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Podcasts

  • The editor welcomes you to the June issue
    In this issue World Pumps finds out how a 17 m vertical pump was fitted into place at a Swedish unloading terminal, the part a PD piston pump is playing in an attempt on the world land speed record for a steam-powered car and what the Eastern Asian market is demanding from the pump industry. You can sponsor a World Pumps podcast and engage with new prospects via a powerful online broadcast hosted live on our website.
  • Energy efficiency: Cost and space saving motor technology
    As one of the largest consumers of electrical energy, the AC induction motor has enormous potential to demonstrate savings. A recent development brings together the technology of the AC induction motor with that of permanent magnet servo motors. It offers to contain running costs while promising to pay for itself many times over. Listen to Nigel Evenett, of Lafert Group, talk further about energy savings.
  • The editor welcomes you to the April issue
    In this issue World Pumps focuses on solving multi-phase pump installation problems, solving clogging problems, energy-efficiency and controlling pump capacity. You can sponsor a World Pumps podcast and engage with new prospects via a powerful online broadcast hosted live on our website.
  • Welcome to the March issue of World Pumps!
    The editor, Alan Burrows, describes the article included in this month's issue, including peristaltic pump head benefits and accurate control in sewage pumping stations. You can sponsor a World Pumps podcast and engage with new prospects via a powerful online broadcast hosted live on our website.
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Features

  • Mergers and Acquisitions Review 2008
    Despite the tight credit markets and challenging global economy, 2008 saw further consolidation within the pump sector. Listed below are the transactions that took place during the first and second quarters of 2008. Third and fourth quarter deals were published in the February 2009 issue of Pump Industry Analyst. Subscribers to Pump Industry Analyst have access to a 4-year archive on the website as part of their annual subscription.
  • 50 years of World Pumps: A perspective from the inside 50 years of World Pumps: A perspective from the inside
    To really know how the industry has changed during the lifetime of World Pumps, you have to have been a part of it. Here, we present some insights from four professionals who have witnessed and moved with the changes of five decades in the pump industry.
  • Nuclear power: Less resistance to energy efficiency Nuclear power: Less resistance to energy efficiency
    There are many ways to increase the efficiency of pumps. Here, Lew Beck at Oconee Nuclear Station discusses two of them: firstly the use of ceramic type coatings applied to pump internals such as the impeller and casing, and secondly through the renewal of original fits and tolerances.
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  • Process Industry: Automation and communication Process Industry: Automation and communication
    Comprehensive and interrelated communication between the field units and a central control station is indispensable in the modern process industry. This is particularly so where many pumps are performing delicate and accurate operations. Ralph Held, director of engineering and product management of sera at Seybert & Rahier GmbH discusses how a new generation of diaphragm dosing pumps lends itself to automation.
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Downloads

  • ABB Video Content
    Pumping applications are by far the biggest market for variable speed drives. Understanding the relationship between a variable speed drive and a pump can go a long way to a successful and trouble-free pump system installation. In a series of four, short programmes, ABB’s Geoff Brown unravels some of the mysteries surrounding the basics of pump terminology and pump curves.
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