Improving an Organization’s Engagement and Agility through Evidence-based Product Support

Organizations establish standard product development processes to proactively optimize performance versus profit. However, the impact of insufficient quality or reliability are dealt with reactively...

Going Against the Current: Part 2 of 2

As we saw in part 1 of this article last month, today’s electronically-controlled dosing pumps are often overloaded with electronic application options that are...

To Succeed Control Your Speed

Read Part 1 Here! In last month’s start to this article, we explained how, for several different applications, medium voltage VFDs are typically superior to...

The world’s largest untapped resource: excess heat: Part 1 of 3

Among experts there is increasing consensus that spiking energy prices are likely to linger on for the next few years, at least. While the...

Benefits of Screw Pumps in Oil-and-Gas Fluid-Handling Applications: Part 2 of...

As mentioned in part 1 of this series, the solution to the shortcomings of centrifugal pumps can be positive displacement (PD) screw pumps. The...

Smooth Sailing for FPSO Unit in Australia

By Claudia Proeger, Sulzer Not many service providers can deliver complex service solutions to all types of rotating equipment regardless of the original equipment manufacturer...

A Light Solution for Deep Water

SKF has supplied magnetic bearings for use in the world’s first subsea gas compression system at the Asgard gas field off the Norwegian coast....

Proactive Motor Testing Protects Ethanol Plant

Ethanol has been a clean-burning fuel used in the United States since the 1850s. Ford’s Model T automobile was designed to run on ethanol,...

How to Assess Pump Performance

Conventional centrifugal water pumps are unable to be significantly improved; however the Stelth “Solid Body Vortex” principle, employed as a pump, approaches the problem...

Extending the Life of Eddy Current Variable Speed Drive Systems

Figure 1: Original Dynamatic® Assembling Drawings Eddy current drive technology can be a reliable proven alternative to traditional VFDs. An eddy current drive controls speed...