Pumps Reference Materials

Description: Continued need for maintenance, high costs, and eventual catastrophic pump failure are the reasons that Fayette County officials looked to seepex for a sludge transfer solution. The Town Branch Waste ...

Description: Delware, OH, waste water treatment plant was looking for a solution to replace their conveyor system. Conveyors are costly and difficult to maintain. A seepex load cell controlled Progressive Cavity ...

Description: Any time you introduce a new product to any market there is a fear factor in play. If the early returns are any indication, however, that won't be the case for the MH6 in the dry-bulk transport ...

Description: Since its invention in 1899, sliding vane pump technology has been proven as the best, most efficient way to move fluids in a wide array of manufacturing applica- tions. The reputation that sliding ...

Description: To shorten cleaning time and significantly extend crucible life, Century Aluminum (Monterey, Calif.), a primary aluminum smelter, contracted with ACME Machine Works Inc. (Spokane, Wash.) to custom ...

Description: While it is important to consider the direct efficiency parameters of a pump, such as the amount of product pumped per unit energy consumed, considerations should include the indirect efficiency ...

Description: Glucose presents several challenges for food and pharmaceutical processors to overcome, but Eccentric Disc Pumps are the clear solution In the world of industrial processing-specifically in the food ...

Description: "Inaction is the riskiest response to the uncertainties of an economic crisis. But rash or scattershot action can be nearly as damaging." So begins an article-entitled "Seize Advantage in a ...

Description: A paint and coatings plant that produces both cationic paste with pigments and cationic binders without pigments for truck shipment to automotive OEMs was experiencing difficulties when transferring ...

Description: A paint and coatings plant that produces both cationic paste with pigments and cationic binders without pigments for truck shipment to automotive OEMs was experiencing difficulties when transferring ...

Description: 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 ...

Description: Most older cities in North America have combined sewer systems and many, like Toledo, have their WWT plants located in an older part of the city, next to a lake or a river. Space in these locations, ...

Description: Pumping viscous liquids can present some difficult problems. When selecting a pump, fluid viscosity must always be considered. The effects of viscosity can be better understood by looking at the ...

Description: The challenge for any manufacturer of handheld and portable battery-operated equipment is to extend product life. By maximizing the efficiency of each component in the design, overall product ...

Description: There are often times when customers are unsure of their system requirements. For instance, they could still be in the design stage of a project and know only a range of requirements. ...

Description: With more than 9,500 employees from 92 facilities spread across 26 states, as well as Canada, Mexico, Chile and Argentina, Rock-Tenn Company (Norcross, Ga.) is one of the world's leading manufacturers ...

Description: Servicing and troubleshooting ...

Description: Automotive service station shall mean that portion of property where flammable or combustible liquids used as motor fuels are stored and dispensed from fixed equipment into the fuel tanks of motor ...

Description: To see the basic principle of a tubing pump in action, lay a soft rubber or plastic tube across a hard, flat surface. (See Diagram Below) With a rolling pin, pinch the tube closed at the line A-A, ...

Description: A "Direct Drive" pump has a hollow shaft, which simply slides onto the drive shaft of a motor or engine. The flange on the pump is mounted to the face of the engine or shaft end of the motor. Normal ...

Description: The role of a sump is to provide an optimum operating environment for the pumps and eliminate the risk of flooding. But without detailed knowledge of pump performance, the design requirements ...

Description: Sealless pumps are used in many industries, most commonly to avoid the leak potential of rotating mechanical shaft seals. The term "sealless" is actually somewhat of a misnomer - while sealless pumps ...

Description: The Ethyl Corp. Petroleum Additives Div., Suaget, Ill. Plant receives 50% caustic (sodium hydroxide) raw material by tank trucks. The caustic was formerly unloaded from truck to storage tank by using ...

Description: The magnetically driven, Magnatex MPT regenerative turbine vane pump has gained praise as a superior pump for the safe and efficient handling of liquid fluorocarbons at a DuPont monomer processing ...

Description: Our forum here responds to contributing editor Ross Mackay's recent article on magnetic drive pumps (Let's Get Practical, December 2005). I have great respect for his opinions, but I also believe ...

Description: Chemical process pumps lined with fluoroplastic materials such as PFA, ETFE and PVDF have excellent corrosion resistance capabilities, especially PFA, which can be used in many applications up to 500 ...

Description: What could be nicer than sitting under the midsummer sun clutching a glass of English ale while the fiddle and accordion strains of a Morris dancers' band smooth one sense and the waft of roast pork ...

Description: Brewers and distillers are replacing pondorfs/expellers and air compressors with seepex pumps, which have proved to be an ideal way of handling spent grain and hops. Traditionally expeller units and ...

Description: Tight land usage requirements, coupled with increased customer demand, prompted one Southern California wastewater department to design and build a state-of-the-art sludge processing plant, from the ...

Description: A variety of special machines is required for paper manufacturing. The pump constructions are determined by the product to be manufactured - cartons, paper or cardboard - and the type of fibrous ...

Description: Only a short time before, the irrigation water drenching the 18-hole links at the Bentwater Golf Course, and the greens at the Governor's Towne Club Course, in Paulding County, Ga., had been ...

Description: THE GREAT AMERICAN DREAM of fame and fortune is grasped by many in many different ways. For six men in Evansville, Wisconsin, it was to take the shape of the A. S. Baker Company. Their ...

Description: Whether in medical technology, environmental protection/analysis, in the laboratory or process engineering, many applications are today unthinkable without the use of mechanically driven diaphragm ...

Description: Low noise, greater reliability, easy control options are demands on modern piston pumps. To lower both, the noise emission and the high and low pressure pulsation the number of pistons of a radial ...

Description: While vane pumps can handle moderate viscosity liquids, they excel at handling low viscosity liquids such as LP gas (propane), ammonia, solvents, alcohol, fuel oils, gasoline, and refrigerants. ...