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Understanding your suction pressure and knowing how to read a vacuum is critical in identifying performance issues. In the field, instruments measure in units of PSI …whether gauge, absolute or vacuum. When diagnosing issues, PSI must be converted to head in order to...

Why do most centrifugal pumps fail? If you ask maintenance and operations, they would say pumps fail due to mechanical seal and bearing issues, and in that order. And throw in the occasional broken shaft to make it more interesting. The common denominator in most pump...

The concept of vacuum mystifies some people when encountered on pump applications. Today, we hope to simplify the problem. Pressure vs. Vacuum Even in a vacuum there remains some pressure… it is simply a pressure at a magnitude below the surrounding atmospheric...