Extended-duty Piston Pump for Landfill Pumping | How it Works

The IronHorse pump has four major components:

• A reciprocating air cylinder at the wellhead.

• A liquid pumping piston and cylinder at the bottom of the well.

• A fiberglass rod connecting the air cylinder to the downwell piston.

• A downwell drop pipe which provides the flow conduit from the downhole pump to the wellhead.

The air cylinder is connected via a flexible, one-piece fiberglass rod to the liquid pump piston. The piston reciprocates within a specially designed stainless steel cylinder located at the bottom of the drop pipe.

Supplying compressed air to the air cylinder starts it reciprocating – automatically. The reciprocating action is controlled by heavy-duty, jackhammer type controls built into the cylinder itself. The recommended level control is referenced to pressure and vacuum in the well, and provides accurate and reliable pump shutoff when the desired level is reached.