Hydraulic Institute Offers Webinar on Variable Speed Drives for Pumps

Hydraulic Institute and Pump Systems Matter announced the kick-off of their first webinar series for 2012. The Variable Speed Drives four-part webinar series will begin on January 13, 2012.

Variable speed drives in pump systems are now a mature technology that, in correct applications, can generate large benefits to the user in cost savings and reliability improvements.

Following is a schedule for the Variable Speed Drives webinar series:
Session 1 -- Intro 101, January 13, 2012, 1:00-2:00pm EST
Session 2 -- Application and Installation Considerations, January 20, 2012, 1:00-2:00pm EST
Session 3 -- Protection for VFD and Proper Output, January 27, 2012, 1:00-2:00pm EST
Session 4 -- Troubleshooting Problems with VFDs, February 3, 2012, 1:00-2:00pm EST

The price for the series is $229. Advance registration is required and HI Members receive a 25% discount on the regular registration fee. Participants of the Variable Speed Drives webinar series may earn up to four PDH credits. For more details visit Hydraulic Institute's website.

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Hydraulic Institute Announces Mechanical Seals Summer Webinar Series

From ThomasNet: The Hydraulic Institute (HI), in collaboration with the Fluid Sealing Association (FSA) and the International Sealing Distributors (ISD), announced the kick-off of the Mechanical Seals Summer Webinar Series, an overview of mechanical seals for pumps led by the nation's leading seal experts.

The series begins on Tuesday, July 26, 2011. This is a 4-part webinar series based on the HI FSA guidebook, Mechanical Seals for Pumps: Application Guidelines, published in cooperation with the Fluid Sealing Association. Each webinar lasts about one hour, including a Q&A session.

To read the full release please click on the link below:

Hydraulic Institute Announces Mechanical Seals Summer Webinar Series Participants Earn Four (4) PDH Credits

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Berlin Technologies

Hydraulic Institute updates air-operated pumps standard

From ThomasNet: The Hydraulic Institute (HI) has updated the 2004 edition of the ANSI/HI standard on air-operated pumps and published Air-Operated Pumps ANSI/HI 10.1-10.5-2010. The updated standard is for air-operated pumps and includes positive displacement reciprocating pumps used for general liquid transfer. These pumps are usually driven by means of a compressed gas (usually air) from an outside source.

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Hydraulic Institute Updates Air-Operated Pumps Standard and Air-Operated Pumps Test Standard

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Berlin Technologies

Hydraulic Institute Debuts Updated Standard for Rotary Pump Tests

From Water Online: The Hydraulic Institute (HI) has updated the ANSI/HI Standard for Rotary Pump Tests version 2000, and has introduced ANSI/HI 3.6 – 2010, Rotary Pump Tests. This updated standard applies to industrial and commercial rotary positive displacement pumps and includes detailed procedures on the set-up and methods for conducting hydrostatic tests and performance tests of such pumps. ANSI/HI 3.6-2010 is immediately available for purchase through the HI online retail store, http://www.eStore.Pumps.org. It is offered at $75.

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Hydraulic Institute Debuts Updated Standard for Rotary Pump Tests

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Berlin Technologies

Hydraulic Institute seeks reviewers for updated pump standard

From ThomasNet: Hydraulic Institute, under approval of ANSI, is seeking qualified individuals in North America to participate in the review process for draft of updated standard ANSI/HI 9.6.2,- Rotodynamic Pumps for Assessment of Applied Nozzle Loads. Individuals and organizations in North America directly and materially affected by this standard are asked to contact HI. These parties include pump users and specifiers, producers, standards developers, government agencies, and general interest groups.

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Hydraulic Institute seeks reviewers for updated pump standard

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Berlin Technologies

Hydraulic Institute Announces "Member of the Year" Award Thomas Angle of Weir Specialty Pumps Receives Accolade

From ThomasNet: Thomas L. Angle, VP of Product Engineering for Weir Specialty Pumps has been named Hydraulic Institute (HI) 2009 Member of the Year in recognition for distinguishing himself by advancing technical work of HI in various venues.

According to HI Technical Director Gregg Romanyshyn, Mr. Angle "consistently offers sound ideas that help drive the often arduous standards development and approval process. Again and again Tom demonstrates strong leadership skills."

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Tomas L. Angle made Hydraulic Institute's Member of the Year

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Hydraulic Institute seeks reviewers for draft of updated ANSI/HI 1.4

From ThomasNet: Under approval of ANSI, Hydraulic Institute is seeking qualified individuals in North America to participate in review process for draft of updated Standard ANSI/HI 1.4 Rotodynamic Pumps for Manuals Describing Installation, Operation, and Maintenance.

Guideline applies to centrifugal and vertical pump types and is designed to identify standard format, which will be used when writing IOMs, along with topics that will be covered in each section when deemed appropriate for pump being addressed.

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Hydraulic Institute Seeks Reviewers for Draft of Updated ANSI/HI 1.4 Installation, Operation, and Maintenance

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Berlin Technologies

Hydraulic Institute and TAPPI Announce Partnership

From ThomasNet news: Hydraulic Institute (HI) and Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI)announced that they have partnered to provide memberships with direct link to purchase industry leading pump standards specific to pumps installed or required in pulp and paper industry.

By utilizing HI standards, pulp and paper companies can increase pump and system reliability, accurately determine pump performance, reduce life cycle costs and energy, decrease design costs, and avoid miscommunication.

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Hydraulic Institute and TAPPI Announce Partnership

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Berlin Technologies

Reviewers Sought for draft of rotodynamic pump standard

From ThomasNet: The Hydraulic Institute (HI), under the approval of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), is seeking qualified individuals in North America to participate in the review process for the draft of updated Standard ANSI/HI 9.6.3, Rotodynamic Pumps for Allowable Operating Region.

This Standard applies to: 1. Rotodynamic (Centrifugal) pumps 2. Rotodynamic (Vertical) pumps.

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Hydraulic Institute Seeks Reviewers for Draft of Updated ANSI/HI 9.6.3, Rotodynamic Pumps for Allowable Operating Region

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Berlin Technologies

Hydraulic Institute Launches New Positive Displacement Pump e-Learning Course

From ThomasNet:

Hydraulic Institute (HI), the pump industry's knowledge leader and foremost resource for pump education, has launched its latest pump industry e-Learning program titled "Positive Displacement Pumps: Fundamentals, Design and Applications." The comprehensive Positive Displacement (PD) Pump course is an Internet-delivered educational program designed to provide individual users with a broad, comprehensive knowledge of PD pumping technologies. The material is visual and interactive, allowing students to take full advantage of the latest learning technology.

Created by positive displacement pump experts associated with 12 separate HI member companies, the course has been developed for pump users, manufacturers and distributors, mechanical engineers, contractors, engineering consulting firms, students and others who work with pumps and pumping systems.

To read the full release please click on the link below:

Hydraulic Institute Launches New Positive Displacement Pump e-Learning Course

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Berlin Technologies

Hydraulic Institute and Pump Systems Matter(TM) Expand Web Sites to Include Industry Expert Presentations on Pump System Energy Efficiency

ThomasNet brings a press release of the Hydraulic Institute: at the 2008 Hydraulic Institute Annual Meeting, an extraordinary panel of end-users of pumping systems led by Douglas Kaempf, Program Manager, Industrial Technologies Program, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), presented on the topic of The Push for Energy Efficiency in Pumping Systems.

Hydraulic Institute (HI) and Pump Systems Matter (PSM) continue to expand the knowledge base of their websites by making these educational presentations available at www.Pumps.org and www.PumpSystemsMatter.org. Each of the presentations highlights methods and case studies for reducing pump system energy costs, while increasing energy efficiency.

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Hydraulic Institute and Pump Systems Matter(TM) Expand Web Sites to Include Industry Expert Presentations on Pump System Energy Efficiency

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Berlin Technologies