Hands-On Training: Upgrading Viking Pump’s LQ224A for Asphalt Applications

We recently hosted another in-depth training session at our Ashland, VA headquarters, focusing on Viking Pump’s Universal Pump Series. Our team, along with members from a local Asphalt Products Manufacturer’s Maintenance and Engineering teams, delved into the design changes and participated in a hands-on pump teardown, rebuild, and seal conversion on an LQ224A. The LQ224A…

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Another Successful Equipment Upgrade

Recently we provided an industrial customer with 6 new Viking LL1227A Internal Gear Pumps with O-Pro Cartridge Seals coupled to Nord Gearmotors to replace various Blackmer Vane Pumps and Waukesha Lobe pumps. The existing pumps needed replacement due to seal failures and persistent leaks, and the customer wanted a robust and easily maintained pump with…

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Custom Hygienic Skids for a Food Industry Customer

The Wood Equipment Fabrication Shop specializes in assembling custom-built hygienic equipment for the food and beverage industry. The pictured ALL STAINLESS STEEL skids consist of Viking Model LQ-1227A-CHC1 internal gear pumps coupled to Nord SK Gear reducers driven by Baldor washdown-duty motors. The equipment for each skid is affixed to a highly customized engineered stainless…

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Throwback Thursday at Wood Equipment Company!

Back in 2013, we received an order for 16 customized pump skid assemblies and filtration accessories from an industrial customer. The skids consisted of Viking LS4124 internal gear pumps with inline gear reducers, mounted on painted steel bases. The customer required that all skid components except the motor be painted a specific shade of white.…

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Wood Equipment Attends Viking Pump Distributor Annual Meeting

Wood Equipment Company enjoyed attending the @VikingPump annual distributor meeting in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Distributors learned about new and emerging technologies, the state of the industry, and future plans for the company and its channel partners. As a fun team-building event, the group visited the site of the original “Field of Dreams” movie set in…

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Training is Key!

At Wood Equipment Company, we offer our customers the most effective new technologies in addition to our portfolio of tried-and-true standards. We know that staying in tune with the latest pump and equipment technologies is important for our team and our customers, so we emphasize training and continuous education. For example, last week Territory Manager…

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