Case Studies
How we operate our company can help your bottom line.
CASE STUDY ONE
Multiply that by how many pumps they are running and you come up with some significant savings.
But more importantly, we now have a customer who knows we aren’t in this business to make a quick sale. We value relationships that, like some of our customers, have lasted 35 years. We look at the best solution that will be the least costly over time.
We have quite a few case studies on our website that share how we have solved problems and saved customers not only money, but down time as well.
Our job is to keep you up and running
CASE STUDY TWO
R. A. Ross & Associates has nearly 200 years combined experience
How we saved an auto parts supplier hundreds of thousands of dollars
Chrome plating is a long, involved process and typically starts with degreasing, rinsing and cleaning, tedious polishing, then buffing, then acid dipping (etching), applying a metal catalyst then nickel and/or copper plating (many times calling for multiple layers) prior to the chrome plating itself. Typically the parts are rinsed in between each process.
As you can imagine, any particulate will show up as a defect and can’t be tolerated.
One auto parts manufacturer was encountering high costs and a severe problem with product reject rate. The rejects were due to particulate from their plating bath causing blemishes in the plating layer. The competitive bath filters were just not filtering their plating solutions properly and consistently.
We immediately involved one of our premium filter suppliers, Pentair Engineered Filtration. Pentair proved to be the perfect choice to develop the proper filter solution.
RESULTS
- Hundreds of thousands of dollars were saved due to lower scrap rate.
- The bottom line result was a competitive product with exceptional dirt holding capacities, precise filtration
ratings, repeatable performance, low pressure drops, and high efficiencies. Put our experience and knowledge to work to¬ward solving your problems. Our solutions may save you a lot of time, money and headaches.
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When pumping a slurry you need to be extremely careful concerning the fluid velocity in the piping.
There is a critical carrying velocity for which if the slurry drops below this velocity, the particles will drop out of suspension. When the fluid and solids mixture drops below this velocity, due to gravity, the particles in suspension will have a tendency to drop out of suspension and accumulate in the bottom of the pipe. The critical carrying velocity is mostly dependent of the properties of the slurry.
Once the particles begin to accumulate in the bottom of the pipe, they will initially form a “sliding bed” of solids that will, eventually, completely block the flow; as if a valve was closed in the system.
The exact point where this will occur is difficult to predict. The clogging phenomena will vary with pipe size, type, internal surface roughness of the pipe, geometry of the system, solids concentration and the particular properties of the solids and the fluid itself.
Contrary to the industry best practices used in non-slurry applications; it is typically a good idea to have higher velocities and turbulent flow in slurry applications. This will help to prevent the fallout and blockage that can occur.
We see this issue occur more often when the pump is operated with a VFD to control the system. The VFD is controlled by a level manager, pressure, temperature and/or some other parameter that causes the pump to slow down. The velocity drops and the pipe clogs, but the pump continues to run.
Why is this important? Once the piping is clogged, it is similar to having both the suction and discharge valves closed off as now there is no flow and the solids continue to fall out of suspension. The pump continues to rotate with the fluid trapped in the casing, heating up the fluid to its boiling point and flashes to vapor. In other words, the pump explodes. This is not some urban myth, this can and does really happen.
-The Summit Pump Team
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Introducing a new member of our team…
Please welcome William Yarber to our inside sales team.
William is joining us following nearly 14 years in the health care industry with Passport Health Plan and Evolent Health.
Prior, William worked for the Cabinet of Economic Development for the state of KY and as a loan processing branch and marketing manager.
William attended Mayfield High School and U of L.
At University of Louisville, William received his bachelors in Psychology with a minor in Business Administration. He also completed courses and was just short of his master’s degree in higher education administration.
William and his wife Colleen have three children and live in Simpsonville, KY. Feel comfortable to discuss any aspect of sports with William as he is an avid fan.
William’s email address is williamy@raross.com.
To become a part of our product line, a product and manufacturer has to meet certain standards. After all, our company’s reputation rests not only on our team, our knowledge and service, but on the products we represent.
Please welcome William Yarber to our inside sales team.