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...

Humans have been using wood to construct shelters and other buildings for thousands of years. With the advent of metal tools wood could be...

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...

As in all professions, there are individuals who graduated near the top of their class, and others who graduated last. Rarely would we want...

For equipment designers in processing industries, there are aspects of any system that are more functional in nature, yet still critical. This includes gas,...

As we touched on in part 1 of this series, there are some limitations to low level analysis. Low level analysis is considered to...

Raging heat waves, crippling ice storms, devastating drought—extreme weather has continued to accelerate in the past decade, claiming lives and causing untold devastation. Just...

Motor design is key to the performance and service life of a pump. But determining the size of the motor required to drive the...

There are philosophical choices that have sparked some of the great debates of our time: Star Wars or Star Trek? Thin crust or deep...

By Patrick Nein and Alexander Bailey, Mueller Water Products With any waterworks device that will be buried in the ground for long periods, regularly exceeding...