Industrial
Rugged Food Industry Application – Carver Pumps
Wood Equipment Company proudly represents Carver Pumps. Recently, a food industry customer needed to replace several ingredient feedwater pumps due to a materials of construction issue. Wood Equipment was able to find a great fit to replace these pumps with Carver Model GHC close coupled stainless steel pumps. See the embedded pictures of this successful…
Read MoreWood Equipment Company Attends the Sulzer 2022 Industrial Distributor Sales Meeting
Last week, Wood Equipment Company attended the Sulzer 2022 Industrial Distributor Sales Meeting in Reno, NV. It was great to meet with our fellow Sulzer distributors and learn about Sulzer’s path forward for the coming years. We reviewed new product offerings, participated in breakout sessions, and toured the beautiful Lake Tahoe area. It was an…
Read MoreCustom Solutions from the Wood Equipment Fab Shop
The Wood Equipment Fab Shop can help to customize our offerings according to your needs. For instance, a food industry customer recently required that an Eagle Burgmann cartridge seal be installed on their Viking Q124A Hot Oil Pump. We had the new pump and seal shipped to our Fab Shop, installed the seal, and then…
Read MoreWorld Water Week at Wood Equipment Company
This is World Water Week, which is celebrated both virtually and at a conference in Stockholm, Sweden, where representatives from all over the world convene to address the many water-related challenges we face. As stated on the website, “World Water Week is the place to explore new ways of managing water and tackle humanity’s greatest…
Read MoreRebuilding a Cornell Heavy-Duty Centrifugal Pump
This Cornell heavy-duty centrifugal pump moves water from a retention pond that is sprayed on a crusher conveyor for an open pit gravel plant. After years of excellent service, it was time for an overhaul at our Wood Equipment Fabrication Shop. As you can see from the before photos, the pump was in need of…
Read MoreProudly Representing Scot Pumps by Wilo
Wood Equipment Company proudly represents the Scot line of pumps, a Wilo brand. Recently, a food industry customer needed to replace several hot tracer water pumps, but their existing pumps were obsolete. Wood Equipment was able to find a great fit to replace the obsolete pumps with Scot Model 503 Motorpumps close coupled to premium…
Read MoreWood Equipment Company Case Study: MWI Mobile Pump System Demonstration
Recently Wood Equipment Company organized a demonstration of a trailer-mounted MWI Self-Priming Pump with sound-attenuated enclosure for a municipal customer in western Virginia. At the Virginia Rural Water Association (VRWA) trade show in April, managers of the City’s Water Department had expressed interest in a mobile diesel-driven pump system that could handle various tasks, such…
Read More2022 Conferences – Recap & Looking Ahead
The first half of 2022 has flown by, and Wood Equipment has been busy. We exhibited at the VWEA Conference in Charlottesville, VA in February, the VRWA Conference & Tech Expo in Roanoke, VA in April, and the VWEA Education Seminar in Richmond, VA in May. And we have much more planned for the second…
Read MoreWood Equipment’s In-House Custom Fab Shop
Check out the latest work from our Wood Equipment in-house custom fab shop: 8 Viking internal gear pumps with O-Pro barrier seals and Nord Gearmotors, all mounted on custom steel bases with customer-specified coupling and guard. These units are a mixture of stainless steel and cast iron construction for a confectionary customer’s facility expansion in…
Read MoreWood Equipment Specialty Applications: Q-Pumps Mobile Hygienic Mixing Cart at Dairy Facility
Check out this Q-Pumps Mobile Hygienic Mixing Cart at a dairy facility. The customer required a mobile solution with the flexibility to unload and blend ingredients at several locations throughout their dairy factory. Wood Equipment provided a Q-Pumps all-stainless steel cart with a hopper, mixer, and motor that can be moved around the facility as…
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