Saving Valuable Water for All

MUNICIPALITIES LEARN FROM HOMEOWNERS’ EXAMPLE American Leak Detection has found over seven million leaks since 1974 establishing the franchise system as a leader in the...

Ensuring Success When Applying Bearing Isolators on Pumps

A well-known technique for increasing pump reliability is sealing the bearing housing with non-contacting Bearing Isolators over less expensive contact seals. Because contact seals...

The Mechanical Seal Industry’s Contribution to Energy Efficiency in Pumping Systems

By Richard Smith and Chris Booth, AESSeal Sealing devices account for only a small fraction of the energy consumed by pumps. The scope for energy...

Safe and Efficient Bolting

Superbolt makes easy work for boiler feed pump workers Nuts and bolts are one of the most basic and commonplace components in any piece of...

Sturdy Inside and Out

By Benjamin Budde, Stallkamp   The biogas plant in Hammel near Aarhus can now consider its latest tank as the biggest glycerin tank in Denmark. It...

Strategic Mechanical Seal Partnerships

It would be inappropriate to criticize equitable owner-manufacturer partnerships; however, there is still a need to become more aware of the hidden, long-term adverse...

High performance south of the border

Over the past six years, Vesconite Bearings has witnessed a significant uptick in its supply of bearings to Mexico—a testament to the growing recognition...

Valve station planning 101: Part 2 of 2

In the first part of this series, we addressed some of the basics of effective valve station planning. Continuing in that mold, let’s take...

Collaboration Improves Reliability of High-voltage ESPs

By Ericka Richardson, Greene, Tweed AccessESP, a Houston-based provider of rigless electrical submersible pump (ESP) conveyance solutions for the global oil industry, developed a retrieval...

The Use of Thermoplastics in Fluid Handling: Part 2 of 2

In part 1 of this series, we established that thermoplastics present many benefits across a range of industry areas because they are dielectric, exhibit...