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Protect your equipment and ensure peak performance with our certified CIRCOR Original Spare Parts.
Choosing the right spare parts is crucial to ensure the performance and longevity of your valuable machinery and equipment. There is a wide range of spare parts on the market, but not all of them meet the high standards your equipment requires. Original spare parts are precisely matched to the requirements of your machines and guarantee reliable operation and maximum efficiency.
Why Original Spare Parts Are Important
When it comes to maintaining and repairing your valuable equipment, there is no room for compromise. Our Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) parts provide much more than the functionality you need - they ensure the performance, reliability and longevity of your equipment.
In contrast, counterfeit or non-original parts can pose significant risks, from performance degradation to serious damage.
Performance & Reliability:
- Precisely matched to your machines
- Designed and tested by the original equipment manufacturer
- Maximum performance and extended life
- Minimized risk of failure and downtime
Risk of Counterfeit Parts:
- Lower quality without strict controls
- Reduced performance and increased wear and tear
- High costs due to potential damage and breakdowns
- Risk to safety and operations
Warranty & Support:
- Maintain full warranty rights
- Access to technical support and services
- Long-term investment protection
How To Identify CIRCOR Original Spare Parts
To ensure that you receive only high-quality, authentic parts for your equipment, it is important to understand the characteristics of genuine spare parts. In our packaging we included some features which will help you avoid counterfeits and ensure you get the best quality for your equipment.
Packaging
Our packaging is the first indication to help you distinguish genuine parts from counterfeits. It includes special features such as clearly marked labels that ensure authenticity and protect the quality and performance of your equipment.
Four Security Features
Our Original Spare Parts packagings have special security features that confirm their authenticity. These features are designed to give you peace of mind that you are using genuine parts.
Colour
The original packaging is a strong, dynamic blue for a strong presence.
Logo Pattern
Each brand has its own branded packaging with a pattern of the concerned logo.
A brand of CIRCOR
In the right-hand corner of each packaging you will find an addition indicating that the brand belongs to the parent company CIRCOR.
Original Sealing
A seal on the opening flap identifies each packaging as an original spare part. This sealing is also proof of your warranty.
Centrifugal Pumps
The following example shows how impellers from third-party manufacturers differ from our original parts – and what effects these differences have on your machines.
Left: counterfeit impeller - much simpler material and no milled grooves for balancing.
Right: original impeller - good quality and with milled grooves.
Original impeller
Good casting quality. Thin blades and with balancing holes to reduce axial forces.
Counterfeit impeller
Due to the significantly smaller distance in the blade channel and sharp leading edges due to machining, the flow velocity will increase, the local pressure will decrease and thus the NPSH value will increase exponentially.
At low inlet pressure (which is usually the case with seawater pumps), the flow rate of the pump probably collapses. With sufficient inlet pressure, however, cavitation erosion increases significantly. The lifetime of the impeller is reduced.
Original impeller with correct channel cross-section.
Counterfeit impeller with too small cross-section.
Counterfeit impeller
The balancing holes are not drilled through.
Original impeller
The balancing holes are drilled correctly.
- The thicker and rougher blades have a significantly negative influence on all hydraulic parameters. It also looks as if the blade angles at the inlet are smaller than in the original.
- The delivery head becomes significantly smaller and flow rate increases.
→ Steep characteristic curve. The efficiency will be significantly lower. - The significantly smaller distance in the blade channel cross sections, and sharp leading edges due to machining, the flow velocity will increase, the local pressure will decrease and thus the NPSH value will increase exponentially.
At low inlet pressure (which is usually the case with seawater pumps), the flow rate of the pump probably collapses. With sufficient inlet pressure, however, cavitation erosion increases significantly. The lifetime of the impeller is reduced. - The balancing holes are not drilled through, so there is no effect. This significantly increases the axial thrust, which reduces the bearing lifetime. In extreme cases, the ball bearings may overheat, the grease leaks out and the bearings are destroyed after a very short time.
- No balancing → higher radial forces → higher vibration → reduced bearing lifetime.
- The trailing edge is straight and not angled. This causes higher pressure fluctuations when the trailing edge of the impeller passes the spiral tongue.
→ Higher noise and vibration.
Did you know?
OEM stands for “Original Equipment Manufacturer”, which means these parts are made directly by the original manufacturer of your equipment. These original parts are specifically designed to meet the stringent quality standards and technical requirements of your equipment.
But the abberivation “OEM” is sometimes used differently!
Some suppliers on the market use the term "OEM" and pass off their products as "Original Equivalent Manufacturer". This can cause confusion and put you at risk of receiving parts that do not offer the same performance and longevity as genuine OEM parts.
Understanding the key differences between genuine OEM parts and alternatives can help you choose the best quality for your equipment. Pay attention to the source and authenticity of your replacement parts to ensure the long-term performance of your equipment.
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