Driven Toward Innovation

Ferdinand Porsche is best known today for the sports cars that bear his name, but, among other engineering breakthroughs, he also built the first...

Pump Rebuild Protection to Help Maximize Pump Life

Pumps are major investments for any company, and the practice of rebuild over replacement not only yields cost savings, but often lessens the amount...

Tuning the Accuracy of Lift Station Flow Rates: Part 1

To tune means to adjust for optimal or improved performance. Musical tuning entails adjusting an instrument to achieve a perfect pitch. Depending on the...

On TOPS of the World

Throughout his fourteen years with Valley Rural Utilities (VRU), Floyd Ogden has confronted numerous deficiencies with the aging wastewater collection system serving Hidden Lake,...

Pumping New Life into a Failed Pump

A Caribbean refinery had been using a Union Pump Company (now SPX Clyde Union) 4x6 (4-inch discharge, 6-inch suction) Multi-Phase Extraction (MPE),...

Addressing the Water-Energy Efficiency Nexus through Variable Frequency Drives

Today, critical processes in water, wastewater and irrigation activities jointly use more than 55 billion kilowatt-hours per year, according to estimates from the U.S....

The Next Generation of Drainage and Sludge Pumps

At this year’s BAUMA exhibition, Grindex announced the launch of its updated range of drainage and sludge pumps. The updated pumps deliver increased running...

Best Practices for Pump Reliability: Pt 1 of 3

Centrifugal pumps in U.S. oil refineries and petrochemical plants typically reach mean-times-between failures (MTBFs) ranging from barely three years to as much as ten...

Grinder Pumps On The Cutting Edge

From bicycle wheels to automobiles to typewriters and electronics, the sprawling Remington Rand complex in Middletown has held an important place in the state’s...

It Pays to Be Smart

Reliable, economical, and hermetically sealed, the compact Ecosmart pumps from Lewa GmbH have proved themselves in simple metering applications in water treatment, in refineries,...