EDDY Pump Education Center

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Pump and Dredge Educational Articles

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Lowest Cost of Ownership for Slurry Pumps

Read further on the importance of purchasing the lowest cost of ownership pump for your application.

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What are the Benefits of the Seal Support System on an EDDY Pump?

EDDY Pump Corporation, along with the leading seal manufacturing companies, achieved their goal of developing the industry’s longest-lasting mechanical seal system.

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Renting vs. Buying Heavy Equipment

EDDY Pump has decades of experience providing dredge and slurry pump products to countless companies worldwide for a wide variety of industrial applications.

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Coal Ash Slurry – Pump Selection 101

EDDY Pump Selection Guide

Depending on your project needs, the EDDY Pump can be deployed to suit your application. Use this guide to help determine the setup that is right for you.

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Coal Ash Slurry – Pump Selection 101

Coal Ash Slurry – Pump Selection 101

Learn about coal ash pumping and selecting the best slurry pump for coal ash and power plant applications.

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Dredge Pump Selection 101

Dredge Pump Selection Help 101. Selecting a dredge pump can be a challenging process. Learn first hand about choosing the most efficient slurry pump for your project.

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The 5 Musts For Choosing the Best Slurry Pump

The 5 Musts For Choosing the Best Slurry Pump

Choosing the correct slurry pump for your application can be a difficult task. Learn about the top 5 factors you must consider when choosing a slurry pump.

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How to Select a Slurry Pump 101

The purpose of this article is to provide an understanding of the important considerations for selecting a slurry pump for your application.

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Slurry Hose Selection 101

Slurry Hose Selection 101

Choosing a correct slurry hose setup depends on several factors. Learn about slurry hose selection and what to look out for when selecting a new hose.

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Variable Frequency Drives 101 – All You Need to Know About VFDs

Variable Frequency Drives 101 – All You Need to Know About VFDs

Learn the ins and outs of what a variable frequency drive does and how VFDs affect a slurry pumping operation.

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Slurry Pipeline Changes

Slurry Pipeline Changes: What Effect it Can Have on Your Operation

Find out what happens when certain changes are made to an existing slurry pipeline and how to prevent unnecessary downtime.

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EDDY Pump vs. Diaphragm Pumps

EDDY Pump vs. Diaphragm Pumps

A diaphragm pump is a type of positive displacement pump. Learn about the differences in mechanics between the EDDY Pump and the diaphragm pump.

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What is a Vortex Pump?

What is a Vortex Pump?

A vortex pump, while similar in operation, cannot match the efficiency of the EDDY Pump. Discover why efficiency matters when it comes to pumps.

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Lime Slurry Pumps

Lime Slurry Pumps

Lime slurry can be an unforgiving material to pump because it is inherently abrasive, corrosive, has high particulate, and high viscosity. Learn what makes the EDDY Pump the best choice for lime slurries.

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The Top Solids Handling Pump

The Top Solids Handling Pump

Learn the ins and outs of what to look out for when pumping solids and what makes a solids-handling pump succeed in a variety of different pumping applications.

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Food Waste Pump

Food Waste Pump – Ground Food Disposal Pumps

Learn how the EDDY Pump can be used in for a variety of food processing and food waste applications to save companies thousands of dollars per year in production costs.

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Froth Pumps for Mining

Froth Pumps for Mining, Paper/Pulp, and Wastewater Applications

Pumps run less efficiently when pumping air entrained liquids. Find out how the EDDY Pump can excel at pumping frothy slurries.

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Challenges Pumping Abrasive Slurry

Challenges Pumping Abrasive Slurry

Since slurries, by definition, contain small particles, they are often abrasive and can quickly wear down pump and pipeline components, especially if the pump is not used most effectively. Learn about the best practices when dealing with abrasives.

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Difficulties Pumping Corrosive

Difficulties Pumping Corrosive and Low pH Slurries

With chemical processing, materials quickly wear down standard pump components unless the proper steps are taken to safeguard your equipment.

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Top 5 Pumps Found on Marine Ships

The Top 5 Pumps Found on Marine Ships

Explore the top 5 pumps found on ocean-faring vessels, and the applications that they help to power.

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Difficulties When Pumping High Viscosity Fluids

Difficulties When Pumping High Viscosity Fluids

Fluid viscosity is an important property of fluids that cannot be overlooked. Learn what viscosity means for your pump selection.

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Subsea Mining

Subsea Mining – Deep Sea Ocean Mining & Seafloor Dredging Operations

The subsea mining industry is still in its infancy. What advancements make it possible and what challenges still need to be overcome?

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Using Self-Priming Pumps to Replace Vacuum Trucks

Using Self-Priming Pumps to Replace Vacuum Trucks

Learn how EDDY Self-Priming Pump units can be used in place of vacuum trucks for a variety of industrial applications to save your company thousands of dollars per year.

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Pump and Dredging Terms Glossary

Pump and Dredging Terms Glossary

Discover the pump and dredging terms you need to know. Common terminology and a quick reference guide to the industry language.

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Digester Tank Cleanout

Digester Tank Cleanout

Digesters are used in some industrial processes for breaking down sludge and other biowastes. Find out how the EDDY Pump is perfectly equipped for cleaning and pumping digester tanks.

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Flooded Suction, Submersible, or Self-Priming Pumps

Flooded Suction, Submersible, or Self-Priming Pumps – Choosing the Right Pump Setup

It is very important to choose the right pump orientation in order to maximize your pump capability. These three setups are flooded suction, submersible, and self-priming.

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How Amphibious Excavators Enhance Wetland Dredging

How Amphibious Excavators Enhance Wetland Dredging

When working in swamps, marshes, and other wet environments, nothing beats the versatility of the amphibious undercarriage for your excavators.

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Prevent Pipeline Clogging

How to Prevent Pipeline Clogging While Pumping

Pipeline clogs can happen in many pump applications. In order to minimize this issue, it’s important to choose the right pipeline, size, and pump with the correct power.

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When To Use a Cutterhead, Jetting System, Mixer, or Auger Dredge

When To Use a Cutterhead, Jetting System, Mixer, or Auger Dredge

Agitating the sediment to be pumped is sometimes necessary for optimal pump operations. Learn what tools are used for agitating sediment in dredging applications.

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Settling Tank Desludging, Cleanup, Pumping

Settling Tank Desludging, Cleanup, Pumping

Settling tank desludging, cleanup and pumping information. Review how to pick a pump for cleaning clarifiers and settling tanks. Common client questions answered.

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What is a Non-clog Pump?

What is a Non-clog Pump?

Non-clog pumps can drastically improve production in high solids pumping applications. Efficiently pump high viscosity, abrasive, solids heavy material using EDDY Pumps unique design

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Drilling Mud Transfer Pumps

Drilling Mud Transfer Pumps

Drilling mud is the thick, viscous mud used in oil and gas drilling operations. Learn about how this mud is transported and disposed of with the use of EDDY Pumps.

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What You Need to Know About Self Priming Pumps

What You Need to Know About Self Priming Pumps

EDDY Self Priming Pumps integrate a vacuum-based priming unit, which enables the EDDY Pump to operate at peak performance in a variety of applications.

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What You Need to Know About Submersible Pumps

What You Need to Know About Submersible Pumps

A submersible pump is used to move liquids from one point to another. The major difference between a submersible pump and any other type is that it is completely submerged in the liquid that it is required to pump. Learn more about submersible pumps here.

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Mine Waste and Disposal Methods

Mine Waste and Disposal Methods

Learn about different types of mine waste and how it is stored and handled after the mining operation has completed.

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Submersible Sewage Pumps

Submersible Sewage Pumps – Wet Wipes Clogging Solution

Flushable wipes aren’t so flushable after all… find out how they’ve been wreaking havoc on global pumping systems and the solutions being rolled out to prevent persistent clogging.

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What You Need To Look Out For When Dewatering

What You Need To Look Out For When Dewatering

Beginners guide on dewatering projects and the various methods of how dewatering is performed depending on the application. Find out what to look out for when starting a dewatering job.

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The Best Pumps for Producing Biofuel

The Best Pumps for Producing Biofuel

One of the fastest rising sectors of the energy industry is the production of biofuels. Learn about how biofuel and biodiesel are produced and what pumps are the most efficient.

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The Top 4 Pumps Found in the Chemical Industry

The Top 4 Pumps Found in the Chemical Industry

The chemical industry employs the use of many types of pumps adapted for highly corrosive materials. Learn about the top four pumps used in this industry and their applications.

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How Sugar is Processed With the Help of Pumps

How Sugar is Processed With the Help of Pumps

Discover how sugar is processed from sugar cane and what pumps are required during the process.

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Pump Applications in the Sugar Production Industry

Pump Applications in the Sugar Production Industry

Find out how the sugar production industry creates additional pump applications including paper and pulp production and how EDDY Pump can be used to increase production rates.

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Paste Pumping Overview

Paste Pumping Overview

A paste is one of the toughest materials to pump effectively. Learn about efficient paste pumping principles and how the EDDY Pump is well equipped for the challenge.

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Grit Pump – Wastewater Transport

NPSH & How it Relates to Slurry Pumps

Learn more about NPSH (Net Positive Suction Head) and how it can affect performance of slurry pumps.

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Grit Pump – Wastewater Transport

Grit Pump – Wastewater Transport

Learn the ins and outs of high-efficiency grit pumps, such as the EDDY Pump and how it can benefit your grit pumping operations.

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How Microtunneling Utilize Slurry Pumps

Learn how microtunneling is performed and how important of a roll slurry pumps play in a successful job.

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Smart Pumps for Dredging

Smart Pumps for Dredging, Slurry and Industrial Process Pumping

The newest line of smart pumps will revolutionize the industry by monitoring all aspects of the pumping process, ensuring optimal production and longer pump life.

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Hydraulic Motors vs Electric Motors for Operating Slurry Pumps

Learn about the differences between using electric motors and hydraulic motors for slurry pump applications.

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Slurry Pipeline Friction Loss Explained

Discover what slurry pipeline friction loss is all about and how it can hinder your pumping application when pumping heavy slurries.

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Smart Pumps for Dredging

Cleaning Frac Tanks With EDDY Pump Technology

Learn about the new way to clean out abrasive frac tanks using the superior engineered EDDY Pump. Go to YouTube and type in the search field: How to clean a frac tank…we can do better!

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Replacing Centrifugal or Trash Pumps in Oil & Gas Drilling Operations

Learn about the drawbacks of utilizing centrifugal and trash pumps in oil/gas drilling operations and how the EDDY Pump can solve problems associated with these pumps.

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Using Slurry Pumps to Clean out Sand Traps Used in Oil/Gas Drilling Operations

Learn about some of the optimal ways to clean out sand traps commonly found on oil & gas drilling sites.

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Smart Pumps for Dredging

The Cost of a Malfunctioning Slurry Pumps

Learn about the most common types of pump malfunctions, how to prevent them, and how the EDDY Pump is the longest lasting pump when it comes to an abrasive slurry.

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Smart Pumps for Dredging

Eddy Current Pumps - Harnessing the Power of a Tornado

Our extensive knowledge of fluid dynamics as it relates to pumps allows us to provide robust, optimized slurry pumps and dredging equipment with adjoining pipelines and hoses.

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Smart Pumps for Dredging

MFT Ponds - Mature Fine Tailings Ponds - Oil Sands Pumping

Learn How EDDY Pump Equipment can Enhance Oil Sands Projects for MFT Ponds – Mature Fine Tailings Ponds in addition to other oil sands applications

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Smart Pumps for Dredging

Wireless Doppler Flowmeters and Why They Are Essential to Dredging Projects

Learn the importance of having a flow meter installed on your pipeline when operating a dredge pump.

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Smart Pumps for Dredging

Solar Powered Slurry Pumps - Lowest Carbon Footprint Pumps and Dredges on the Market

Learn how the advancement of solar energy can be used to power heavy duty industrial and slurry process pumps.

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EDDY Pump vs. Positive Displacement Pumps

EDDY Pump vs. Positive Displacement Pumps

Positive displacement pumps operate completely different from the EDDY Pump. Learn about the differences in mechanics and how the EDDY Pump can excel where a PD pump cannot.

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Fluid Mixing Pumps – Offering Greater Value than Traditional Mixers

Oftentimes, inline mixing pumps are used in applications that involve fluids with high solids content.

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High Viscosity & High Specific Gravity How they Affect Pumping

Learn about EDDY Pump’s Heavy-Duty High Viscosity & High Specific Gravity Pumps

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Dredging From a Barge

Learn about EDDY Pump’s Line of heavy-duty pumps perfect for loading and loading barges

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Removing Sargassum With Dredge Pumps

Invasive algae known as sargassum is invading the Caribbean and parts of Mexico. Learn how the use of EDDY Pump technology can help fight the spread of this invasive species.

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HPDE Pipe Fusion

Revolutionize HDPE Pipe Fusion

The time required to fuse together 3000 feet of 12-inch HDPE (High-Density Polyethylene) pipe can vary depending on several factors, including the experience of the personnel, the fusion equipment…

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HPDE Pipe Fusion

9 Major Reasons of Mechanical Seal Failure in Slurry Pumps

There are several reasons for mechanical seal failures. However, once the seal fails, it causes huge operational and resource loss.

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Renting or Outsourcing a Dredge

Renting or Outsourcing Dredge

Whether to rent or outsource a dredge depends on multiple factors. Even before you decide to rent or outsource a dredge, you must know both the advantages and disadvantages of renting and outsourcing a dredge.

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What is Hydraulic Dredging? | Importance, Process, Advantages

What is Hydraulic Dredging? | Importance, Process, Advantages

EDDY Pump is a global leader in hydraulic dredging. Here are some insights of why hydraulic dredging has become the need of the hour in today’s world.

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