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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While chemical inertness is the major reason for specifying a plastic pump, users can take advantage of other benefits as well Reprinted from PUMPS AND SYSTEMS By Ken Comerford A variety of nonmetallic materials are available to meet your needs. Not so long ago system designers would consider the use of plastic pumps only if
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Reprinted from World Pumps Guide to the selection of materials for pumping the halogen bromine In this second of a series of articles on materials selection for pumping corrosive, abrasive and hazardous chemicals, George Black considers the problems presented by bromine. Dense, toxic and highly aggressive, its handling demands specialized pumping solutions, as illustrated by
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PLASTICS or METAL? Reprinted from CHEM! Materials, Processing & Control By George Black, Communications Consultant During the first half of the last century the decision concerning which material to use for a fluid handling application was relatively simple. Choices were limited to determining which metal would prove most cost effective for the service conditions. Corrosion
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