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Don’t Believe These 3 Preventative Maintenance Myths [TIP SHEET]

By: Blake Kolquist on 4/17/15 11:58

Years ago, basically nobody did preventative maintenance. You’d run things until they failed, then you’d fix them. Simple, right? These days, of course, operations and equipment ...

Pump Problem?

By: Blake Kolquist on 1/30/15 11:41

3 “Logical” Reactions That Create Diagnosis Disasters [Tip Sheet] When it comes to pumps, the road to unnecessary downtime and repair cost is paved with “logical” actions. When a ...

How Nuclear Waste Spawned GPM’s Newest Pump

By: Blake Kolquist on 12/4/14 10:33

No, really. It all started in the 1950s, when the U.S. government built five nuclear reactors at a site in the South to make weapons-grade plutonium. Producing plutonium also ...

Dewatering Done Better

By: Blake Kolquist on 11/11/14 11:14

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4 Common Pump Errors that Could Cost You Big

By: Blake Kolquist on 10/24/14 9:00

There’s a strange sound coming from the slurry pit. The pump is vibrating. (It’s never done that before.) Or there’s no sound coming from the pit at all, because your brand-new ...

Repair or Replace?

By: Blake Kolquist on 10/6/14 8:29

How to Know When It's Time for a New Industrial Pump To repair or to replace a damaged or malfunctioning pump? A question that arises at an untimely moment. Having reliable advice ...

8 Service and Repair Tips for Extending the Life of an Industrial Pump

By: Blake Kolquist on 4/7/14 14:24

Standard life expectancy for a pump varies greatly. Many variables affect how long a given pump will function properly – the system, the type of pump and the product, to name a ...

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