WHAT IS A SELF-PRIMING PUMP?

A self-priming pump can be installed high and dry above the fluid level while automatically removing air from the suction line and filling it with liquid without manual priming. These pumps are designed to prime themselves quickly and efficiently and can continue operating even if the liquid supply is interrupted.

Today, Gorman-Rupp self-priming pumps are the world’s leading choice for waste handling applications in industries such as steel and paper mills, mining operations, food processing plants, power plants, automotive factories, tanneries, and wineries. They are also the pump of choice in many sewage-handling applications worldwide.

Gorman-Rupp self-priming centrifugal pumps are easy to install and easy to service. Because they’re self-priming, they can be mounted high and dry at floor level with only the suction line in the liquid – there’s never a need for service personnel to enter the sump. When service or maintenance is required, it can be completed effortlessly with standard hand tools. No long drive shafts to install and align and no hoists or cranes are required.

Gorman-Rupp self-priming pumps are available as basic units for connection to your power source or may be flex-coupled, v-belt driven, or engine mounted. Automatic priming means dependable performance. Initial priming is needed, and the pump will continue to reprime automatically. In fact, our trash handling pumps will reprime with only a partially filled pump casing and a completely dry suction line!

Our reputation for quality continues to make Gorman-Rupp the world’s leader in self-priming centrifugal pumps. In addition, it makes us your best solution – meeting all of your industrial or municipal waste handling needs.