
At the end of the first month of operation, a 30% hydrochloric acid transfer pump on a chemical plant line showed heavy pitting along the shaft sleeve. The pump had a stainless steel casing and a closed impeller, and i...
View MoreAt a desalination plant in the Middle East, a process engineer watched a 4,200 m³/h cooling water loop surge by almost 15% on every flow change. The problem was not the motor, and it was not the piping. It was the pump...
View MoreTwo engineers stand in a chemical plant with the same process spec: 120 m3/h of 30% sulfuric acid at 20 m head. One returns with a horizontal pump on a floor baseplate. The other specifies a vertical pump hanging insid...
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