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From Chemicals to Metal Fabrication – How Thermoplastic Pumps Outperform the Rest

Thermoplastic pumps have become a preferred choice for a wide range of processing and manufacturing industries due to their exceptional chemical resistance, durability, and cost-effectiveness. Let’s explore why they are particularly suited for the following sectors: Why Thermoplastic Pumps are Ideal for Various Processing and Manufacturing Industries Processing Industries 1. Chemicals and Petrochemicals: Thermoplastic pumps […]

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How to Prepare Your Thermoplastic Pumps for Winter Downtime

As winter approaches, thermoplastic pumps require special attention to ensure they remain in optimal condition during periods of downtime. Harsh weather conditions, freezing temperatures, and prolonged inactivity can lead to damage or reduced performance. To help safeguard your equipment, we’ve compiled six essential steps and a bonus tip to prepare your pumps for the winter

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TL-104 – Pump Moves Glue Easily

Reprinted from PLANT SERVICES Paul Wnuk, General Manager Jim O’Bannon, Finger Jointer Supervisor, Sierra Lumber Co., Stockton, CA Morgan C. Larkin, Editor-West Sierra Lumber Company in Stockton, CA, manufactures components for wood doors for home building. The door framing is assembled using glued, interlocking finger joints, which are accurately cut and fit. A chronic problem

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TL-107 – Pump Choice Supports Continuous Production at Hitachi

Reprinted from ENGINEER’S DIGEST FOCUS ON FACILITIES In addition to an ultra-clean environment, the fabrication of high quality silicon wafers — submicron integrated circuits — requires dependable equipment to ensure continuous production. So, you can imagine the concern when maintenance personnel at Hitachi’s wafer fabrication facility in Irving, Texas, discovered that original pumps were not

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TL-109 – Flexible Liner Pump Cuts Scrubber Maintenance

Nonmetallic wetted parts handle 98% sulfuric acid, 50% caustic, and up to ½” solids with ease Reprinted from CHEMICAL PROCESSING Packed tower recirculating scrubbers made by Gaylord Foundry Equipment use 98% sulfuric acid and 50% caustic solutions as neutralizing agents in cold box processes to capture amine gases and sulfur dioxide. All components of the

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TL-110 – Sump Pump Upgrade

Reduces downtime for barrel reconditioner Burbank Drum & Barrel Co., Glena Park, TX, reconditions, grades and resells half-a-million, 55-gal. steel drums per year. The reconditioning and recycling process consists of these steps: grading drums for recycling or crushing, submersion in NaOH stripper for general drum cleaning, water rinse, de-denting, NaOH/steam flush, dry/siphon station, H•SO— power

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TL-112 – Fluoropolymers & Custom Engineering Solve Bromine Pumping Problems

Reprinted from CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT By Edward Margus, VP of Engineering, Vanton Pump & Equipment Corp. In the past 30 years, plastic pumps have come a long way in proving their economic and performance advantages to the CPI. An example of just how far pump designers have come in utilizing the latest advances in plastics can

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TL-114 – How to Select a Non-Metallic Pump

Reprinted from POLLUTION ENGINEERING By Edward Margus and Kenneth Comerford Pumps constructed of various non-metallic materials are widely used in wastewater and other pollution control applications. The use of non-metallic pumps for applications involving water and wastewater treatment, pollution control and other related services has been expanding at a dramatic rate for a variety of

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