The machine shop is Viking Pump’s largest facility. Since its opening in 1960, the shop has undergone multiple expansions and has now grown to 320 thousand square feet. Today this facility houses many departments including machining, tooling, assembly, paint, shipping, quality, procurement and planning. In the machine shop, parts are machined from castings and bar stock. Dimensions, especially those inside the pump cavity, must be precise to ensure the pumps operate efficiently and are capable of high pressures and self-priming.

Located on Viking Road in the Cedar Falls Industrial Park, the 78,000 square foot facility is used to produce gray iron, carbon steel, 316 stainless steel, and 770 non-galling stainless steel. 
In a foundry, parts are cast by pouring molten metal into a hollow mold. To create a mold, core and mold technicians pull patterns for the various cast parts. Each pattern is a template for one side of one or more parts. Sand is compressed against the plate and when the plate is removed the shape of the part remains and half of a mold is created. 

In Ohio, like the rest of North America, the most common roofing material for homes is shingles. Ohio, and many other states, utilize Viking pumps to produce and deliver filled roofing asphalt to the felt backing for making roofing shingles in a variety of colors and styles. This application is hot, viscous, and highly abrasive requiring hardened Viking pumps to handle this tough application. In New Jersey, Viking ammonia pumps are used mostly for refrigeration, but you’ll also find Viking ammonia pumps with a different purpose.

Welcome. In this Quick Tip video, we will show you how to switch between flat gaskets or o-rings in Viking pumps with the ProPort™ casing. The bracket, head, and ports will each have a flat gasket or o-ring for sealing. Depending on application requirements, users can switch between these elastomers as needed. Before you begin please consult the appropriate technical service manual for safety information. A copy of the latest revision can be found at vikingpump.com.

Let's start with Texas. Whether you’re in Houston, or Dallas, or West Texas, it’s impossible to get away from Viking pumps used in the petroleum industry. Certainly you’ll find Viking pumps for crude oil here, but also at the finished end of the process helping to manufacture a variety of lube oil blends from conventional motor oil to full synthetics, to special blends for colder environments, high mileage engines, marine, aviation, and dozens of other specialty applications. South Carolina’s textile industry is older than the US itself.

[NARRATOR] The Viking Pump ROOTS program is proud to partner with the Cedar Bend Humane Society to provide support for animals in Black Hawk County and the surrounding communities. [Felicia] Cedar Bend Humane Society aims to place animals in lifelong loving homes. We want to educate on the issues of humane care, teach responsible pet ownership, and shelter the strayed, the neglected, and the unwanted animals of Black Hawk County. And we couldn't do what we do without the community support. That is invaluable to us.

Viking Pump’s original applications started at home, right here in Iowa. This original list included asphalt, fuel oil, turpentine, linseed oil, and water but did not include one of Viking Pump’s most common applications in the state today: corn syrup. Corn syrup is a sweetener made from, you guessed it…corn, and used in a variety of foods, candies, beverages, and pet foods. Next, is Rhode Island. Bunker C has many names: Heavy Fuel Oil, Bunker Oil, #6 Fuel Oil.

Welcome, in this video quick tip video we will guide you through the installation of Viking Pump’s O-Pro® Cartridge seal into a pump with the U-Plus™ bracket. Before installing the new seal, ensure the shaft is free of any debris or wear any burrs can damage o-rings upon installation. First, prepare the O-Pro® Cartridge seal for installation. Lubricate and install the two internal o-rings into the O-Pro® cartridge seal gland. Apply gasket sealant to the O-Pro® Cartridge and place a gasket. Give the gasket a quarter turn and then flip, to ensure both sides have a continuous bead of sealant.

Welcome, in this video we will guide you through the conversion from packing to Viking Pump’s O-Pro® Cartridge seal in pumps with the U-Plus™ bracket. This video applies to these pump models… Before you begin, please consult the appropriate technical service manual for safety information. A copy of the latest revision can be found on our website at vikingpump.com. To begin, remove the stainless-steel window guards from the bracket. Next, bend up the tang of the lock washer. Place a brass or hardwood bar into the port opening to keep the pump from turning. Loosen and remove the locknut.

[NARRATOR] The Viking Pump ROOTS program is proud to partner with House of Hope in serving the Cedar Valley. [DUSKY] Female-led households in Iowa struggle for economic security more so than their married or partnered counterparts and women who age out of foster care are the highest at risk for becoming single mothers in homelessness. So if we are going to really make a generational impact, which is our goal, we want to truly break cycles for good, long-term. We have to address what's happening with single mothers and women who age out of foster care.