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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
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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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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... See more
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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... See more
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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... See more
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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... See more
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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... See more
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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... See more
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Chocolate Plant Eliminates Leakage with O-Pro® Barrier

08-02-2019

A major producer of chocolate confections in the eastern United States had been operating many Viking pumps on a variety of confectionary liquids for decades. Many of these gear pumps have shaft pac... See more

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