It is estimated that by 2050, the global population will rise to 9.7 billion, from 7.7 billion in 2019. The global economy is expected...

When Florida’s Lake County Water Authority (LCWA)—in cooperation with the St. Johns Water Management District and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection—made a plan...

By Dr. Florian Rovere, Oerlikon Balzers Within the universe of wear resistant thin films, diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings have emerged as the ideal solution for...

End users or service centers often need to specify replacement pumps or pump motors, sometimes involving a retrofit or re-application project. A successful outcome...

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the average American family uses more than 300 gallons of water per day. Nearly 70 percent...

As a global leader in the development of advanced systems and products for the industrial automation sector, Comau has signed a multi-year partnership with...

Dan Biby learned it all the hard way. An ordeal concerning several inverter-controlled pump motors with bearing damage made him a believer in the...

Moyno’s new urethane stators increase pump life for wastewater treatment plant The City of Hamilton, Ontario’s Wastewater Treatment Plants collect both sanitary and combined sewage...

For mechanical design of a fluid film bearing, the bearing designer must not only consider the proper sizing of the bearing to handle the...

As we saw in part 1 of this series, bearings, gears, rollers, and other precision components can experience excessive wear in applications with metal-to-metal...