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Taming the Bad Actors Seminar- Chicago (In-Person)

Presented by Bob Jennings, Taming the Bad Actors is a 1-day course designed to help you identify the root causes of failures and improve the performance of your pump and pumping systems.

Attendees to the one-day course will gain valuable new skills, including:
  • The principles of operation of centrifugal pumps
  • How the centrifugal pump interacts with the pumping system
  • How to identify system problems that occur when operating pumps off BEP, including cavitation, suction recirculation, discharge recirculation
  • How to identify root cause failures
  • How to identify and implement basic performance improvement opportunities, including the methods and means available for increasing pump reliability and efficiency

Please note that this course is in-person at our Chicago 40th Street service center.

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Basic Hydraulics Seminar- Chicago (In-Person)

Presented by Bob Jennings, Basic Hydraulics is a 1-day course on hydraulic principles of operation for centrifugal pumps with a focus on the correlation between the centrifugal pump performance and the system head curve.

This course is designed for maintenance supervisors, maintenance foreman, consulting engineers, system engineers, process design engineers, and anyone else who is involved with the selection, operation or maintenance of pumping equipment and systems.

Please note that this course is in-person at our Chicago 40th Street service center.

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Vertical Pump Seminar- Chicago (In-Person)

Vertical pumps are a unique subcategory of centrifugal pumps that are widely used throughout the industry in such applications as Main Water Intake, Booster Service, Cooling Tower Service, Process Hot Well, Process Cold Well, Condensate Service, and Blowdown Service.

Our 1-day seminar will cover the following topics as they apply to vertical turbine pumps: HI Classification, Principles of Operation, Performance Characteristics, Lubrication Options, Review of Individual Components, Design Differences, Optional Construction, and Maintenance Consideration.

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Submersible Seminar- Chicago (In-Person)

Presented by Bob Jennings, our Submersible Pump seminar is a 1-day course on typical lift stations, fit, and function, affinity laws, VFDs and system curves, and troubleshooting.

This course includes a shop tour and demonstration showing various stages of disassembly and inspection.

Please note that this course is in-person at our Chicago 40th Street service center.