I like to think of pumps as the heart of any sanitary processing system. After all, the human heart is […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the global demand for hand sanitizer and surface disinfectants. Have you considered converting or increasing […]

Our last blog post we looked at a case study where we were seeing a lot of slip in a […]

A few months back we looked at the various clearance options available on a Waukesha Cherry-Burrell Universal 1, 2, & […]

Today, we give you even more information on PD pump rotor clearances. Below is an easy to use chart that […]

In today’s post, we are going to look at the different clearance options that are available on a Waukesha Cherry-Burrell […]

In today’s post, we wanted to focus on one Waukesha Cherry Burrell’s newest products- the Universal Twin Screw pump. Twin […]

Waukesha, the longtime leader is sanitary pumping technology, continues to innovate, offering new features and services to further enhance an already proven product platform.

Outside of efficiency, the low slip design of the Waukesha Universal series pump allows us to accomplish four useful things- it allows us to pump low viscosity fluids in low NIPA systems, it allows us to pump from vacuum vessels, self-prime, and meter fluids. This post will look at each of these four benefits and why they are important to system performance.

One of the most common errors made when sizing an ECP pump, such as the Waukesha Universal 1 or Universal 2 series pump, is failing to take into consideration the range of product viscosities the pump will handle. This post will focus on that issue and what steps we can take to ensure adequate drive speed range is selected to handle a variety of products. To begin, a sanitary process system may require that the same pump handle both viscous and thin products. A simple example c

Now that we know what BHP, VHP, and WHP are, we can better understand the efficiency of a pump as well as the total power requirements. The efficiency of a pump is the ratio of the WHP to the BHP or total horsepower consumed.

One distinguishing factor are the 17-4 PH shafts. 17-4 PH steel has been chosen by Waukesha, and copied by others, because of the extended service it offers under extreme conditions.

In pump sizing, vapor pressure is a key check in evaluating suction conditions and the net positive suction head available to the pump. In order to pump a fluid, we need to deliver fluid to the inlet of the pump.

We wanted to use this post to list the information we normally request to help get you the correct parts for your Waukesha PD pump.

Shear is defined as relative motion between adjacent layers of a moving fluid. When one layer of a fluid moves adjacently to another layer of fluid, it can begin to exhibit the deleterious effects of shear. Shear rate is defined as the measure of the extent or rate of relative motion between adjacent layers of a moving fluid. Therefore: