It is commonly known that pump mechanical seals are temperamental devices that fail frequently. The fact is, mechanical seals are simple devices that are often misapplied, sometimes installed incorrectly, or perhaps installed on pumps that are not well suited for the application.

What are the normal conditions for which a motor is designed? This is a question that does not often come up except when there is an issue with a motor application.

Whether you have a dedicated marketing specialist or an employee willing to add the responsibility to their plate, check out a few easy steps to grow your marketing efforts.  

Throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, most EASA service centers were able to continue operating as “essential businesses.” However, it has not been business as usual. You might have noticed at the height of shutdowns that the phone stopped ringing. Perhaps some of your customers shut down plants, and others began to defer capital spending to free up cash. Maybe business has begun to pick back up again, but it might not be at the level you projected for the year. What’s worse, “business as usual” may not return for some time, if ever. Now is the time to explore new opportunities and adapt.

Despite the size of a company or the number of background checks performed, even the most honest employee can make a bad choice that could negatively impact the company. Fortunately, there are controls business owners can put in place to prevent employee fraud.

The EASA Pump Reliability Seminar is a two-day program that describes in detail the factors related to pump reliability. This webinar introduces participants to those factors and how they come together to ensure a reliably operating pump.

Advancement in power electronics over the last few decades has made it possible to utilize a variety of rotating electric machines that would otherwise not be feasible. One such class of machines is called reluctance machines because of the way they produce an electromagnetic torque. A reluctance machine is an electric machine in which torque is produced by the tendency of its movable part to move to a position where the inductance of the excited winding is maximized.

Los avances en la electrónica de potencia en las últimas décadas han permitido el uso de una variedad de máquinas eléctricas rotativas que de otro modo no sería factible. Una de ellas se denomina máquina de reluctancia debido a la forma en la que dichas máquinas producen un torque electromagnético. Una máquina de reluctancia es una máquina eléctrica en la cual el torque se produce por la tendencia de su parte móvil a moverse a una posición donde se maximiza la inductancia del devanado excitado.

An Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) study in 2018 concluded that 30 percent of fraud cases occurred in small businesses, and 60 percent of those did not recover their losses. Those losses were in addition to the regular things that can affect productivity and profits, such as employee morale, brand image, reputation and unforeseen issues like global pandemics. Fraud in small businesses can have a more damaging effect because of smaller scales and profit margins.