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Process Brochure

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Overview
KNF specializes in providing solutions for gas analysis, emission measurement, and industrial processes. Their diaphragm pumps are designed to meet specific process and operating conditions, ensuring compliance with customer specifications.
Key Applications
  • Emission Measurement: Used for sulfur emissions analysis, leak detection, and monitoring explosive atmospheres, ensuring workplace health and safety.
  • Flue Gas Analysis: Supports compliance with environmental regulations and combustion settings.
  • Gas Recovery: Facilitates efficient recovery of valuable gases and monitoring of vapor composition.
Product Features
  • Mobile/Portable Gas Measurement: Small, light, and high-performance pumps ideal for hand-held and portable devices, crucial for safety in explosive environments.
  • Stationary Emission Measurement: Robust pumps designed for accurate monitoring in challenging conditions, handling aggressive and humid flue gases.
  • Industrial Processes: Adaptable pumps for handling a wide range of gaseous and liquid processing media, from neutral to highly aggressive substances.
Customization and Flexibility
KNF offers a modular system for high flexibility, speed, and reliability in customizing pumps to meet specific application requirements, including material options and mechanical configurations.
Quality and Support
High-quality production in Germany and Switzerland, meeting rigorous standards, with comprehensive documentation and support throughout the project lifecycle.
Conclusion
KNF's diaphragm pump technology supports various industries with customized, reliable, and efficient solutions for gas and liquid handling.
Specifications and Features
  • Protection and Control: Pumps have protection ratings up to IP66, compatible with AC-1, AC-3 frequency converters, and are BLDC-controllable.
  • Material Composition: Pump heads made from materials like PP, PVDF, stainless steel, aluminum, and PTFE; diaphragms and valves use materials like EPDM, PTFE, FFKM, FKM, and FFPM.
  • Performance: Offers a range of flow rates, vacuum levels, and pressure capabilities tailored for specific applications.
Types of Pumps
  • EX Liquid Pumps: Suitable for suction heights of 2.5 mWg and pressure heads of 40 mWg, with materials like PP and PVDF.
  • Gas Sampling Pumps: Available in configurations for hot gases with temperature resistance up to 240°C.
  • PTFE Gas Sampling Pumps: Feature PTFE pump heads and diaphragms, focusing on chemical resistance.
  • EX Gas Sampling Pumps: Designed for hazardous environments, compatible with IIB + H2/IIC standards.
Modular System
The KNF modular system allows for quick and cost-effective adaptation of pump models to meet specific application needs.
Note: KNF reserves the right to make technical changes without notice.
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Catalog excerpts

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LEADING SPECIALISTS FOR GAS ANALYSIS, EMISSION MEASUREMENT, INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES

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Give your process the green light Analysis of sulfur emissions with KNF Flue gas analysis Monitoring of vapor composition, e.g. directly on the turbine Recovery of valuable gases Monitoring systems Measurement of explosive gases Emission measurement Extractive gas analysis for process and plant control RELIABLE AND SAFE WHERE IT MATTERS MOST From sample gas pumps for analyzing process gases to emissions monitoring, the transfer of highly explosive media and the recovery of valuable gases, KNF’s solutions are used wherever it is crucial for processing media to be handled with special care. When...

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ALWAYS WORKING TO YOUR SPECIFICATIONS Experience and expertise that define new standards KNF develops and produces pioneering pump technology for use in demanding applications across a wide range of industries. As a global technology leader in diaphragm pumps and systems for moving liquids and gases, KNF supports customers by drawing on more than 70 years of knowledge and expertise. This is evident through development milestones, such as corrosion-resistant diaphragm pumps for chemical and process engineering, the temperature-resistant and heated pump head for hot gases of up to 240 °C and the...

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FOR MOBILE/PORTABLE GAS MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY KNF DIAPHRAGM GAS PUMPS FOR RELIABLE SAFETY Small, light, high-performance – these are the key requirements placed on KNF‘s pump technology by manufacturers of hand-held and portable devices for gas measurement, monitoring and analysis. Primarily used to protect both people‘s health and safety as well as facilities from explosions and malfunctions, KNF‘s diaphragm gas pumps form part of reliable warning systems for hazardous gases and vapors

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FOR MOBILE/PORTABLE GAS MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY ALL OF YOUR DAY-TO-DAY NEEDS... KNF diaphragm gas pumps – compelling advantages in measurement technology Monitoring, controlling and warnings – protecting people and valuable facilities: the various applications for portable gas measurement devices and hand-held devices are extremely sensitive and demanding. This also applies to the requirements placed on integrated pump technology by manufacturers and users. ...COVERED BY KNF DIAPHRAGM GAS PUMPS NMP 03 Intrinsic safety – alongside a total length of 24 mm and a weight of just 11 grams – is an outstanding...

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FOR STATIONARY EMISSION MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY KNF DIAPHRAGM GAS PUMPS FOR ACCURATE MONITORING Robust, durable, easy to service: process gas measurement technology and analytical measuring devices used for environmental protection and facility management must continually deliver accurate measurements. They are often used in challenging ambient conditions. Their carefully designed components make KNF diaphragm gas pumps ideal for these demanding applications.

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FOR STATIONARY EMISSION MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY ALL OF YOUR DAY-TO-DAY NEEDS... KNF diaphragm gas pumps – prepared for anything The properties of the process gases, as well as the location and the ambient conditions, can place high requirements on stationary emission measurement and monitoring systems. KNF pumps are designed to meet these requirements. ...COVERED BY KNF DIAPHRAGM GAS PUMPS N 024 We need reliability, constant throughput and flexibility as the composition of the gas is extremely variable. Continuous, safe functioning even in extreme conditions is a must for measurement technology...

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MEDIA IN INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES Whether in large or small plants, there are standard situations and special requirements. And sometimes small modifications result in significant advantages. Thanks to the flexibly adaptable technology of our pumps and the know-how of our experts, almost any individual configuration and performance characteristic is at hand, from engineering to compliant documentation.

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FOR HANDLING PROCESSING MEDIA IN INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES ALL OF YOUR DAY-TO-DAY NEEDS... KNF diaphragm pumps – flexible, efficient, custom-fit Industrial processes use gaseous and liquid processing media with a vast spectrum of properties ranging from neutral to highly aggressive or corrosive, from explosive to valuable (e.g. noble gases) or hazardous (e.g. radioactivity). KNF has decades of experience as a partner for transfer and vacuum technology in industrial processes – and our complete know-how goes into our pumps. ...COVERED BY KNF DIAPHRAGM PUMPS N 680.15 The installation site is located...

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MATERIAL OPTIONS MECHANICAL OPTIONS Circuit points and connections Pump head: HNBR, stainless steel stainless steel, FLEXIBLE, CUSTOM-FIT, COST-EFFECTIVE – FROM STANDARD TO HIGH-END Every application is different and some are one of a kind. Our modular system is designed to give you a high degree of flexibility, speed and reliability. You can be sure that every gas and liquid pump supplied by KNF will exactly meet your requirements, no matter how complex or unusual these might be. Series models – the first step to customized pumps KNF offers a range of up to 90 series models designed for handling...

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FLEXIBLE SUPPORT FROM START TO FINISH – YOUR ADDED VALUE IS OUR PRIORITY We implement custom-fit service concepts for you. It is important to us to minimize the overall running costs of our pumps, and we take this into account in the pricing of replacement parts. WITH KNF, FLEXIBILITY DOESN’T STOP AT THE TECHNICAL SOLUTION. WE FULFILL YOUR INDIVIDUAL REQUESTS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY U NTIL DELIVERY AND SERVICE. F KN We support all types of production lot ordering – including Kanban, VMI, CMI, B2B and others. customized adaptations are carried out at KNF every year for all our customers worldwide...

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Thanks to the KNF modular system, each of our series models can be quickly and inexpensively adapted to suit the specific needs of an application.

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KNF reserves the right to make technical changes without notice. KNF 08/2025. Printed in Germany.

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*Prices are pre-tax. They exclude delivery charges and customs duties and do not include additional charges for installation or activation options. Prices are indicative only and may vary by country, with changes to the cost of raw materials and exchange rates.
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