By Del Williams When municipal sewer or storm lines become blocked, the trouble typically began with a growth of tree roots that eventually stopped the...

By Ben Keiser, Applied Flow Technology  Pumps, fans, and compressors account for about 60 to 70 percent of total electrical energy usage by US manufacturers....

By Lin Liu, Zhuang Li, and Suri Ganeriwala, SpectraQuest, Inc. A shaft crack is a slowly growing fracture of the rotor. If undetected in an operating...

How often are good ideas turned away because we cannot seem to justify their returns with hard dollars? More often than not, it is...

Sand, sludge, corrosives, abrasives, and myriad other challenging fluid components tear into the working surfaces of pumps hour after hour, gradually or catastrophically deteriorating...

Businesses across all industries rely on consistent power to keep operations running smoothly. However, unexpected outages are becoming increasingly common, putting critical assets, sensitive...

By Logan Walz, Oerlikon Balzers Specialized physical vapor deposition (PVD) coatings are widely recognized for the critical role they perform in enhancing operational performance and...

By Johann Fourrat-Besson It’s a fact of life that industrial manufacturers will need to create or work with liquid components that are sensitive or hazardous....

One of the major pump OEMs had invited Mechanical Solutions, Inc. to resolve an occurrence of multiple pump driveshaft failures for one of their...

Pump operators should use filters and regulators when needed to condition the air supply. This encourages more reliable pump performance and reduces equipment wear...