Author: Robert X. Perez, Machinery Engineer When pumping liquids, we typically use flow terms, such as gallons per minute, gallons per…
PROJECT OVERVIEW Waukesha Bearings Corporation’s engineered fluid film bearing production expanded to include magnetic bearings in 2001. The acquisition of Glacier…
A major US pipeline transmission and storage company in the Great Lakes region was struggling with decreasing service life for…
Reciprocating Compressors Reciprocating compressors (see Figure H) represent a class of gas compressors that raises the pressure of a gas by…
Author: Robert X. Perez, Machinery Engineer Centrifugal Compressors Centrifugal compressors are a class of gas compressors that operates similarly to centrifugal pumps. The…
Author: Robert X. Perez, Machinery Engineer Compressor Types Compressors come in many different designs in order to handle a wide variety of process…
As the use of vapor-recovery units at oilfield storage-tank facilities grows, so does the need to understand that proper skid-assembly…
Author: Robert X. Perez, Machinery Engineer In the next 4 columns, I plan to take the reader through a brief overview of…
Blackmer®, part of PSG®, a Dover company and a global leader in positive displacement and centrifugal pump, and reciprocating compressor…