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    Ruhrpumpen Pumps Reliability

    GHartman, Please understand that any pump is only as good as the application it is designed for. I understand your concerns, as well as everyone else's. May I say that Ruhrpumpen's "standard" built pumps (37KXH and the HSM among others) have a very good reputation through out the industries. As...
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    LPG Pump for Low NPSH duty

    M2609, based off the conditions you supplied, I believe we have a few selections of low flow can pumps that fit this application. If you are interested in getting a curve... www.ruhrpumpen.com
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    Ruhrpumpen Pumps Reliability

    GHartman, I am a National Sales Manager for Ruhrpumpen Inc. I can supply whatever material you may need from our company. Please feel free to email me aytime at dwaddell@ruhrpumpen.com
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    pitot tube pump ??

    Yobbo, Absolutely, please feel free to contact them. I am sure they will be able to help you. If you need anything else feel free to contact me as well. Good Luck
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    pitot tube pump ??

    Yobbo, Our company growth is outpacing our ability to get products uploaded to our website. Out Combitube Pump (Pitot Pump) is our of the latest products we have cam eout with, I believe we introduced it in Oct.2011. Hence the reason it is not on our website yet, as many other pumps we have as...
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    pitot tube pump ??

    Yobbo, I work for Ruhrpumpen Pump Co. and we have pitot tube pumps as well. Please let me know if I can help you in any way.
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    Vertical Pump Soleplate

    Clay87, I have used shims under heads for over 30 years to level it, the trick is to assure you have enough support around the whole base of the head to support it, in some cases shims are only added to the corners of the head, this puts to much pressure at the unsupported areas of the head...
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    Pump MCF

    What needs to be known is what is the BEP of the pump, and how close to "shut-off" will the pump be running at the lower rates? There are a lot of factors that need to be known before an answer can be supplied. However, if you are installing a pump in a system that requires such variations in...
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    Suction line vs Discharge line

    RS82, To answer your question, yes in certain cases a suction line and discharge line may be the same size, as noted in this string of comments, generally the suction line is bigger than the discharge line for NPSH and velocity issues, however, depending on the type of pump you are referencing...
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    Vertical Turbine Pumps

    Thank you all for your input, the truth be told I work for a major pump manufacture and I sell V.T. pumps as well as others, I will not mention the company as I am not trying to push any thing here. The fact is that Water-Flush enclosed tube applications are becomming more in use because of...
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    Vertical Turbine Pumps

    TenPenny, Thank you an information you may have would be great.
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    Vertical Turbine Pumps

    It is enclosed tube, water lube open line shaft is only good to about 200' settiings with a pre-lube,this is setting 460', so because of the oil contamination issues (even with vegtable oil) more people are turning to enclosed tube water flush systems, where water is used to lubricate the bronze...
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    Vertical Turbine Pumps

    Anyone famililar with Vertical turbine water flush application with an enclosing tube? I am trying to get information as to the design and operation. I am familiar with Oil lube, however I was told I needed S.S. lineshaft for water-flush (which seems reasonable) and that I will need pressurized...
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