It has been said, “You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.” This concept can be all-too-familiar for anyone who has ever neglected a pump. A dependable pump isn’t truly appreciated when it’s ...

To prevent failure during lengthy use, tube life should be monitored and a preventive maintenance program enacted. Single-use tubing can be used for the length of a biopharmaceutical product campaign ...

Now that summer is approaching, cooling preventive maintenance (PM) is keeping us busy. There has to be a different way to perform a PM for every different contractor out there. Contractors have ...

A trash pump's life is not glamorous. In fact, you would be hard pressed to find a piece of equipment whose duties are more humble. Because the nature of their work requires them to take a lot of ...

Pumps and pumping systems are used in power plants for primary applications such as fuel oil handling and for auxiliary systems such as lubrication and cooling (Figure 1). On average, a 300 MW ...