{"id":7610,"date":"2025-06-12T15:20:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T04:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daveywater.com\/au\/?p=7610"},"modified":"2025-06-12T15:23:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T04:23:35","slug":"local-australian-business-davey-water-products-successfully-modernises-pump-controllers-with-abb-drives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daveywater.com\/au\/news-community\/local-australian-business-davey-water-products-successfully-modernises-pump-controllers-with-abb-drives\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Australian business Davey Water Products successfully modernises pump controllers with ABB drives"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Humble beginnings: The Davey building circa 1940.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

For over 90 years, Melbourne-based company Davey Water Products<\/u><\/a> has been at the forefront of water management innovation, transforming the way it is conserved, treated, and filtered. From humble beginnings as a singular-person-operated business in Carlton, Victoria, Davey has grown into an iconic Australian brand known for its dependable and high-quality products. Whether it’s ensuring perfect water pressure, providing healthy drinking water, protecting homes from fire and flood, delivering reliable water solutions to businesses or farms, or helping people maintain their clean and relaxing pools and spas – Davey\u2019s solutions are trusted by customers worldwide.<\/p>\n

ABB Motion Australia recently had the opportunity to sit down with key members of the Davey team: David Potts, Product Specialist \u2013 Commercial Business Unit; Matthew Dell\u2019Olio, Category Manager- Water Transfer and Treatment; and Larry Wijesinghe, Production Manager- Commercial Business Unit. In this insightful discussion, they shared how Davey is developing a diverse range of solutions to meet the custom demands of their clients in sectors like irrigation, agriculture, farming, and high-rise commercial buildings. Their tailored systems are helping to address increasing market demands and a requirement to adapt to evolving application needs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The Davey story<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Davey is committed to supporting its Master Dealer network across several key market areas. These include small and large commercial irrigation (such as sports clubs, commercial gardens, and agriculture), commercial water supply, pressure boosting, wastewater management, and fire protection. In the realm of industrial processes, Davey’s systems are integral to factory washdowns, quarries, and mining water pumping controls. Renowned for excellence, Davey consistently delivers high-quality, Australian-made solutions for these sectors and its applications.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Davey\u2019s 2MLV model pump set.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Davey\u2019s headquarters in Scoresby, VIC. Australia.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The project: Controls Modernisation and the challenge to overcome<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Davey recently underwent a Controls Modernisation Project aimed at developing advanced, reliable, and energy-efficient water pumping control systems. The company used to source products from over 100,000 different vendors and relied on several legacy pump controllers and drives to manufacture their systems. “It became unsustainable for us,” said Larry. “Each component came from different manufacturers, each with its own mounting and assembly methods.”<\/p>\n

This inefficiency led to excessive Stock Keeping Units (SKUs), increased backend costs, and an ineffective system for Davey\u2019s Master Dealer network. The challenge was to find a more streamlined and efficient solution that could be implemented across their entire business model thereby improving operations for every end customer overall.<\/p>\n

Another significant challenge facing Davey was the need to have readily available variable speed drives (VSDs) to incorporate into their end-to-end solutions across both three-phase and single-phase power supplies).\u00a0 This availability of this offering would allow them to expedite the delivery of their offering to the market.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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A Davey MonsoonIQ2 pump set featuring ABB drives on display at a national exhibition. <\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Davey\u2019s 1MLV model pump set featuring an ABB drive on display for customers.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Why ABB Drives?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

After a lengthy period of reviewing available technology providers, Davey chose ABB for their range of ACQ580<\/u><\/a> water-dedicated drives. These drives offered:<\/p>\n