Hindsight is 20-20 when troubleshooting and poor pump performance is one of the best places to start to recommend improvements that will have a reasonable return-on-investment and/or correct an operation problem.
"For those of you mentoring others new to commissioning, I hope this gets you thinking about what your best advice would be," writes ES NEWS contributor Miles Ryan. "It is a fascinating job, but it can be overwhelming."
Two Lubbock-based companies have partnered to revolutionize pump testing capabilities through new remote monitoring technology, positioning themselves to address growing demands in water infrastructure nationwide.
The new SMART Recommissioning service optimizes pumps, controls strategies, and BAS integration, a press release from Armstrong Fluid Technology said. Working with current building loads, the program updates the asset’s configuration settings, enables cloud connectivity, and documents asset details.
The Hydraulic Institute's new on-demand courses are designed to support the pump and fluid-handling industry with workforce development and onboarding resources.
SHARP is an on-site, OSHA consultation program that offers confidential occupational safety and health services to small- and medium-sized businesses in the U.S., free of charge.
Before servicing any refrigeration or air conditioning systems that contain an oil pump, technicians should make sure they understand the difference between net oil pressure and oil pump discharge pressure.