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Wood Equipment Company Case Study: Selecting the Right Equipment
In the pumping industry, selecting the correct pump and materials for construction is critical to a successful application. Since nearly every pumping application is different in some way, pump distributors and consumers must understand the nuances of the application from the beginning. “One size fits all” couldn’t be further from the truth! FOR EXAMPLE An…
Read MoreWood Equipment Attends WaterJam 2022
The Wood Equipment team truly enjoyed exhibiting at the WaterJam 2022 conference at the Virginia Beach Convention Center last week. As always, the VWEA and AWWA put on a quality event, and our team met with many new and existing clients and industry counterparts. Thanks to all who stopped by to see us, and we…
Read MoreSee the Progression of a Custom Build in Our Fab Shop
The Wood Equipment Fabrication Shop recently assembled two highly customized hygienic skids for a food industry customer. The units consist of all-stainless steel bases with NGI Hygienic Adjustable Leveling Feet, Viking LQ1227A-CHC1 Jacketed SS Pumps, Baldor Food Safe SS TEFC Washdown Motors, Nordbloc.1 SK 673.1 Inline Gear Reducers, SS Atra-Flex couplings with high-torque inserts, and…
Read MoreWood Equipment Company to Exhibit at WaterJAM 2022
As a reminder, Wood Equipment Company will be exhibiting at the upcoming WaterJAM conference at the Virginia Beach Convention Center from September 12th-15th. WaterJAM is the Joint Annual Meeting of the Virginia Water Environment Association and the Virginia Section of the American Waterworks Association. We will be located in Trailer Space B,…
Read MoreWood Equipment Company Celebrates our Employees on Labor Day
Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers. At Wood Equipment, we have several amazing employees who have been a part of our team for many years. Our most recent employee anniversary was just this past week, when Melody Edwards reached 35 years of service!! As a mother of two, grandmother,…
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 MoreHighlighting Ashland Volunteer Rescue Squad for National Nonprofit Day
Today is National Non-Profits Day, and Wood Equipment Company would like to thank all of our local non-profit organizations that work tirelessly to better our community. As stated on the National Today website, “National Nonprofit Day is commemorated on August 17th each year to recognize nonprofit organizations’ ongoing efforts to serve the local community. If…
Read MoreWood Equipment Company Case Study: Skid-Mounted Cornell Heavy Duty 4STX Self Primer
An industrial customer needed a solution for their wet well that would allow them to easily perform maintenance on their pumps. Due to space limitations with the way the wet well and surrounding building were constructed, they could not install a proper retrieval system for the existing submersible pumps: Whenever a pump failed, they had…
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…
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