API pumps operate safely and reliably under the most demanding conditions.
In addition, KAMAT process pumps meet other relevant certifications, including ATEX for use in explosive atmospheres. This makes them ideally suited for refineries, petrochemical facilities, and chemical plants.
Find the Right Process Pump for Your Application
Whether in the chemical industry, oil and gas production, petrochemicals, or specialized industrial processes – KAMAT process pumps are proven worldwide across a wide variety of applications. Thanks to our modular design, you receive exactly the plunger pump that matches your operational needs – reliable, efficient, and built to last.
Use our Pump Finder to quickly and efficiently identify the right configuration for your system. You can also explore our complete product portfolio to discover the full range of our pumping technologies.
Frequently Asked Questions About Process Pumps
A process pump moves fluids at high pressures and temperatures within industrial processes. It is specifically designed to handle demanding media — such as aggressive, corrosive, or highly viscous fluids — safely and reliably in continuous duty. Plunger pumps are widely used in the process industry for this purpose, as they deliver high efficiency and precise flow characteristics even at high pressures, with difficult media, and in continuous operation. KAMAT process pumps are engineered individually to the fluid, pressure range, and process requirements of each application.
Process pumps must meet stringent standards and be designed for continuous operation under extreme conditions. Materials, seals, and construction are matched to the specific fluid and process conditions. Standard pumps are generally not suited to these demands, as they lack both the chemical resistance and the pressure rating required.
Process pumps must also frequently meet requirements for long maintenance intervals, high plant availability, and international standards. Materials, sealing systems, and valve components are therefore selected on an application-specific basis.
KAMAT develops process pumps for demanding industrial applications where reliability and operational safety are paramount.
Applicable standards vary by industry. In the oil and gas industry, API 674 is the governing standard for high-pressure plunger pumps. For use in potentially explosive atmospheres, ATEX certification is required.
KAMAT manufactures API 674-compliant high-pressure plunger pumps and offers ATEX-compliant configurations for hazardous area applications. This makes the pumps suitable for demanding applications in refineries, petrochemical plants, and the chemical and process industries.
Process pumps cover a broad range of media: corrosive chemicals, solvents, aromatic hydrocarbons, highly viscous substances, abrasive liquids, and media at very low or very high temperatures. Material selection for pump heads, valves, and seals is tailored individually to the fluid in question.
The selection of materials, seals, and valve systems is made individually based on fluid, pressure level, and temperature, allowing process pumps to be precisely matched to the requirements of each application.
The key parameters are operating pressure, flow rate, fluid properties, temperature, and required plant availability. Based on these inputs, the optimal pump configuration can be determined. The KAMAT pump finder supports an initial selection of suitable pump types from these values. For the final specification and for complex requirements, KAMAT engineers provide individual consultation — covering the pump, materials, and system components.
Plunger pumps achieve high efficiencies, deliver consistent output regardless of back pressure, and enable precise flow rates even at high operating pressures. This makes them particularly well suited to demanding process applications in the chemical, petrochemical, and oil and gas industries.
KAMAT relies on robust high-pressure plunger pumps that are deployed worldwide in continuously operating process plants.
Since process pumps often run in continuous duty for years, low maintenance requirements and high availability are critical. KAMAT pumps are designed with this in mind: they can be serviced on-site without removing the pump head, as all components are easily accessible. A key feature is the one-piece, forged stainless steel pump head with no coatings, which reduces the risk of leakage and significantly minimizes service effort. Standardized components across all pump series and a limited variety of spare parts with fast availability add to this. The result is lower total cost of ownership and higher plant availability.
