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When it comes to keeping food and beverage pumps running efficiently, a pump expert identifies errors you should avoid. For the past 33 years, Jim McCormick has been solving problems for his sanitary and process equipment customers. Most of the time, he says, these problems could have been avoided. Learn why pumps fail and some common specification mistakes to avoid.
Read MoreIt can be as smooth and clear as water or wine, or as sticky and thick as cookie dough or peanut butter. Regardless the viscosity, one thing remains a top priority when pumping processed food and beverages—no corners can be cut when it comes to keeping the systems clean and hygienically safe. Food-and-beverage pumps are subjected to extensive and harsh cleaning procedures to assure that they meet all health regulations.
Read MoreHalf the year, she lives and works on a 100-meter offshore vessel tracking underwater bombs, creating nautical charts, and building islands. When the work ends and all the men onboard go home to dry land, she moves to her floating home—a 12.5-meter sailboat—on which she and her husband sail the world. Last year, Emeline Veit spent only 10 days on dry land. She wouldn’t have it any other way.
Read MoreRendela Wenzel is a female engineer and a reliability star in a global arena. A global consultant engineer for pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Company, Wenzel works with a variety of pharmaceutical-grade equipment, including bulk pharma pumps, tanks, agitators, vacuum dryers, chromatography columns, vacuum units, and buffer systems.
Read MoreThe Siemens program, Introduce a Girl to Engineering, offered to girls from fifth to twelfth grades, begins with a 30-minute interactive presentation that demonstrates the versatility and creativity of the engineering profession. This is where the girls are shown how things such as cheesecake, perfume, and stuffed animals require engineers to manufacture them.
Read MoreMacko uses her curiosity and mechanical gifts every day with Geiger. As the team leader of the packaged-systems group, she does everything from taking customer calls to troubleshooting problems and testing equipment under construction. She also works with the quality-assurance program and spearheaded the company’s successful effort to achieve ISO9001 certification.
Read MoreThe biggest advancements in chemical pumps within the past decade come from the technology of automation and instrumentation built into metering and dosing pumps. A chemical pump expert shows how preventive maintenance can ensure chemical pumping performance and provides the Top 5 Tips for preventive maintenance for chemical pumps.
Read MoreSolving problems for his customers is what sets Jody Millsap apart from the pack. “I love to investigate a problem and find a solution,” the 50-year-old president and owner of Water Solutions Engineering said. “This is what I really enjoy. This is one reason why I like to do consulting in addition to our regular work. The customer I started consulting with in 2012 had a 15-year-old problem. It was water related and we were able to solve it. This is what I really love to do—go in and help a customer solve an issue—to show what the problem was and show how we solved it. The gratification of doing that means the world to me.”
Read MoreExperts describe some of the common maintenance issues that arise in oil and gas pumping systems, and demonstrate some of the ways to solve them—including solutions to the Top 5 oil and gas pump maintenance problems.
Read MoreAs a Senior Hydraulics Engineer for Freese and Nichols, Inc., Tom Hill solves problems for his clients by building hydraulic transient simulation models of pump stations and pipelines to analyze, predict, and solve critical issues.
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