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Booster Pumps & Boosting Water Pressure

Booster pumps increase water pressure and flow rate in a water system. Pressure boosting is determined by the (Read More)

Drawing shows where a pump curve and an efficiency curve intersect to create a Best Efficiency Point.

Low Flow or No Flow Pump Conditions

Centrifugal pumps are designed to move a volume of water while creating differential pressure from the pump suction (Read More)

A factory technician holdes a tablet while inspecting pressure guages on working centrifugal pumps.

When the Pressure Gauge is Not Telling the Whole Story

The plant maintenance supervisor or the water system manager is diagnosing a pump system to ensure everything  (Read More)

A photo of a custom duplex pump skid system using 2 vertical booster pumps.

What to Consider in a Packaged Pump Skid System

Skid mounted pump systems are an increasingly popular solution for industrial water handling. They are customized to (Read More)

A pump motor's nameplate is shown with callouts for the pump's critical data and specifications.

Understanding Pump Motor Nameplates

All pump motors have a nameplate that carries critical data about that specific motor. Deciphering that information is vital (Read More)

Two 18 wheelers parked outside of a washdown station on a sunny day.

Booster Pumps for Car Washes and Truck Washdowns

Car washes rely on continuous-duty, high pressure pumps to clean lines of waiting, dirty cars. Typically multistage pumps  (Read More)

A variety of diameters of PVC pipe demonstrates how I.D. affects pressure loss.

Pipe ID Affects Pressure Loss

Pipe ID (inside diameter) affects pressure loss in water systems and needs to be considered when specifying pipe. It is common in pump sizing to look (Read More)

An example of how cavitation can damage submersible pump impellers.

Cavitation is Possible in Water Well Applications

In most basic submersible water well pump training for pump sizing, preventing cavitation is rarely prioritized. Most basic manuals do not even (Read More)

A hand with a pencil plotting pump efficiency curves on a piece of paper.

Using Pump Curves: 102

Most everyone who has installed, sold, or manufactured pumps, is familiar with the pump curve. Basic understanding of the pump curve which is a plotting (Read More)

An arrow shows where water should be poured into a centrifugal pump to prime it.

Properly Priming Centrifugal Pumps

Priming the pump is necessary for it to draw or lift water to be pressurized and transferred. But improper methods for priming a pump can cause damage (Read More)

The tops of 2 different types of stainless steel 4" submersible well pumps are compared.

Should You Use WS or WT Series Well Pumps?

Our 4” and 6” submersible well pumps come in two variations: the WS Series and the WT Series. While both pumps have their strengths, the main (Read More)

A chart showing the difference between different types of pumps

Finding the Right Pump for Your Application

We’ve been specifying pumps for groundwater, commercial & industrial, agricultural, and municipal water supply professionals for over 60 years. So, we (Read More)

An image of a vertical booster pump with arrows showing water's path from intake to discharge.

Maximum Working Pressure for Vertical Boosters

Pump users observe maximum working pressure when selecting pumps. But, they should also consider suction pressure to ensure that the (Read More)

Vertical and horizontal centrifugal pumps on a blueprint background.

Horizontal vs Vertical: Choosing the Right Centrifugal Pump

When choosing the right centrifugal or booster pump for a new system, there are factors that should be considered. Flow rates, piping configurations (Read More)

Arrows showing the path of air as it cools ODP and TEFC pump motors.

ODP vs TEFC: Cooling Industrial Pump Motors

Like all motors, centrifugal and booster pump motors need to keep cool to work efficiently. Fans built into or onto these hard-working motors are designed to (Read More)

A submersible well pump showing red, black, yellow, and green wires in the foreground.

Why Ground Wires are Critical on Pump Motors

Any “modern-day” pump motor has either a ground screw or ground wire. We all acknowledge that motors should be grounded, but many do not know why. (Read More)

Quality Components: Inside an EZ Series Booster

The EZ Series Booster Pump is one of our most popular industrial pumps, and is built with quality components. For quality control and fast assembly time, (Read More)

Submersible Pump Selection Guide

We’ve created a convenient Submersible Pump Selection Guide to help you quickly find the pump you need. The easy-to-use guide contains (Read More)

New pump mechanical seals are shown behind failed and rusty mechanical seals.

6 Reasons Why Mechanical Seals Fail

Mechanical Seals are a vital pump component which prevents fluid from escaping a pump chamber through the port where a shaft drives the pump. When these  (Read More)

A comparison of 4 different stainless steel centrifugal pump impellers on a blueprint grid.

Inside Your Centrifugal Pump: Impellers

The impellers inside your centrifugal pump may look very similar, but their performance differs due to their design. Besides the number of impellers stack (Read More)

A colorful chart showing NEMA enclosure ratings with checkmarks indicating the protection each type of enclosure provides.

The Most Common NEMA Enclosure Ratings

Electrical enclosures are made to protect us from the potential electrical hazards inside, and protect the interior components from outside environmental (Read More)

A young woman looking through the hole in the center of a thermoplastic centrifugal pump impeller in front of an injection molding machine.

Injection Molding Our Impellers and Diffusers

At the heart of a centrifugal pump is the impeller and diffuser. We injection mold and machine these critical pump components for ideal performance. As we  (Read More)

What is a System Curve?

The System Curve Explained. A system curve is a plot of your pumping system for various flow. The system curve calculates your static conditions, those that exist without (Read More)

An example of a 2-wire and a 3-wire type submersible pump motors.

2-Wire vs. 3-Wire Type Submersible Motors

The water well industry often debates the preferences and features of a single-phase 2-wire motor vs. a single-phase 3-wire motor to operate their (Read More)

A technicians hands replacing the mechanical seal on a centrifugal pump.

Replacing Mechanical Seals on Pumps

It is not unusual for mechanical seals to fail. Many times mechanical seals are the first components to fail in a pumping system. They are a common cause of (Read More)

A close up photo of the shiny stainless steel pump end on a centrifugal pump.

Choosing Stainless Steel Components for Pumps

The advantages of using stainless steel are obvious in pump manufacturing. Stainless steel is strong, corrosion resistant, has great hot strength, and is (Read More)

Booster Pump Design for Well Applications

One of the most efficient ways to supply water to small housing developments that do not have public water supply available is to use two pumps (Read More)

A scehatic drawing of a closed loop piping system.

Sizing a Pump for a Closed Loop System

Pumping within a closed loop is often mis-sized due to the nature of the closed loop. By closed loop, we mean that the end of a pump system is plumbed back  (Read More)

Drawing shows how imporoper submergence can suck air into a centrifugal pump causing cavitation.

Proper Submergence Can Control Cavitation

Cavitation is sometimes the cause of structural damage to propellers, impellers, and pumps. One cause of cavitation can be improper pump submergence. (Read More)

A diagram showing a pump system curve.

Create a System Curve BEFORE Choosing a Pump

Choosing a pump by creating a system curve first will ensure the pump you choose will operate properly and within the preferred operating range for that pump. Creating the (Read More)

A variety of check valves used in submersible pumps.

Check Valve Practices for Submersible Pump Systems

Check valves play an important role in controlling the flow of fluids in a pumping application, but a water well application depends on check valves even more. (Read More)

Piping for the Suction Side of the Pump

When piping the suction side of a centrifugal pump, it is not always best practice to adapt to the size of the suction and continue back to the source. In choosing (Read More)

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Drawing shows where a pump curve and an efficiency curve intersect to create a Best Efficiency Point.
A photo of a custom duplex pump skid system using 2 vertical booster pumps.
A pump motor's nameplate is shown with callouts for the pump's critical data and specifications.
A factory technician holdes a tablet while inspecting pressure guages on working centrifugal pumps.
Two 18 wheelers parked outside of a washdown station on a sunny day.
A variety of diameters of PVC pipe demonstrates how I.D. affects pressure loss.
An example of how cavitation can damage submersible pump impellers.
A hand with a pencil plotting pump efficiency curves on a piece of paper.
An arrow shows where water should be poured into a centrifugal pump to prime it.
The tops of 2 different types of stainless steel 4" submersible well pumps are compared.
A chart showing the difference between different types of pumps
An image of a vertical booster pump with arrows showing water's path from intake to discharge.
Vertical and horizontal centrifugal pumps on a blueprint background.
Arrows showing the path of air as it cools ODP and TEFC pump motors.
A submersible well pump showing red, black, yellow, and green wires in the foreground.
New pump mechanical seals are shown behind failed and rusty mechanical seals.
A comparison of 4 different stainless steel centrifugal pump impellers on a blueprint grid.
A colorful chart showing NEMA enclosure ratings with checkmarks indicating the protection each type of enclosure provides.
A young woman looking through the hole in the center of a thermoplastic centrifugal pump impeller in front of an injection molding machine.
An example of a 2-wire and a 3-wire type submersible pump motors.
A technicians hands replacing the mechanical seal on a centrifugal pump.
A close up photo of the shiny stainless steel pump end on a centrifugal pump.
A scehatic drawing of a closed loop piping system.
Drawing shows how imporoper submergence can suck air into a centrifugal pump causing cavitation.
A diagram showing a pump system curve.
A variety of check valves used in submersible pumps.
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