Pump Fundamentals Blog

With a capacity of roughly 195,000 barrels per day, this young oil sands mine was commissioned between 2017 and 2018 with two GIW® LHD-50 pumps for th...

Typically, it is only discovered that a pump part has worn out during scheduled maintenance or when there is a catastrophic failure. Other than guessw...

In 2020, United States based company Mike Hooks, LLC was experiencing less than optimal performance from a pump on the cutter suction dredge E Stroud....

The 3064D casing, commonly used in GIW® 20 X 20 LHD-42 pumps, has been modified for better manufacturability. This change does not affect interchangea...

Previously, the Bill of Materials (BOM) structure treated the thrower (previously known as the flinger), the raw casting, and the associated fasteners...

KSB GIW, Inc. operates the largest white iron foundry in the world, as well as smaller foundries in Grovetown and Thomson, Georgia, USA. Foundries are...

The goal of the Quick Ship 2.0 Program is to have select GIW® LCC pumps ready for shipment within two weeks and have spare parts ready for shipment wi...

Much like the changing seasons, a Latin American mining site implements four scheduled maintenance outages to keep its operation running at peak perfo...

This complete pedestal redesign brings both improved structural integrity and greater ease of access for maintenance for all LSA–style pumps in the 2-...

This upgrade provides an improved platform for installing RTDs, vibration-monitoring equipment, and pitot-tube oil-sampling ports, and multiple oil si...