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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Wood Equipment Company Attends 2023 Viking Pump Distributors Association Conference (VPDA)

Wood Equipment Company attended the annual @VikingPump Distributors Association (VPDA) conference this year in Charleston, South Carolina. Over 30 fellow Viking distributors and many other Viking Pump and Idex employees were in attendance. We discussed economic and supply chain trends and data to understand the past, current, and future state of the industry. In addition…

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Need an Asphalt Pump?

The asphalt industry is firing up for the spring and summer paving seasons. Please reach out if your plant or terminal is having issues with an existing pump, expanding in footprint, or if you need assistance identifying the best pump for your application. Wood Equipment Company offers the @Vikingpumps ASP series heavy-duty internal gear, as…

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Our Fabrication Shop Builds Your Custom Pump Solutions

The Wood Equipment Fabrication Shop recently completed 10 custom-fabricated pump skids for a petroleum industry customer. Each skid consists of a @Vikingpump pump unit, @NordDriveSystems Nordbloc 1 helical inline gear reducer, @TBWoods Sureflex coupling, and machine guard mounted on a rolled steel base. These pumps will be used in a variety of applications by the…

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Our Equipment Supports the Peanut Butter Industry

Since today is National Peanut butter day, Wood Equipment Company wants to highlight that we offer many options for pumping and mixing this delicious but extremely viscous and abrasive substance! Peanut butter is present in many confectionary industry products alongside chocolate, molasses, caramel, and other difficult-to-pump liquids. Generally speaking, a reduced-RPM positive displacement pump is…

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Wood Equipment Attends the Mid-Atlantic Asphalt Expo and Conference in Richmond, VA

Last week, Wood Equipment Company and @VikingPump teamed up to exhibit at the Mid Atlantic Asphalt Expo and Conference in Richmond, VA. We raffled off a custom-branded RTIC cooler, met a lot of good folks, and helped to educate potential clients about our offerings in the Asphalt industry. Visit https://www.midatlanticasphaltexpo.com/ to learn more about the…

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Pump Applications: Saving Space with a Right Angle Gear

An industrial customer asked Wood Equipment Co. to quote and supply a new Viking Pump Unit to replace an existing older obsolete unit. The customer requested that the unit be compact with a right-angle gear, as their footprint was limited (see “before” picture). Also, the unit was pumping abrasive Mirror and Spandrel Paints, so the…

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Wood Equipment Attends Viking Pump School

Last week, Wood Equipment personnel attended the @VikingPump intensive pump training school at Viking’s headquarters in Cedar Falls, Iowa. This training combines classroom and hands-on learning that is extremely beneficial to the distributors representing Viking throughout the U.S, and the world. The hands-on portion of the training took place at Viking’s state-of-the-art testing and R&D…

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Wood Equipment Company Celebrates Manufacturing Week

This is National Manufacturing Week, which aims to honor the contributions of the manufacturing sector by sharing information about all the work the sector has done in the last year and its impact on the country’s economy. As an industrial, municipal, and commercial pump and equipment supplier, Wood Equipment has been supporting manufacturers for over…

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