Simon Bradshaw is CIRCOR Industrial Group Americas’ engineering director. He holds a mechanical engineering degree from Heriot Watt University in Scotland and has 30 years of experience in the pump industry. Bradshaw has worked with the Hydraulic Institute on pump standards. For more information, visit www.circor.com.

Because cavitation is unavoidable in pump operations, understanding how to reduce it using NPSH calculations is necessary to maintain pump functionality and health.