How to Choose the Type of Gasket to Use

Many variables affect the selection of a gasket for a pressure vessel or piping system. Our focus here will be to look at the...

Don’t Let Vibration Data Mislead You

VFD-driven, 15-kilowatt induction motor EasyTool is a condition monitoring solutions provider with service and support representatives in Italy. Located in the town of Fabriano, in...

Flip the Switch on Pump Protection

Engineers responsible for municipal or industrial water storage, disinfection or effluent treatment systems will find the FlexSwitch® FLT93 Flow Switch from Fluid Components International...

Smart Metering Stops Leaks

In 2007, White House Utility District (WHUD), a water utility serving approximately 90,000 consumers and businesses in Tennessee, faced a dilemma: how to meet...

Long-term Benefits of the Total Systems Approach

Operators are constantly looking for methods to improve the life cycle and lower ownership costs for submersible pumps. One strategy that SWPA has advocated...

Handling the Pressure of Gas Odorization

In accordance with worksheet G 280 of the DVGW, gases supplied using public lines must have an adequate warning odor added to them so...

Toward a New Era of Motor-Driven Compressor

Demands for reductions in CO2 emissions from factories continue to rise in response to global warming concerns. Such demands, coupled with the desire to...

New Chemical Feed Pump at Minnesota Water Treatment Facility Reduces Maintenance...

The Victoria, Minnesota, water treatment facility needed a new pump to feed sodium hypochlorite under high pressure into the post-chlorination cycle of their water...

Large Utility Turns to Artificial Intelligence at Major Pump Station

Genesee County, Michigan, is considered to be part of the greater Mid-Michigan Area. The population as of the 2010 census was about 425,000, making...

Benefits of Screw Pumps in Oil-and-Gas Fluid-Handling Applications: Part 1 of...

People are programmed, whether consciously or subconsciously, to embrace the familiar. At the same time, when asked to complete a task, we are apt...