Industrial Pumps & Industrial Pump Suppliers
What is an Industrial Pump?
In industry, there are many applications that require fluid to be moved from one location to another. Whether the company processes water, oil, industrial chemicals, wastewater, sludge, slurry, or liquid food products, pumps are needed to process the fluids, to move them from place to place, and to accelerate them when they need to move at high rates of flow.
Types of Industrial Pumps
Because there are so many different types of fluids used in industrial applications, industrial pumps come in all shapes and sizes. Many are positive displacement pumps, including both rotary pumps and reciprocating pumps which use action to move fluids at steady rates with high degrees of pressure. These include a vast range of pump types such as piston pumps, diaphragm pumps, screw pumps, gear pumps, peristaltic pumps, progressive cavity pumps, and many others.
There are also centrifugal pumps, which use a rotating impeller to accelerate a fluid and increase its pressure. There are many other types of pumps that are named based upon the functions they perform—including concrete pumps, slurry pumps, paint pumps, grinder pumps, and many others. The only types of pumps not used in for industrial purposes are those specifically designed for medical, scientific, or household usage, although many of the basic pumping mechanisms are the same.
Here are a few industrial pump manufacturers to consider.
Action Pump makes a number of pump types that are used in industrial applications. Its industrial pump line includes drum pumps, rotary pumps, piston pumps, hand pumps and more.
AMT Pump Company manufacturers a number of industrial pumps. The companies produces a full range of pumps for industrial applications, including: sump pumps, submersible pumps, diaphragm pumps, chemical pumps, marine pumps, fire pumps, self priming pumps, gear pumps and much more.
APEX Pumping Equipment is major distributor of industrial pumps. The company represents several leading industrial pump manufacturers including ITT-AC, ALL FLO, Sta-Rite, Berkeley and Roper Pump Company, and ITT Goulds. Among other pumps, APEX Pumping Equipment sells the 2000 series from ITT-AC; air operated double diaphragm from ALL FLO; and positive displacement pumps from Roper.
Blastcrete manufacturers several models of industrial pumps, including high pressure tube piston pumps, hydraulic peristaltic or sqeeze pumps and more for the mining, construction, and other industrial applications.
Cummins Wagner sells and services industrial pumps from leading pump manufacturers including Wilden, Bell & Gossett, Burks, Vertiflo, Fristam and many more. Cummins Wagner sells both centrifugal and positive displacement industrial pumps.
Gorman-Rupp is a leading manufacturer of industrial pumps. The company makes industrial pumps to handle chemicals, solids, waste and more. Gorman Rupp manufacturers several models of industrial pumps, including its T-Series self-priming centrifugal, 10 Series self-priming end suction centrifugal, 0 Series centrifugal and much more.
Heger Pumps sells specialty equipment for the process, municipal, mining, utilities, marine, and construction industries. Heger Pumps offers 21 different pump types including: Diaphragm Pumps, API Pumps, Cryogenic Pumps, Self-Priming Pumps, Jet Pumps, Circulator Pumps, Lobe Pumps.
J.H. Wright & Associates distributes pumps, mixers, and equipment to the municipal, commercial, and industrial markets. J.H. Wright & Associates offers 29 different pump types including: AODD Pumps, Canned Motor Pumps, End Suction Pumps, Metering Pumps, Vertical Sump Pumps, Peristaltic/Hose Pumps, Trash Pumps.
Kraissl Company produces valves, filters, strainers and pumps. Kraissl Company offers 1 different pump types including: Gear Pumps.
Lobee Pump & Machinery makes pumps for the chemical, agriculture, construction applications and more. Lobee Pump & Machinery offers 2 different pump types including: Vertical Sump Pumps, Gear Pumps.
PSI-Polymer Systems, Inc. sells pumps and equipment for the extrusion, polymer processing and recycling markets. PSI-Polymer Systems Inc offers 2 different pump types including: Gear Pumps, Metering Pumps.
Quackenbush Company sells a variety of PD pumps and centrifugal pumps. Quackenbush Company offers 13 different pump types including: Vane Pumps, Lobe Pumps, Circulator Pumps, Regenerative Turbine Pumps, End Suction Pumps, Multistage Pumps, Gear Pumps.
Tramco Pump manufacturers and sells a wide variety of industrial pumps. Tramco Pump offers 26 different pump types including: Diaphragm Pumps, API Pumps, Magnetic Drive Pumps, Vertical Turbine Pumps, Lobe Pumps, Slurry Pumps, Horizontal Split Case Pumps.
WeGotPumps.com sells a complete line of commercial and industrial pumps online. WeGotPumps.com offers 37 different pump types including: End Suction Pumps, Screw Pumps, Submersible Pumps, Drum Pumps, Grinder Pumps, Booster Pumps, Gear Pumps.
Zenith Pumps offers pumps for many critical applications in the process industries. Zenith Pumps offers 2 different pump types including: Metering Pumps, Gear Pumps.
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Industry Updates
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