From Fluid Components Intl. (FCI)

The old saying, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of care" may have been coined by process and plant engineers tired of repairing or replacing pumps. Pumps are often the most under serviced pieces of equipment in process automation when it comes to maintenance and prevention best practices. Unfortunately, nothing moves without the humble pump and a process becomes inefficient when they don't operate properly or completely shutdown. Many times the pump manufacturer is considered to be the problem, when in fact the process or the surrounding equipment configuration is the cause.

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