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Expanded Seal Flexibility with U-Plus™ Brackets

02-19-2025

Viking Pump’s new generation of pumps (sizes H-QS in steel and stainless steel) offer a wide array of benefits that the previous alloy pumps could not, particularly in the area of sealing flexibility.... See more
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All You Need to Know About ProPort™ Casings

11-14-2024

Viking Pump’s new generation of internal gear pumps offer a wide array of benefits that the previous alloy pumps could not, particularly in the area of porting flexibility. These new pumps reduced the... See more
first look at the generation 4 internal gear pump by Viking Pump

Introducing Viking Pump’s NEW Generation of Pumps

11-14-2024

As a masterclass in engineering design and manufacturing flexibility, Viking Pump has re-designed its heavy-duty alloy pumps, both steel and stainless steel, in the most ingenious ways. These new mode... See more
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Pump Choices in Chocolate and Confectionery Processing: Lobe/CP Pumps vs. Internal Gear Pumps 

09-02-2024

Compare Lobe/CP and Internal Gear Pumps for chocolate and confectionery processing. Learn which pump suits different applications based on hygiene, viscosity, and wear resistance.
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Reversing a Gear Pump

01-25-2024

With Viking pumps the answer is usually “yes,” but before you turn that “reverse” switch on your pump’s motor starter or variable frequency drive, there are a number of things to consider, which are d... See more
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7 Essential Tools for Pump Repair

10-09-2023

Like any job, you need the proper tools to do it well – and the same is true for repairing or servicing positive displacement gear pumps. Below are helpful hand tools that Viking's pump experts recomm... See more
Collage of liquids with different viscosities like milk, orange juice, syrup, etc.

Viscosity Through Thick and Thin

03-10-2022

Viscosity is a measure of a liquid’s resistance to flow. And you don’t need to work in a laboratory to observe this. Anyone who’s spent any time in the kitchen has observed a variety of liquids with a... See more
Flanged port

7 Things You Want to Know about Flanged Ports, but are Too Afraid to Ask

01-05-2023

Flange standards used on Viking pumps have been in place for over a century so EVERYONE should be experts on this now…right? It turns out not so much. There are various standards and various design di... See more
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PUMP CAVITATION: THE SYMPTOMS, CAUSE, DIAGNOSIS, AND CURE

09-14-2022

Customers don’t ask me to listen to quiet pumps. This is symptom #1 of a cavitating pump. The pump is loud. Descriptors like “growly”, “rumbling”, or “gravelly” are used to describe the atypically lou... See more
Viking pump strainers

Low-Cost Insurance Policy: how a strainer will save you time and money

07-20-2021

It’s typically impossible to see inside pipes and tanks. Industrial pipes are usually steel or stainless. Even the occasionally used PVC is typically opaque. But on the day of this customer visit, t... See more

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