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A Buyer’s Guide To Vacuum Pumps: 7 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Speaking To A Rep

A Buyer’s Guide To Vacuum Pumps One of the hardest things for a rep to do is to read the client’s mind. The team here at Pye-Barker often gets asked to advise if vacuum A or vacuum B is better for the client. The truth is, there is no one size fits all answer. In […]

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Six Mistakes You Could Be Making That Shorten The Life Of Your Pumps

You Could Be Shortening The Life Of Your Pumps As the saying goes nothing lasts forever. But a good pump that is well maintained can last you a VERY long time. An ANSI pump can be expected to operate for 15-20 years although many last longer than 25 years. We have had Viking Internal Gear […]

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A new look at Best Practices For Pumping Hazardous Materials

Best Practices For Pumping Hazardous Materials Nobody likes a leaky pump and the unscheduled downtime and increased maintenance needs. When these pumps are moving aggressive acids and slurries, they can leak faster and when they do leak they create an unsafe work environment. Obviously, the biggest contributor to this problem is how quickly mechanical seals […]

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5 Types Of Desiccant Dryers And Their Relative Strengths And Weakeness

5 Types Of Desiccant Dryers Contamination of products, disrupted manufacturing processes… physical erosion of your compressed air system. Any of these can reduce the profitability of your plant. A steady supply of ‘commercially dry’ compressed air is vital to keeping quality of products high, maintenance costs as low as possible and preventing lost productivity through […]

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Compressed Air System Design

Compressed Air System Design   There are really only two ways to make a profit in business. Reduce your costs of production or Sell more of your products. The president of your company and your CFO are not doubt admonishing you to cut costs as much as you can. I’m sure you’ve shared the same […]

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An Insider’s Guide To Pump Packing

An Insider’s Guide To Pump Packing Despite all the advances in pump design over the years, we still have to choose how we are going to minimize leakage from our pumps. Based on our team’s observation here at Pye-Barker, there is a split between two camps. The mechanical seal camp and also the packing camp. […]

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“Why hasn’t my team fixed the ‘low cost stuff’ from my compressed air audit?”

We do our share of compressed air audits for clients. One phenomena that baffles us and our clients more often than we’d like is when our audit team’s list of “low cost quick wins” often aren’t implemented immediately. When we check back, many clients haven’t fixed their leaks. They haven’t made simple process improvements to […]

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Air-operated Diaphragm Pump Disasters: 3 More Installation Traps (and A Quick Fix for Each One)

  In December, I shared with you 3 Air Operated Diaphragm Pump (AODD) installation traps. There are another 3 common installation traps that I see maintenance teams make when installing them. I thought I’d share these with you here to save you the time and hassle of having to wait until something stops working on […]

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Shouldn't all pumps be as rock solid as a Viking Pump?

Shouldn't all pumps be as rock solid as a Viking Pump? We have a customer who manufactures fiberglass bathtubs — tubs made from materials that are more affordable than brass, copper, or cast-iron models, easier to install, and more convenient to repair. But making them that way requires a special pump. It drives a mixture […]

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Looking ahead - Viking Pumps save you money

Looking ahead - Viking Pumps save you money   We recently dealt with a customer who extrudes cottonseed oil. This customer was using diaphragm pumps when we encountered their setup. These pumps were taxing the entire system, causing a number of efficiency problems, as well as requiring frequent maintenance. In short, they were costing the […]

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