One of the major problems facing industry today is the limited number of people with sufficient skill and experience to diagnose and rectify the basic problems plaguing positive displacement pumps. Another difficulty is that the same lack of skill and experience is creating many of these problems in the first place. A detailed evaluation of […]
We frequently receive calls for an air dryer. When pressed for specifics, the customer often has no idea how dry he needs the air to be. He may only need to remove liquid water and contaminants from his line. Or, he could need “instrument quality” air. The amount of moisture in compressed air is expressed […]
Many customers are becoming energy conscious and are reviewing existing production equipment to look for ways to save energy. One major item of consideration is the cost of compressed air. For fluid transfer requirements, many customers will use an Air Operated Diaphragm pump. For a typical 2" AOD pump to transfer 50 GPM of light […]
A few months ago I was in south Georgia with our salesman Chris Carlisle and we were visiting a bio fuel transfer facility. Essentially, this facility unloads bio fuels from tankers and stores the fuel until it is loaded into another tanker for distribution. This facility was having some challenges with a Viking Q4124A, which […]
[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.0.77" background_layout="light" border_style="solid"] Long life is no accident. It is a result of healthy life practices and good care. The same rule applies to life of an air compressor. Good care and maintenance have a direct bearing on the length of trouble free service an air compressor can provide a customer. Recommended […]
In street lingo "def" means something cool, hip, up-to-date. In the world of diesel engines DEF defines the latest in reducing harmful exhaust emissions. DEF is an acronym for Diesel Exhaust Fluid, an important component that minimizes nitrogen oxides (NOx) in a technology called Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR). DEF itself is a carefully blended aqueous […]
Welcome to the first of our weekly blogs here at the Pye-Barker Supply Company website. It is our hope that you will find these blog posts informative and relevant to helping you select, apply, and maintain the equipment your business needs. Since 1936 Pye-Barker Supply Company has been serving all sorts of industries here in […]
