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DAC Worldwide’s Surge Suppressor Model (295-403) depicts a high-fidelity, precision to-scale model of a pulsation damper, otherwise known as a surge absorber. The industrial model supports training in the operation and maintenance of mud pumps, and mud pumping systems found within oilfield facilities and other applications incorporating large reciprocating pumps.

Learners will explore design, construction, operation, and control of surge suppressors using these learning tools. The model features a clear acrylic shell, component cutaways, color coding, and realistic detail, which combine to make this a useful tool in both operations and maintenance training.

The construction of this realistic mechanical model is based on a variety of well-known pulsation dampener. Based on a unit manufactured by Hydril Corporation, this training aid is a complete to-scale replication of one of the most common dampeners in use today. Molded from urethane plastics using silicone rubber molds, all salient and important equipment details are shown and enhanced.

Its convenient size, detail, color-coding, and multiple cutaways combine to allow the device to be useful in courses covering surge suppressors, flexible diaphragm stabilizers, valve guards, and much more. This teaching aid complements courses in oilfield production activities, oil & gas production operations, and maintenance training.

This Surge Suppressor Model features a clear acrylic, 4.5-inch diameter shell, including a 120-degree sectioned area, that allows complete visibility of both internal and external components. To ensure an ideal training experience, the model also includes a durable PVC base, with provisions for tabletop mounting. All of the construction throughout the model is to-scale, and the perfect 3-dimensional solution for study, promotion, and training.

The Surge Suppressor Model is only one of DAC Worldwide’s expansive mechanical training models and cutaways, which includes a Gas Turbine Model (295-301), a Pumpjack Package Model (295-408), a Composite Crude Oil Desalter Training Model (295-501), and many more!

The Positive Displacement Pump Training Course covers a large range of pump types like Gear Pump, Lobe Pump, Vane Pump, Screw Pump, Peristaltic Pump, Metering Pump, Power Pump, Diaphragm Pump, Piston Pump, Variable Displacement Pump, Beam Pump, Sucker Rod Pump, Hydraulic Pump, etc. with detailed pump classification.

The primary focus on graphics/animations in the training software course helps in very clearly understanding pump maintenance procedures, pump operating/working principle, and aids in pump repair. Included are animated explanations on all types of pumps like Gear Pump, Lobe Pump, Vane Pump, Screw Pump, Peristaltic Pump, Metering Pump, Power Pump, Diaphragm Pump, Axial Piston Pump, Swash Plate Piston Pump, Wobble Plate Piston Pump, Bent Axis Piston Pump, Radial Piston Pump, Variable Displacement Pump, Beam Pump, Sucker Rod Pump, Hydraulic Pump & Mud Pump. The positive displacement pump training program has a dedicated module to assist pump troubleshooting. Animated cut-sections gives a deep insight into pump operation and how pumps work.

Students, as well as maintenance and engineering personnel, and those who have not had formal training, will find that this computer-based training program on positive displacement pumps increases both their knowledge and confidence when performing maintenance. Those with previous training may find this program a good refresher and may learn some important information not covered in their original training.

The course on Positive Displacement Pumps is also available in a "Hardware Lock" licensing method. Many users have requested that they be able to use the software on multiple computers, i.e. when working with the program on the office computer and on the home computer. This Hardware Lock method allows users to install software on as many computers as they like. They need only enter the key on whichever computer they are currently wanting to use the software on. This copyright method also works great for the classroom environment.

Special Hardware Lock Bonus:For the hardware lock option, upon request, we will embed your company logo (replacing the BIN95 logo) in the compressor training software, both to give you a customized feel as well as for added protection of your new company software. (Please note the URL of the company logo in the comment area when ordering or email your logo to us, if you would like to take advantage of this new feature.)

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- The guide is customized to troubleshoot problems on individual pump types.Symptoms:Rotary Pumps:- No Liquid Delivery- Insufficient Discharge Pressure- Insufficient Capacity- Starts, but Loses Prime- Excessive wear- Excessive Heat- Excessive Noise and vibration- Excessive Power Demand- Motor Trips- Elevated Motor Temperature- Elevated Liquid TemperatureReciprocating Pumps:- No Liquid Delivery- Insufficient Capacity- Short Packing Life- Excessive wear at Liquid End- Excessive wear at Power End- Excessive Heat at Power End- Excessive Noise and vibration- Motor Trips6. Conventional and Interactive Skill Tests with Evaluation

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Does your facility own Vogelsang Pumps or Grinders? Are you interested in learning more about how to keep them running efficiently? Attend a Vogelsang Service School. Attendees should be end user personnel who are interested learning about the inner workings of the Vogelsang Rotary Lobe Pump, RotaCut inline grinder, and X-Ripper twin-shaft grinder.​

The fluid end of a duplex or triplex pump offers hundreds of opportunities for error. The results of an error in such a high-pressure system can mean (1) expensive downtime on the pump and maybe the entire rig, (2) expensive repair-replacement, and (3) possible injury or death of a crewman or a company man. Under the laws of nature, pump pistons and liners will wear, and there will be some corrosion and metallurgical imperfections, but the majority of pump failures are manmade. Theoretically, thorough training and retraining should avoid most mud pump problems. Realistically, a critical failure analysis during repair will be necessary to determine how to correct the failure. Telltale signs of trouble are distortion of piston rods, frayed piston polymer, discoloration, odor, hard-to-remove piston, rod cracks, pitting, total fracture, valve seat wear, and unsuitable external appearance.

Everyone agrees that reactive maintenance is probably the worst pump reliability strategy. Maintaining equipment only after it breaks can mean unexpected downtime, emergencies, rush charges, overtime, and replacement of expensive parts.

The best pump reliability strategy is not either preventive or predictive maintenance, it’s a combination of the two, strategically applied. In this post, we’ll discuss the differences between predictive and preventive maintenance and when it’s best to use them.

Many operators rely heavily on “reactive” maintenance rather than preventing and planning for future repairs. As discussed in our eBook, 36 Ways to Kill Your Pump, “reactive” maintenance accounts for unplanned equipment downtime and increased costs.

Preventive and predictive maintenance programs extend the overall life of the equipment and result in fewer unplanned breakdowns. The choice is not one or the other, it’s a combination of the two.

Preventative maintenance is any variety of scheduled maintenance to a pump or other piece of equipment. Generally, it includes scheduled routine maintenance, such as equipment calibration, greasing, oil change, and analysis.

One of the biggest ways to prevent failures is to make sure your equipment is properly aligned and balanced. Misalignment and pump unbalance are the two most common reliability problems for rotating equipment. Laser alignment also fits within this category since its a service completed upon installation, setting the pump up for success.

These programs are designed to keep your maintenance costs low by preventing costly failures before they happen. If you need a preventative maintenance checklist, you can download one here.

Up to 50% of damage to rotating machinery is directly related to misalignment. Misalignment can cause increased vibration, premature seal and bearing failure, and increased power consumption. An unbalanced pump causes similar issues, such as vibration, which can be easily avoided with the right preventative maintenance measures.

Predictive maintenance services are used to monitor the condition of equipment over time. Vibration analysis, for example, measures the vibration of the equipment while it is still in service. This allows the technician to see the change in vibrations over time to predict when a problem may occur, and why.

Predictive maintenance should be part of routine maintenance for pumps and rotating equipment that absolutely can NOT go down. Operators and maintenance managers get a glimpse into the future life of the pump as it"s running today. This allows them to plan for repairs and avoid unexpected downtime.

Not all pumps are equally important in a manufacturing process, so not all pumps should receive the same maintenance plan. It wouldn’t make sense to spend time and money on vibration analysis for a pump in a non-essential application.

Before creating a maintenance plan, place the pumps into categories. This will help determine how much time and money to invest in each one. Use these categories to get started:

Regularly maintaining pumps will extend the life of your pump. When a pump is properly maintained, the parts that need replacing are usually the less expensive wear parts.

Check shaft alignment – believe it or not, shaft alignment can change! Thermal growth and machine movement due to load shifts can cause pumps to move out of alignment.

Up to 50% of damage to rotating machinery is directly related to misalignment. That’s huge. Machine vibration, bearing damage, premature seal wear, and coupling damage are all examples of issues pumps experience when misaligned.

For the most accurate alignment, we always recommend laser alignment. It’s the most accurate method available (to .0001), and once familiar, an operator can align a pump/motor very quickly. It is the most expensive method to get into if doing alignments in-house and can be difficult to learn at first. But when looking for long-term results, the laser align method is the better choice.

Precision rebuild or precision maintenance is the practice of rebuilding a pump as close to OEM specifications as possible. Attention to detail is required for precision rebuilds.

Precision rebuilds are proven to reduce failures and should be a central piece of a pump reliability strategy. If the team lacks capacity, tools, or expertise to rebuild pumps to OEM standards, look for a capable local shop.

Add taps with isolating ball valves into piping on the suction and discharge sides of the pump. Use these to mount pressure indicators to ensure the pump is performing properly.

Read the pump manual and follow each step in the procedure. The procedures therein give the best possible instruction for long and trouble-free life for the pump.

Upon start-up, record the pump performance baseline data – amps, suction pressure, discharge pressure. This is handy when troubleshooting issues, should they arise.

Vibration monitoring is a very helpful tool for predicting pump failures. Some manufacturing facilities have a vibration technician on staff to take readings on critical pumps. These technicians may read the results themselves or send them to a firm that can interpret the readings and provide a report.

Unfortunately, this is not a skill easily attained by a maintenance team. It requires expensive equipment and a great deal of training to be an effective vibration technician. Unless the facility has a large population of critical equipment, this is a service best hired out.

Arguably the most important piece of a preventative/predictive maintenance plan... The TRAINING! Training isn’t just for the maintenance team, it’s for everyone in contact with pumps, operators especially! Failure prevention is everyone’s responsibility.

The maintenance team is the keeper and protector of equipment in the facility. Train operators on the signs of failure so they can report it quickly. Show them how to properly start-up or shut down a pump and how their actions will affect other parts of the system.

If all these steps were do-able by a maintenance team alone, everyone’s reliability goals would be already met. Some of the steps we’ve laid out require specialized training, tools, or specialized training on tools to make them effective. It’s likely the team doesn’t possess all these as they’re expected to know how to fix every machine in the plant. Hire outside help where it makes sense.

Look to a preventative maintenance program and predictive maintenance measures to save on annual maintenance costs and unscheduled downtime. We recommend working with your local equipment supplier to schedule a preventative or predictive maintenance program for your pumps.

Need more information about our preventative and predictive maintenance services? We are happy to help businesses in Wisconsin and upper Michigan. Got a noisy, underperforming pump? Consider our FREE Bad Actor Pump Assessment!

Triplex plunger-type mud pumps feature a reciprocating, positive displacement pump design utilizing three plungers to safely transfer high-viscosity fluids under high pressure over an extended depth. Although they have many industrial applications, these pumps have become an essential part of oil well drilling rigs where they’re used to provide smooth discharge of mud and debris from oil wells.

In addition to their use in drilling and well service operations, mud pumps are also frequently used to handle corrosive or abrasive fluids, as well as slurries containing relatively large particulates, in applications like commercial car washes, wastewater treatment, cementing, and desalination operations.

DAC Worldwide’s Representative Triplex, Plunger Mud Pump Dissectible (295-418) is an economical, conveniently-sized triplex plunger-type mud pump assembly that teaches learners hands-on maintenance activities commonly required on larger mud pump assemblies used in upstream oilfield production operations.

For example, mud pump assembly is used on well sites maintain downhole backpressure, to lubricate the rotating drill bit, and to help recycle and remove rock debris resulting from drilling activities. These heavy-duty, high-pressure pumps require regular refurbishment, inspection, and repair in the field.

DAC Worldwide’s dissectible mud pump assembly is a realistic sample that’s similar in geometry, design, and operating characteristics to the larger varieties learners will encounter on the job. DAC Worldwide chooses popular name-brand pumps for its dissectibles to ensure industrial and oil and gas training relevancy.

Using the dissectible mud pump, learners will gain hands-on experience with the operating principles, regular maintenance activities, and nomenclature/parts identification at a more convenient scale in the classroom or lab.

Technical training is most effective when learners can gain hands-on practice with industry-standard components they’ll encounter on the job. The Representative Triplex, Plunger Mud Pump Dissectible features a wide variety of common, industrial-quality components to provide learners with a realistic training experience that will build skills that translate easily to the workplace.

The Representative Triplex, Plunger Mud Pump Dissectible is a sturdy unit with a complete triplex, reciprocating, 20+ bhp plunger pump with .75" plunger, 1.5" stroke, and 3" cylinder sleeve. The unit allows for complete disassembly, assembly, and inspection, including removal of plungers, packing, and valves.

The dissectible mud pump comes with a formed-steel, powder-coated baseplate. It can also be mounted on a compatible DAC Worldwide Extended Electromechanical Workstation (903). Each unit comes with the manufacturer’s installation and maintenance manual.

For me, it was a pretty valuable experience. As a practical learner, this is really a dream training experience. After discussing each model in theory, I was able to actually look directly at the internal structure of each pump in the main mode of operation. The profile model is really great!

The title of this seminar says it all – this Pump Repair and Maintenance training seminar help students understand what to do when a pump stops working and how to repair it.

Broken pumps can have drastic consequences at your facility. Overall, this training program is designed to teach technicians how to bring pumps back to life when they fail, what they should learn from those failures, and then what to do to make sure they never happen again.

Take the guesswork out of your industrial and municipal pump repair and start-up processes by trusting the experts with Flo-Line Technology. Contact us today to learn more about our services or request a quote online and one of our representatives will be in touch shortly.

In our Auburn service facility, we repair all types of pumps, including screw pumps, centrifugal pumps, and more. Our fully certified pump technicians test each pump to verify the pump performance before we return it to you. Flo-Line in-house pump repair is available 24/7 each day of the week to accommodate for emergency repair needs. We are fully stocked on most pump parts for quick turnaround repair timesWe have experience servicing most major pump brands including Sulzer, ABS, Netzsch & more.

At Flo-Line technology, we strive to ensure a dependable, energy efficient and cost-effective start-up process for all of our customers. We offer the unique capability of start-up supervision including on-site engineering support for all our start-up processes. Start-up support services can also include classroom training that fills as needed. Our expert, hands-on demonstrations allow you to be familiarized with several important aspects of pump start-up and maintenance, such as:

Courses can take place at your facility or in our facility in Auburn, California. Virtual training options can be made available upon request. Contact us  with any questions regarding the pump start-up process or for more information on our in-person training courses.

In order to ensure your pumps are repaired quickly and effectively, Flo-Line offers on-site repair services. Our expert technicians travel to your facility to reduce downtime and keep your pumps running optimally with minimal maintenance required. We are willing to work around your schedule as needed to reduce downtime and allow your business to keep operating while the repair is taking place. We service all applicable industries, including:

Contact us today for your emergency pump repair needs or to learn more about our on-site pump repair, in-facility pump repair or start-up support services.

Graduates of the program have found that their newly improved maintenance skills have extended the life of the fluid ends on their site. Beyond increasing lifespan, customers have also seen benefits in the form of lower repair costs, decreased production costs and a reduction in workplace hazards.

Pump University’s knowledgeable instructors teach customers valuable maintenance tips through workbooks, visual presentations and hands-on training. Each three hour class can accommodate 10 to 15 employees. The classes are designed for drilling hands, but engineers and other employees have found value in the courses. Many participants find that these courses teach them about expendables as well as fluid ends.

Pump University participants receive a certificate upon completion of the program. The certification verifies Pump U graduates are equipped with the most up-to-date knowledge of fluid end maintenance practices.

Pump University is just one part of GD Energy Products’ continually growing service options. GD Energy Products makes the most durable pumps and fluid ends in the industry, and proper maintenance training ensures customers can maximize the life of their GD Energy Products products while minimizing costly downtime.

Many homeowners rely on a sump pump to keep water out of their basement in the event of a storm. Without the proper maintenance, however, a sump pump may fail right when you need it. Simple preventative maintenance could save you the cost of cleaning up a flooded basement. Use the following tips to help keep your sump pump in good condition, so you"ll be ready in the event of a storm.

Test the sump pump. Sump pumps should be tested at least once a year. Test the pump before the "wet season" in early spring to make sure it will be functioning effectively when you need it. Test the pump by pouring a bucket of water slowly into the sump pump. If the pump doesn"t turn on once the water level reaches a predetermined level, then the pump may be broken or clogged. Call a licensed plumber for help.

Clean the pump. Remove the pump"s lid (if it has one), and use a flashlight to check inside. Remove any dirt, sand, gravel or other debris from the pump opening. If the incoming drainage lines are blocked, it becomes difficult for water to channel into the sump pit.

Check for worn parts. A sump pump"s moving parts can wear out over time, preventing the pump from operating in the event of a flooded basement. The float switch is the most common part that fails on a sump pump, and many manufacturers recommend replacing the float every two years.

Install a battery backup. A battery backup will help make sure your pump doesn"t fail, even in the event of a power outage. If you have battery backup installed, make sure you test the battery by unplugging the pump.

Your sump pump will display some distinct characteristics if it needs to be repaired or replaced. Contact a professional if you encounter any of these signs:

Rust. An older pump may not have been made with rust-resistant materials. A pump with rust that can"t be scrubbed away needs to be replaced or the rusted part needs to be repaired.

Noises. Sump pumps shouldn"t generate loud noises. If your pump is making unusual noises, like humming, clanging or banging, it could be time for a replacement.

Water. The most noticeable sign your sump pump needs repair or replacement is the presence of water in your basement. If there is water in your basement, the pump isn"t doing its job.

Even if you perform routine maintenance, your pump might still fail, potentially causing thousands of dollars of damage. Basic home coverage doesn"t always cover pump fails. Consider water backup coverage to keep your assets protected in the event of a failed sump pump.

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