Michael Smith Engineers

Michael Smith Engineers Ltd was formed in 1971 as a specialist pump distributor. We have our head office in Woking, a sales and support office near Leeds.

Michael Smith Engineers Ltd is managed by Sam Smith and Adrian Turner. The rest of the team includes John Tyson, Stephen Goodway, John Maslen, Stuart Willgoss, Adrian Dawson, Jason Downing and Luke Smith in sales and support, Monica Wonham takes care of our accounts, Steve Alder and Andi Gough man the workshops and Emma Jackman, Vanessa Higgins and Rhiannon Smith are responsible for order handling.

The primary markets we service with our ranges of pumps are the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and process sector with our larger pumps as well as laboratories, r & d institutions and OEMs with our smaller pumps. We only promote products for which we have been designated as distributors and currently hold around ₤ 200, 000 in stock of pumps and parts.

What we do
We tend to be experts in sealless leak-free pumps and offer ranges of magnetically driven gear pumps, magnetically driven centrifugal pumps (including metal, plastic and lined centrifugals), conventionally sealed centrifugal pumps, peristaltic pumps, tubular diaphragm pumps, metering pumps, valveless piston pumps, turbine pumps, high pressure diaphragm pumps, vane pumps and barrel emptying pumps.

We can provide pumps in a wide selection of wetted materials for liquids between 0. 2 cP and 500, 000 cP, temperatures between -50 ° C and + 400 ° C, capacities from nanolitres per hour to m3 per minute and can supply pumps for high system pressures up to 350 bar and high discharge pressures up to 500 bar.

We are also capable to pump liquids with up to 60 % solid content, depending upon the nature of the solids and the particular requirements. Self-priming pumps are readily available for suction lifts up to 7. 5 metres. Depending on the duty requirements, we can supply pumps which have a low shear action or have a smooth flow or which can be run dry. Corrosion resistant materials are available for many of our ranges include metallic options of stainless steel and high nickel alloys or plastic options of PVC, polypropylene, PVDF and ETFE.

Michael Smith Engineers have expertise of pumping many hard to handle liquids including acids, bases, organic liquids, solvents, inorganic liquids, slurries, volatile liquids, corrosives, abrasive liquids, non-lubricating liquids, liquids with entrained gases and flammable liquids.

We have the ability to provide a large range of drive options for the different ranges we represent including single phase and three phase motors, inverter control, DC motors, air motors, ATEX approved drives and manual and automatic variable speed units.

In addition to supplying a complete range of specialist pumps and drives, we also offer an extensive variety of accessories including filters, relief and loading valves, flow meters and tubing to complement the various types of pumps.