Pitch
Recommended Pumps
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224A SERIES™
- Cast Iron
- Packing
- 0-500 gpm | 0-114 m3h
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124E SERIES™
- Cast Iron
- Packing
- 320-1600 gpm | 114-364 m3h
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4323AX SERIES™
- Steel
- API 682 Cartridge Seal
- 500-1100 gpm | 114-250 m3h
Articles / Case Studies

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 wide variety of viscosities.

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 started my career in the world of pumps, I had to learn a whole new set of concepts. What was surprising was that while the terminology may be a bit different, the concepts are very similar. Think of the following as a “Rosetta Stone” for translating the common terms and concepts of fluid systems to your more familiar terms and concepts of electrical systems.