bars of chocolate

Pump Choices in Chocolate and Confectionery Processing: Lobe/CP Pumps vs. Internal Gear Pumps 

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Compare Lobe/CP and Internal Gear Pumps for chocolate and confectionery processing. Learn which pump suits different applications based on hygiene, viscosity, and wear resistance.

Convert Pump from Stuffing Box Mechanical Seal to Behind the Rotor Seal - 4127C & 4227C Series™

In this video we will guide you through the conversion from a behind the rotor seal to a component mechanical stuffing box seal in Viking Pump’s stainless-steel pumps – with U-Plus™ bracket and ProPort™ casing. 

This video applies to these pump models:
H4127C, HL4127C, K4127C, KK4127C, L4127C, LL4127C, H4227C, HL4227C, K4227C, KK4227C, L4227C, LL4227C

Flanged port

7 Things You Want to Know about Flanged Ports, but are Too Afraid to Ask

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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 differences in each standard. AND the standards have evolved over the years, leading some to use obsolete terms which only compounds the confusion. The following should help clear up some of this confusion as well as give you a resource to help answer questions for others.

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Banana Pumps and Star Gears: A guide to pump industry slang

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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 pretty hard”; I appreciated his honesty.  What followed was a 30-minute conversation full of mis-assumptions and confusion.  At the conclusion I discovered that he was not talking about a head (as in the end plate of a gear pump) but rather a head (as in the top of a snare drum).  An internet search for “head” had landed him on our site by mistake.