Current and Flow: An electrical engineer’s guide to the concepts of fluid systems
02-17-2021
Unlike most of my colleagues I didn’t start out with a mechanical background. While they were studying kinetics and machine design, I was studying digital electronics and industrial power. When I st...
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Chad Wunderlich
Distributor Development Manager
Don’t Forget to Stretch
01-29-2021
Long before Covid-19 many of us, myself included, have been sidelined by illness. During this period of downtime, we rest and minimize physical activity. Post-illness we’re eager to resume our norma...
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Chad Wunderlich
Distributor Development Manager
Chemical Transportation Company Saves Time with RTPe Series™
01-15-2021
With today’s fast-paced supply chain demands, it is essential that tanker truck systems can unload contents quickly to ensure timely delivery for optimum manufacturing efficiency. Stony Run Enterprise...
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Chad Wunderlich
Distributor Development Manager
Fear of the Gear
01-05-2021
In the world of positive displacement pumping, reduced speed operation is a common requirement. High viscosity liquids, shear sensitive liquids, abrasive liquids, or any combination thereof require t...
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Chad Wunderlich
Distributor Development Manager
Copper Mining Operation Optimizes Sulfuric Acid Handling
12-16-2020
Copper is fast becoming a critical resource as the world shifts to an increasingly lower carbon footprint, and with the growing demand comes a need for more efficient processing (i.e., refining) of th...
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Chad Wunderlich
Distributor Development Manager
It Flows Both Ways: a guide to running an internal gear pump in reverse
12-03-2020
One of the biggest limitations of a traditional centrifugal pump is its inability to reverse the direction of flow. By design it can only be run in one rotation and one direction of flow. Liquid enter...
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Chad Wunderlich
Distributor Development Manager
Chocolate Plant Eliminates Leakage with O-Pro® Barrier
08-02-2019
Discover how a major chocolate producer eliminated leakage and reduced maintenance costs using Viking Pump’s O-Pro® Barrier technology.
Chad Wunderlich
Distributor Development Manager
Banana Pumps and Star Gears: A guide to pump industry slang
09-18-2019
A gentleman once contacted me to let me know that he’d cracked a head, an impressive, but not entirely unheard-of feat. When I asked how this had happened he admitted “well, I was wailing on it prett...
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Chad Wunderlich
Distributor Development Manager
Pressure & Vacuum Pumping Application Concerns
08-15-2019
In the world of gear pumps, it is common to have liquid handling applications where pressure and vacuum are of concern. So, we wanted to share our perspective and recommendations, to help with making ...
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Chad Wunderlich
Distributor Development Manager
Viking Pumps load vacuum gas oil onto barge in cold water environment
04-12-2019
An Engineering firm recently purchased three large internal gear pumps through a local distributor in northern Illinois. In this case, the pumps were intended to be a prime mover for loading their cus...
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Chad Wunderlich
Distributor Development Manager