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Improve Reliability and Efficiency of your Horizontal Pumps with Graphalloy [Case Study]

GRAPHALLOY, a graphite-metal alloy manufactured only by Graphite Metallizing Corporation, has long been used to provide reliability when pumping low-specific-gravity fluids or when “run dry” conditions occur. Successful applications include […]

Control Valve Cavitation: Causes & Prevention

Cavitation prevention and protection is an important consideration in the design and operation of valves used in water distribution systems. One should be able to determine if cavitation exists, and […]

DualPac® 2211 Extends Packing Life by 3X for Fiberboard Plant

Challenge Issue Customer was using a competitor’s PTFE packing on pumps used for high consistency pulp stock. The packing required replacement every three weeks. Goal Increase the length of continuous […]

Pump Vibration Issues Identified and Solved With Chesterton Connect™

Challenge At a paper plant, a critical hydrate slurry pump with a high concentration solids had infrequent high vibration which posed a threat to equipment reliability. The vibration expert could […]

10 Ways to Kill a Diaphragm Pump

An air-operated double diaphragm pump is a very reliable pump type and certainly very easy to operate and maintain. Nevertheless, there are a number of things that allow you to […]

8 Steps To Properly Installing A Gasket

1. Examine– Visually examine and clean flanges, bolts, nuts, and washers and make sure to replace any defective components, if necessary. 2. Lubricate– Lubricate bolt threads, nut threads & facing, […]

Backflow Prevention 101

Backflow is the result of water flowing in the reverse or unwanted direction. This generally happens when the normal supply or upstream pressure in a pipe drops below the downstream […]

Hydra-Cell® Metering Solutions

The technology used to produce metering pumps has barely changed in over a generation. As a result, conventional metering pumps have operational limitations and greater cost consequences. Hydra-Cell is not […]

Slurry Pumping: 8 Powerful Pump Questions Every Successful Engineer Must Ask

You have bought a pump, or you are considering a purchase. Perhaps you experience problems with the pumps in your mining process. In all cases, it might be worth taking […]

Case Study: Eliminate pump failures and save thousands of dollars in rebuild costs

Pump failure is an expensive problem. Not only does it cost money to have the pump repaired, but there is also the loss of productivity and the resulting impact on […]

31 Reason’s Why Proco

Check out the wide selection of flexible connectors, expansion joints, penetration seals and rubber check valves are available from PROCO Products, Inc. Learn 31 reasons to specify with PROCO.