Xylem engineer Stefan Abelin has been honoured by the Hydraulic Institute for his contribution to the creation of a new ANSI/Hydraulic Institute (HI) standard for the factory testing of pumps and an improvement of an existing standard for submersible pumps.
03 April 2012
The Pump Industry Awards organisers have revealed the winners awarded this prestigious prize on the 22nd March at the St Johns Hotel in Solihull, UK.
27 March 2012
The finalists for the 2012 Pump Industry Awards have now been chosen, giving you the opportunity to vote for those project, products and people who you think have made a real contribution to the pump industry during the last year.
25 January 2012
Gabelli & Co Inc’s 22nd Annual Pump, Valve & Motor Symposium will be held on 9 February 2012 in New York.
23 January 2012
Hydraulic Institute and Pump Systems Matter have announced the start of their upcoming Understanding the Slurry Standard webinar series.
17 January 2012
As 2011 draws to a close the deadline for entry submission to the Pump Industry Awards is looming, with 30th December the last date by which you can submit who you think should win an award at the prestigious show.
13 December 2011
The Pump Industry Awards is back, so if a company, product, application or individual that you know of or work with, is worthy of recognition for a ‘job well done’ why not put forward an entry for one on the following categories.
06 December 2011
The Hydraulic Institute (HI) and Pump Systems Matter (PSM) has announced the date and time for its 2012 Annual Meeting.
29 November 2011
The final date to apply for a technical paper to be presented at the VDMA’s International Rotating Equipment Conference 2012 is 10th December 2011. The complete text of the accepted technical paper must be submitted by 13th April 2012.
24 November 2011
The organisers of the UK Pump Industry Awards are now welcoming nominations for the next awards ceremony, which takes place on 22 March 2012 in Solihull, UK.
22 November 2011
The European association of pump manufacturers, Europump, is now an associate member of Orgalime, the European engineering industries association.
24 October 2011
Registration is open for the Hydraulic Institute (HI)‘s fall (autumn) meeting, which will take place on 4–8 October 2011, at The Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, Texas, USA.
09 September 2011
Blackhawk Technology Company has introduced two new heavy-duty models to its line of Apollo Electric Linear-Rod Pumps, which have solar and low-amp grid power options.
07 September 2011
Bürkert has launched new country-specific colour product catalogues.
30 August 2011
The latest Current Industrial Report covering pumps has been published by the US Department of Commerce.
17 August 2011
The organisers of the annual UK Pump Industry Awards (PIA), have announced that the call for nominations is now officially open.
08 August 2011
The Hydraulic Institute (HI), in collaboration with the Fluid Sealing Association (FSA) and the International Sealing Distributors (ISD) will host a series of mechanical seals webinars, an overview of mechanical seals for pumps.
18 July 2011
According to NOV Mono, two of its Munchpump packaged pumping systems have been specified by United Utilities to improve efficiency at its Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) in Caldbeck by preventing pump blockages and minimising down time at the site.
12 July 2011
Catastrophic failure is a possible outcome when inlet pipework is over-pressurized or when the rotor of a high-energy pump seizes. Both can result from the low-flow protection failing to act promptly. Dr Edward Grist shows that pipework layout, pump design and leak-off system design greatly influence the risk of failure.
08 June 2011
To correctly evaluate the operational and maintenance state of a pump, reasonably high levels of technical knowledge and operational experience are required. The ability to learn these skills is offered through two academic distance-learning study programmes: 'Pump Engineer' and 'Certified Energy Consultant for Pumps and Pump Systems'.
02 June 2011