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Joint failure—rubber tube delamination after exposing to water at 225 psi system pressure and 225 F (Images courtesy of Garlock)
Pumps
Performance Expansion Joints: More Than Meets the Eye
The potential benefits of investing in high-performance expansion joints.
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Centrifugal Pumps
How Chopper Pumps & Grinder Pumps Can Improve Sewage Pumping Systems
Pump stations that see higher degrees of solids require more maintenance.
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Pumps
Simple Modifications to Save Your Pumping Equipment
Maintenance tips for helical gear pumps, AODD pumps and skids to keep them running longer.
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Pumps
How to Determine Which Powered Drum Pump Is Best for an Application
Considerations can include specific gravity, fluid temperature, size and portability.
Shaft alignment
Pumps
The ABCs of Machinery Alignment
Laser shaft alignment is one way to correct misalignment.

Cavitation
Pumps
Suction Piping, NPSH & Cavitation
Practical notes and useful guidelines for dealing with these aspects of centrifugal pumps.
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Instrumentation/Controls
Software for System Design & Applications Within Pipe Sizing, Part 1
No longer will deadline-driven compromise limit a hydraulic design’s potential.
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Pumps
BEP: Parallel Pumps & Head Requirements
How best efficiency point affects sizing and operation.
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Pumps
Why Understanding Total Cost of Equipment Ownership Is Critical
This often-ambiguous calculation is critical to making data-driven fleet decisions.
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Pumps
What to Consider in Gear Pump Selection
Understand variables when choosing an internal or external gear pump.
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Motors
How VFD Technology Reduces Fan & Pump Downtime
Learn how to implement this technology to help with maintenance and energy costs.

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Pumps
Select the Right Construction Pump
8 important questions before beginning the job
Sectional drawing of a mag drive pump.
Pumps
In Pursuit of the Leak-Free Pump
Magnetic couplings and wet rotors are key features contributing to the technology.
How to Recover High Value Foodstuffs to Help Manufacturers Maximize Returns
Pumps
How to Recover High Value Foodstuffs to Help Manufacturers Maximize Returns
Potential value of lost viscous product can add up.
How to Recover High Value Foodstuffs to Help Manufacturers Maximize Returns
Pumps
How to Recover High Value Foodstuffs to Help Manufacturers Maximize Returns
Potential value of lost viscous product can add up.
4 Questions to Consider Before Adopting Condition-Based Maintenance
Instrumentation/Controls
4 Questions to Consider Before Adopting Condition-Based Maintenance
Adapt people and processes before implementing IIoT tools
Pumps
What You Need to Know About NPSH
Most pump problems are related to net positive suction head.

Valves
How a Valve Can Help Prevent Surging
Both undersizing and oversizing can harm your system.
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