Company News
Rebuilding 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…
Team Building with Blue Bell Ice Cream
Wood Equipment is fortunate to have Blue Bell Ice Cream (https://www.bluebell.com/) as a next door neighbor! We recently celebrated our weekly Hawaiian Shirt Friday with a sampling of many of their delicious specialty ice creams. This is just one example of the many team-building events that make Wood Equipment Company a great place to work!
Proudly 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…
Wood 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…
2022 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…
Wood Equipment Company Represents Wilo Portfolio of Pumps
Wood Equipment Company proudly represents the Wilo portfolio of pumps, which now includes American Marsh Pumps, QuantumFlo, Scot Pump, Weil Pump, and Wilo. This diverse portfolio of offerings includes bearing frame mounted, close coupled, split case, marine, circulation, HVAC, well pumps, integrated drives & controls, custom skids, NSF-Rated, pressure boosters, and more. Please visit our…
The 4th of July at Wood Equipment Company
Today, 246 years ago, citizens of our country published the Declaration of Independence to codify our colonies into a War that had already begun over a year prior. Over the course of many years leading up to the first shot of the American War of Independence the British Empire had enacted laws that the American…
Wood Equipment Company Employee Spotlight: Kevin Guy
Wood Equipment Company is proud of our in-house fabrication shop and its consistent high-quality workmanship. One of the main reasons for our success is the leadership of Kevin Guy, our Fab Shop Supervisor. Kevin is quickly approaching 20 years of service, having been with Wood Equipment since 2003. Kevin says that his favorite part of…
WEC Celebrates Employee Birthdays + Summer
Wood Equipment celebrated several recent employee birthdays and the beginning of summer with a cookout last week. Good food was had by all, as well as another successful teambuilding event that makes WEC a great place to work!!
Wood 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…