Control valves (CV) are found throughout municipal water distribution systems and are integral to maintaining consistent water pressure and supply. The importance and ubiquity...

By Walt Prentice, Applied Flow Technology  No longer is over-engineering, or designing from heuristics, as necessary as it once was. Why? Because engineers can build...

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 plumbing profession is all about trust—using tried and true methods that have stood the test of time to ensure that pipe connections will...

In 2025, the 500,000th RV pump have rolled off the production line in Lutín, Czechia. A remarkable milestone for a pump that has redefined...

In recent years, the demand for clean and affordable energy has increased the popularity of gas turbine power generation in industrial and commercial co-...

Designing mechanical seals for sealing refrigerants and other low viscosity liquids has been a difficult problem for seal manufactures for many years. It has...

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

Although fulfilling the original design intent and functioning as intended, many “traditional” sealing systems found in industrial applications waste considerable amounts of energy. The uncontrolled...

Part 1 of this 4-part series on “Mechanical Seal Energy Audits and their Value” laid the groundwork for presenting the topic and its implied...