Happenings:
Welcome to 2025. So, this is what it feels like to be one-fourth of the way through a century? Seems like just a few days ago everyone was worried about what would happen when the computers entered into 2000.
Over the last quarter we have focused on “ending the year strong” which means a lot of time for our Outside Team on the road to go and visit different distribution partners. All told in the last three months our guys traveled 115 days between the four of them going out and seeing you. Pretty impressive with all of the holidays that were scattered in there.
This has been an eventful year for GPM, the continuation of sales with an amazing group of distribution partners and us growing stronger with our resolve to offer you the best product we can offer.
Thank you for an amazing year and we look forward to 2025 with a renewed purpose and drive into the new year.
Looking forward to an awesome 2025 working with you!
The GPM Team:
Greg, Dan, Tom, Debbie, Scott, Tristan, Samantha, Drew, Joey, Dee, David, Chris, and Paul
DP Pump Updates
We know we touched on it last newsletter, but we wanted to remind everyone. There is a new seal on the market. We are fully converted over to the new eMG seal for all pumps. With this change came a few new items to be aware of: First the part numbers have changed on all of the replacement seal options. Please look at your current 2025 price sheets for the new part numbers (an 8 changed to a 9). Second, these are fully interchangeable with the old seals into the existing B and C generation of pumps that were manufactured. Installation, operation and adjustment are exactly the same as the previous pumps. Finally, there was a change in materials. The 285 F seal is now a Sic/Ca/Peroxide Cured EPDM over the old Tuc/Ca seal. The temperature ratings are the same, however, just the materials have slightly changed. I hope this clears up the minor changes as we go forward with this new update.
Victor Pump News
Coming in 2025 will be a comprehensive set of 60HZ curves for all of the Victor S and R Series pumps. These should be released by the end of this first quarter and make it easier for us to show customers the true abilities of the Victor Pump Line.
Upcoming Events
Join us for our upcoming events that we will be participating in. Here are the details:
ASHRAE Expo
Date: February 10-12
Location: Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fl
Booth # 5560
AGG1 Show
Date: March 25-27
Location: America’s Center
Convention Complex, St. Louis, Mo
Booth #6938
Tech Article
The gear pump is one of the most widely used positive displacement pumps. Whether you’re pumping lubrication oil or molasses these pumps can handle it. However not all gear pumps are created equal. There are two types of gear pumps, external and internal. External gear pumps consist of two identical gears (a rotor/driver and idler) rotating against each other on separate shafts. The internal gear pump has a smaller gear (idler) rotating inside a larger gear (rotor/driver). The Victor Gear pump that you represent is an internal gear pump (similar to the Viking).
Below is a look at the differences between the two:
External Gear Pump
These pumps have two gears that work against one another in the opposite direction. Liquid is drawn into the pump as the gears interlock, and the teeth carry the fluid around the pump to the outlet, where it’s forced out as they meet.
Applications – ex. water, fuel, lubricants, hydraulics, chemicals etc.
Advantages – better at handling lower viscosity liquids, smaller flow rates, higher pressures.
Manufacturers – Oberdorfer, Roper
Internal Gear Pumps
These pumps have an outer gear (rotor) and an inner gear(idler). The rotor is mounted to a rotating shaft. The idler is mounted to a fixed shaft (idler pin) on the pump’s front cover plate and is driven by the rotor. The crescent on the pump’s front cover plate separates the gears so they create two flow paths which then re-join as the gears mesh, forcing liquid out the discharge port.
Applications – ex. Asphalt, bitumen, tar, chocolate, peanut butter, paints etc.
Advantages – better at handling higher temperatures, larger flow rates, higher viscosity liquids, have fewer bearings and bushings and favored for more abrasive liquids.
The Greenpumps GPCA magnetic drive centrifugal pump can be configured in centerline mount to meet API 685 which is the magnetic drive equivalent of API 610. The centerline support allows thermal expansion growth of the casing to be symmetric from the shaft centerline outwards. This allows coupling alignment to be maintained regardless of temperature variations. The GPCA is capable of temperatures from -150F to 660F (750F w/ external cooling) and total working pressures up to 1500PSI.
These capabilities along with the absence of a need for a mechanical seal make this pump suitable for oil refinery/petrochemical, thermal oil, powerplant, boiler and chemical transfer applications. GPM is currently working on an application pumping Naphtha with a total working pressure of over 1200PSI with Super Duplex SS casing and Titanium Grade 5 containment shell.
Who is on Top?
One of the greatest things we get to do each year is thank our partners. Many times, we also get to celebrate those who have gone above and beyond to accel with our offerings to them. Below are the Top Ten for 2025.
-Cardinal Pump-St. Louis, MO
-Hugh M. Cunningham-Carrolton, Tx
-Mechanical Equipment Company- Matthews, NC
-James,Cooke, and Hobson-Phx, AZ/ElPaso, TX/Albquerque, NM
-Premco, New Rochelle, NY
-PBBS-Menominee Falls, Wi
-Sunair-Philadelphia, Pa
-Texas Steam, Houston, Tx
-Wichita Burner-Wichita, KS
-Zone Industries – Spring, Tx
And thank you to all of our partners for your efforts in 2024!
Training
With the continued call for more education GPM will be keeping our monthly product line classes. We are in the process of trying to update some of these to include new and improved information. The schedule for the first half of 2025 is below.
January 30-Full Product Offering
February 20-DP Pump Training
March 20-Victor Pump
April 24-GreenPumps
May 22-Garbarino Pumps
June 26-PEMO Pumps
More classes to be scheduled, as needed, in the second half of the year.