July 30, 2019
A few months back we looked at the various clearance options available on a Waukesha Cherry-Burrell Universal 1, 2, & […]
February 15, 2016
Waukesha, the longtime leader is sanitary pumping technology, continues to innovate, offering new features and services to further enhance an already proven product platform.
August 26, 2014
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.
August 7, 2014
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
May 21, 2014
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.
March 21, 2014
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.
January 28, 2014
The S200 is offered with an excellent water for injection (WFI) configuration with a built in double mechanical seal flushing arrangement. We are convinced this is the best WFI sanitary centrifugal pump on the market. We have sold hundreds of S200 pumps for WFI applications over the past 10 years and have had no issues with them. Almost all of our largest pharmaceutical customers have standardized on the S200 for WFI.
December 12, 2013
In this post we are going to take a look at two specific sanitary pump applications Holland ran into with customers in the field and how we helped them get better life out of their pump seals.
November 22, 2013
You now have to decide on which model, the U1 or the U2. Which is the better choice? It depends on your application. In this post we will go over the criteria we use here to determine which is the better choice.
November 4, 2013
A sanitary positive displacement pump is a significant investment and successful application is defined by being able to achieve the […]
October 23, 2013
So you start shopping around for a sanitary positive rotary pump and the first thing you notice is that different […]
October 21, 2013
If you close a valve downstream of a sanitary centrifugal pump, in the short term, nothing particularly bad happens. The […]
August 7, 2012
Recently we ran into a problem where we had installed a Waukesha Universal Series Positive Displacement pump for transferring a […]
February 25, 2012
We maintain current, downloadable, parts lists for all Waukesha pumps on our web site. The lists are broken down by the specific type and model number. We even keep lists for some obsolete pumps like the Waukesha DO model.
November 19, 2010
The newer design of the Universal 2 model allows customers to achieve proper cleaning in their system without the delays of disassembly and re-assembly of their PD pumps.