Determining the Right Net Positive Suction Head Margin
Account for consequences of acceleration head in designing pump pipework
Technical Paper by Simon Bradshaw, Director Engineering Pumps Americas, Circor
Anyone designing a pump and piping...
5 Factors in Determining Overall Pump Life-Cycle Costs for Positive Displacement vs. Centrifugal-style Pumps
Technical paper by Geoff VanLeeuwen
Facility managers who rely on industrial pumps for the various liquid-transfer duties in their manufacturing processes can be excused if...
Mechanical seals finally under control
Technnical Paper by Lars Meisenbach
Damaged mechanical seals are the most common cause of pump failures. Seal failure means substantial damage to a plant: the...
Rotary lobe pump sextuples service life in handling abrasive ceramic slip
A German ceramics manufacturer used a progressing cavity pump for filling and recirculation of the storage tanks for grog and ceramic slip. The wear...
Verder Group Acquires Jabsco Rotary Lobe Pumps from Xylem
The Verder Group, a Dutch family-owned business specializing in the manufacture and distribution of pumps and laboratory equipment, has announced its acquisition of the...
Elbow pump made from plastic
The use of elbow pumps is always indicated when large flow rates are to be pumped to low heads. This requires a propeller-like impeller...
Pump impeller balancing machine
A pump impeller balancer is an automatic 3-axis milling machine. The machine can be easily integrated in the full pump impeller production line because...
A Do-It-Yourself project for maintenance engineers of slurry or high viscous product lines
Sensing pressure in a slurry line or high viscous product line is always a problem. The gauge will get plugged and will simply get...
Test Benches at Meccanotecnica Umbra for Industrial Rotating Sealing Applications
Technical paper by Paolo Zenone
Meccanotecnica Umbra (MTU) provides not only mechanical face seals for uses from dishwashers to Oil & Gas applications, but the...
Detect damaging events in a mechanical seal at an early stage
Seals, especially mechanical seals in pumps, play a critical role in a wide range of industrial applications, from food processing to chemical processes. Damaging...
