Sometimes there’s nothing quite like a reminder about the basics of various product categories. So we thought we’d take the time to review some of the major pump categories. Starting with the ever reliable Internal Gear Pump. How Does Internal Gear Pumps Work? The crescent internal gear pump has an outer or rotor gear that […]
Eric was interviewed by Charli Matthews on the Empowering Industry Podcast. The podcast is the hub for pumps and related industry insight and has been for the past 9 years. The host, Charli K. Matthews is the Founder and CEO of Empowering Brands. She has worked in the pump and equipment industry since 2005. […]
Optimizing Your Compressed Air System It’s interesting to me that a lot of compressed air systems are allowed to grow organically. Pumping systems are precisely engineered. Requirements are specified exactly. The system is evaluated on paper, future-proofed. Those designs are evaluated and double checked… Compressed air systems are not specified per se. Compressed air […]
We’re back for another edition of “Know Your Pumps.” This time we take a look at another member of the positive displacement pump family: lobe pumps. How Do Lobe Pumps Work? Lobe pumps are similar to external gear pumps in operation, except the pumping elements or lobes do not make contact. Lobe contact is prevented by […]
Compressed air has become a vital utility in the day-to-day operations of most companies. Businesses are well aware of the need for compressors, but there is considerable debate as to which of the two most popular types – rotary screw or reciprocating – works best in an application. As a supplier of Gardner Denver compressors, today […]
Benefits of Internal Gear Pumps Many industrial manufacturing plants use dangerous chemicals in their operations. Things like strong acids, resins, polymers, solvents, and caustics are common in applications. Although these substances are highly dangerous on their own, they are necessary to the manufacturing process for many common household goods and for other industrial processes. Today […]
Viking Positive Displacement Pump The decision to use a Positive Displacement pump (PD Pump) or a centrifugal pump is not always a crystal-clear choice. To make the right choice between these pump types, it is important to understand that they behave very differently. Today we’re discussing when you should choose a Viking positive displacement pump in […]
The Internal Gear Pump Working Principle A gear pump is a type of positive displacement pump. Gear pumps use the actions of revolving gears to move fluids. The rotating gears create a liquid seal with the pump casing and generate suction at the pump inlet. The fluid that is drawn into the pump is enclosed […]
Avoiding Devastating Consequences The number one thing that takes a positive displacement pump offline is a foreign object in the fluid. When that happens, the consequences can be devasting and the repair or replacement can be costly. But you can avoid this expensive downtime by installing Viking Lid-Ease Pump Strainers. These pump strainers provide protection for […]
Wright Flow Sterilobe Pumps Wright Flow Technologies is well known for its design and manufacture of rotary lobe pumps for over 30 years, including the new Revolution and other top-quality pumps such as the Classic+, RT pumps, and Wright Flow Sterilobe. Each with its distinct place in the market, this range of hygienic pumps can […]
