
Circumferential Piston Pumps Are NOT Lobe Pumps
11-09-2023
Viking Pump invented the internal gear pump in the early 20th century; but did you know that we carry various other pump technologies? Most of them are easily identifiable based on their shape. But on...
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Chad Wunderlich
Distributor Development Manager

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...
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Chad Wunderlich
Distributor Development Manager

5 Reasons to NOT Settle for Imitators
06-30-2023
Having a great product, with a great reputation, and being a technology inventor like Viking Pump®, positions you as a market leader with high visibility. As such, other internal gear pump manufacture...
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Chad Wunderlich
Distributor Development Manager

Viking Pump Energy Commits to Planting 10,000 Trees in 2023
04-06-2023
The Viking Pump® Energy Segment has partnered with global non-profit One Tree Planted with a goal of planting 10,000 trees annually. Every tree planted makes a positive impact for nature, wildlife, an...
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Robyn Watson
Sr. Marketing Coordinator

Retrieving Freedom Receives Donation from Viking Pump
03-02-2023
The Viking Pump ROOTS committee awarded Retrieving Freedom a $5,000 donation to support their local efforts to provide trained service dogs for individuals with disabilities in our community.
Robyn Watson
Sr. Marketing Coordinator

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...
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Chad Wunderlich
Distributor Development Manager

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...
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Chad Wunderlich
Distributor Development Manager

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...
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Chad Wunderlich
Distributor Development Manager

Relief Valves: The ever-vigilant heroes
07-25-2025
Millions of homes around the world are fitted with water heating devices such as boilers or water supply heaters. Should they overheat, pressures can rise internally until the tank ruptures. Though ex...
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Chad Wunderlich
Distributor Development Manager

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...
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Chad Wunderlich
Distributor Development Manager