Key features
An oil pump built into the gearbox keeps a constant supply of oil to every relevant gasket. Vogelsang's phrase for it is that the grease gun stays on the shelf.
Fibrous material gathers in gaps and cavities and pushes the torque up, which wastes pumping power. Rotating the separation plate removes one of those traps.
Vogelsang's own variant of the mechanical seal, made to industry standards, with a block designed to raise the pump's resistance to fibre in the manure.
Highly wear-resistant special steel over the whole pump chamber. The plates take the abrasion so the housing does not.
Vogelsang's own headline characteristics for the series. It draws its own prime and takes the stray hard object that finds its way into a store.
Cardan shaft, hydraulic motor, electric motor or combustion motor, mounted permanently or on a three-point base and run off the tractor power take-off.
About the Vogelsang FX series
Vogelsang built the FX on the R series and calls it the upgraded product from the proven R series, with three things integrated as standard: an industrial-standard block ring seal, a rotating separation plate, and a circulating oil lubrication system. Those three are the upgrade, and they are what you are choosing between the two ranges for.
One designation covers the range, FX116, in six sizes. Vogelsang calls them expansion stages, and stroke volume is what sets them apart.
| Type | Stroke volume | Max. pressure | Max. capacity | Max. capacity | Max. speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FX116-60 | 1.16 l | 8 bar | 750 l/min | 45 m³/h | 650 rpm |
| FX116-120 | 2.32 l | 7 bar | 1,500 l/min | 90 m³/h | 650 rpm |
| FX116-180 | 3.48 l | 6 bar | 2,250 l/min | 135 m³/h | 650 rpm |
| FX116-240 | 4.64 l | 5 bar | 3,000 l/min | 180 m³/h | 650 rpm |
| FX116-300 | 5.80 l | 4 bar | 3,800 l/min | 225 m³/h | 650 rpm |
| FX116-360 | 6.96 l | 3 bar | 4,500 l/min | 270 m³/h | 650 rpm |
Read the two middle columns before you read anything else on this page. Pressure falls as capacity rises. The 8 bar belongs to the smallest pump in the range and the 4,500 l/min to the largest, and you cannot have both. Need 6 bar, and you are choosing between the FX116-60, the FX116-120 and the FX116-180, the largest of which gives you 135 m³/h.
Vogelsang qualifies the capacity column itself, and the qualification matters on a farm. Those are maximum theoretical figures. What you actually get is normally lower, and it moves with the pressure difference, the viscosity of the medium and how the pump is installed. A long suction run into a store that has been sitting all winter is not the condition those numbers were taken under.
Sizing it
Oversizing is the default mistake in pump specification, and the FX punishes it twice. Go up a size for headroom you do not need and you give away pressure you might. The two move against each other across this range. Send us the real emptying time you are working to and the run you are pumping against, rather than a round number with margin already stacked into it.
Where it is the wrong pump
The FX is a farm pump and Vogelsang is direct about that. It calls it a professional liquid manure pump without torque boost, developed for the specific requirements of that medium. If the duty is an industrial one, or the build needs specifying against a chemically aggressive medium, with a wider choice of lobe materials and housing metallurgy or a sealing arrangement to a plant standard, the VX series is the range with those options in it. If the pump is going on a tank vehicle where every kilogram is payload, look at the LoadMaster instead.
We supply and support the range as a distributor. On an FX the decision is mostly the size, because the pump arrives configured for the job it was designed for. That makes it an easier specification than most of the Vogelsang rotary lobe line, and it makes the size harder to correct afterwards.
How the Vogelsang FX series works
Two lobed rotors turn in opposite directions inside the pump chamber and carry the medium round the outside from the suction side to the discharge side, which is the rotary lobe principle in one sentence. Delivery rate follows shaft speed, so the flow is set by how fast you turn the pump. Every size in the FX range runs to the same 650 rpm ceiling.
The separation plate, and why it turns
Liquid manure is full of fibrous material. It gathers in gaps and cavities inside a pump, and as it packs in, the torque needed to turn the rotors climbs. That costs three things: wear, pumping power, and fuel. Vogelsang's answer on the FX is to rotate the separation plate with the lobes rather than leave it fixed, taking one fibre trap out of the pump. Its own claim for the change is greater pump power and lower diesel or electricity consumption.
Lubrication
The FX carries an oil pump inside the gearbox that supplies oil evenly and constantly to all the relevant gaskets. There is no manual lubrication to do. On a pump that spends its working life on a yard rather than in a plant room, a maintenance job that gets skipped is a maintenance job that eventually costs a seal, so removing it is worth more than it sounds.
The seal
The weak point in almost any pump is the seal, and on the FX it is a block ring seal, Vogelsang's own variant of the mechanical seal, made to industry standards. Mechanical seals last considerably longer than radial shaft seals. The block is there to raise the pump's resistance to fibre in the manure, and Vogelsang states it extends the life of the unit against a traditional mechanical seal.
One thing no seal design changes: a mechanical seal needs liquid to lubricate it. Run an FX dry because a valve was left shut or the store emptied faster than expected, and you will be buying a seal. If that keeps happening, the fault is in the suction conditions or the sequence, not in the pump.
Wear and lobes
Axial wear plates in highly wear-resistant special steel line the pump chamber and take the wear instead of the housing, which is what lengthens the service interval. The rotary lobes have elastomer-coated cores, and Vogelsang selects the compound against the medium, for example NBR or FKM.
Driving it and mounting it
Four drive types are offered: cardan shaft, hydraulic motor, electric motor and combustion motor. Vogelsang lists the FX as usable anywhere there is a power take-off, either as a permanent installation or as a mobile unit on a three-point base. On a farm running one pump rather than two, that is worth as much as anything else on this page.
Specifications
| Model range | FX116 | six sizes, FX116-60 to FX116-360 |
|---|---|---|
| Flow rate | up to 270 m³/h (4,500 l/min) | at the FX116-360; maximum theoretical capacity, lower in practice |
| Pressure | up to 8 bar | at the FX116-60; the ceiling falls as the size rises |
| Speed | max 650 rpm | the same across all six sizes |
| Stroke volume | 1.16–6.96 l | 1.16 l at the FX116-60, 6.96 l at the FX116-360 |
| Shaft seal | Block ring seal | Vogelsang's own variant of the mechanical seal, made to industry standards |
| Lubrication | Circulating oil lubrication | oil pump in the gearbox; no manual lubrication |
| Separation plate | Rotates with the lobes | prevents fibrous matter accumulating |
| Wear protection | Axial wear plates in highly wear-resistant special steel | |
| Rotary lobes | Elastomer-coated lobe cores | compound selected against the medium, for example NBR or FKM |
| Drive types | Cardan shaft, hydraulic motor, electric motor, combustion motor | |
| Installation | Permanent installation or mobile on a three-point base | operated via a power take-off |
Send us the emptying time you are working to, the run you are pumping against with its length, bore and bends, and what the manure is like at its worst. That is enough to pick the size across the FX116 range and quote it with the drive you need. If the duty wants a different Vogelsang pump, we will say which one.
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Frequently asked
What flow rate and pressure does the Vogelsang FX series cover?
Up to 270 m³/h (4,500 l/min) and up to 8 bar, though not at the same time: the 8 bar belongs to the smallest pump, the FX116-60, and the 4,500 l/min to the largest, the FX116-360. Vogelsang gives the capacity figures as maximum theoretical values, so what you get in service is lower and moves with the pressure difference, the viscosity and the installation.
What sizes are in the Vogelsang FX series?
Six, all under the FX116 designation: FX116-60, FX116-120, FX116-180, FX116-240, FX116-300 and FX116-360. Stroke volume separates them, from 1.16 l to 6.96 l, and all six run to a maximum 650 rpm.
What is the Vogelsang FarmerPump?
FarmerPump is Vogelsang's own name for the FX series. It is a rotary lobe pump developed specifically for agricultural use and for liquid manure as the medium, rather than an industrial pump sold into farming.
Does a Vogelsang FX pump need greasing?
No. The FX has circulating oil lubrication: an oil pump built into the gearbox supplies all the relevant gaskets constantly, so manual lubrication comes off the maintenance list entirely.
What is the difference between the Vogelsang FX and R series?
Vogelsang describes the FX as the upgraded product from the proven R series. Three things come as standard on the FX and define the difference: the industrial-standard block ring seal, the rotating separation plate and the circulating oil lubrication system, and on fibrous manure those three are what you are paying for.
How is a Vogelsang FX series pump driven?
Vogelsang offers four drive types: cardan shaft, hydraulic motor, electric motor and combustion motor. The pump can be mounted permanently or run as a mobile unit on a three-point base off a tractor power take-off, so one pump can cover a fixed store and field work.