A Hughes Pumps aquaculture net cleaning unit recently supplied to Rovscan in Puerto Montt, Chile has proved so effective during recent commissioning that the company has immediately ordered a second, identical unit.
The HPS2200 DS canopy unit supplied to Rovscan is already the unit of choice with most fish farmers and net cleaning contractors in Norway and Scotland. Its powerful performance of 228lpm at 320bar the HPS2200 unit powers a Terminator 9 net cleaner to produce a 2.7m cleaning path, stripping the most stubborn marine growth in a single pass, leaving the net 100% clean.
Gary McNicol, Rovscan’s General Manager had seen the industry struggling to clean nets with low powered, unreliable equipment and identified the need to replicate the success enjoyed in Norway and Scotland by fish farmers and contractors who had invested in Hughes equipment.
Rovscan, leading suppliers of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to the Chilean aquaculture industry, identified the Hughes range of aquaculture net cleaning units as a perfect fit with their business and earlier this year were appointed exclusive agents for Hughes Pumps in Chile.
There are two versions of the Hughes HPS2200 package available; a conventional stand alone pumpset fitted with an acoustic canopy that is generally used from a workboat deck and a marine engine driven version designed to be installed below deck, that uses seawater to cool the engine, making for a very compact installation.
