september 2011 issue
TRANSCRIPT
For Environmental & Support Service ProfessionalsFor Environmental & Support Service Professionals
Money Machines:Mobile Hot and Mighty jetter
is rig washer’s best friendPAGE 26
Tech Perspectives:Choose your next slurry pump wisely
PAGE 36
www.GOMCmag.com | SEPTEMBER 2011
CANADIAN SHIELD BEATS HARSH WEATHER AND MEETS TOUGH ENVIRONMENTAL
STANDARDS FOR CONTAINERIZED WASTEWATER SYSTEMS PAGE 18
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Frac Tanks
Vacuum Boxes
Storage Tanks
Fuel Tanks
Skid Tanks
Mud Tanks
Production Tanks
Tank Accessories
© Copyright 2011 Modern Group Inc. All rights reserved.
Quality equipment that makes your operation work.
Long life and low maintenance that make your investment work.
Dragon is here.
U.S. owned and operated. Founded in 1963.
You need your tanks, trailers and containers to be tough long-term performers. That’s how we’ve built them since 1963. Everything in our extensive equipment line is severe-duty engineered to stand up to harsh working conditions and get the job done with minimal maintenance. Plus we constantly develop our product line based on customer feedback. So you know your Dragon equipment will be high quality, designed for the job, and cost you less to own over its lifetime. And that’s just the equipment. Dragon also gives you extra support for your business, such as 24/7 parts and service through our nationwide dealer network. Bottom line – going with Dragon equipment is a smart investment in your operation. Because it works for you now, and keeps working for you well into the future. Make it happen.
1-877-778-4288
www.dragonproductsltd.comUSED USED
USED
Make it happen.
CALL TO ORDER TOLL FREE 866-872-1224 • www.varcopumper.com SOURCE KEY9GC11
OILFIELD SERVICE HOSE
3"OPENING
NEW!
WE CAN CRIMP ANY HOSE UP TO 10” DIAMETER • WE HAVE HARD TO FIND PARTS
400 CFMPUMP FOR
UNDER$2700!
400 CFMPUMP FOR
UNDER$2700!
400 CFMPUMP FOR
WE CAN CRIMP ANY HOSE UP TO 10” DIAMETERWE CAN CRIMP ANY HOSE UP TO 10” DIAMETERWE CAN CRIMP ANY HOSE UP TO 10” DIAMETER
NEW!
dual fan cooledso you canrun themall day
VACUUM PUMPS- WE GOT ‘EM!Engineered for Oil Field Use!
DRIPLUBE
AUTO LUBE
BATTIONI PUMPSSTARTING AT
$1381.94 $1,28900
$1581.69 $1,40055
MEC9000Continuous Duty • Ballast Port Cooled
$2590.00 $2,39500
EASY BOLT & GO SYSTEM!LC420 MUFFLERPACKPump with fi nal fi lter, razor muffl er, pump stand, alignment couplings, gearbox & mounting bracket.
MEC11000Continuous Duty • Ballast Port Cooled
$2910.00 $2,67500
R260
LC420
RV360
RV520
394 CFM
FOR 2,500-6,000+ GAL. TANK
FOR 2,500-6,000+ GAL. TANK
AUTOLUBE
AUTOLUBE
BATTIONI VACUUM PUMPSWE GOT ‘EM!
BRASSLEVER VALVES
3" $10500
4" $14900
6" $29500
STEEL MANWAYS17" - 4 Nut Lid $16595
20" - 6 Nut Lid $26295
STEELLOW PROFILEPRIMARY SHUTOFF3" Opening $28095
10 GALLON VERTICAL
SECONDARY 3" Opening
$43500 3" NPT Nipple
$42500
BUTTERFLYVALVES
4" Nickel $4205
6" Nickel $6468
4" Nylon $5028
6" Nylon $7347
BRASSPISTONVALVES
FNPT x FNPT4" $12100
6" $20200
4 Bolt Flange x FNPT 4" $16100 6" $22100
4 Bolt Flange x 4 Bolt Flange 4" $18500 6" $22200
HEAVY DUTY INDUSTRIAL PUMPS COMPONENTS VALVES
320 CFM
100'LENGTH
NITRILE PETROLEUM SUCTIONFor suction and discharge applications:oil, gasoline & other petroleum-based products with up to 50% aromatic content.
BULK HOSE- BUY 100' AND SAVE!
2" 3" 4"
$3.25 ft $4.59 ft $6.89 ftCOUPLED HOSE PRICE INCLUDES M X F QUICK CONNECTS- 2" AVAILABLE- CALL!
20' 25' 30' 33' 35' 40'
3" $108.84 $132.13 $155.41 $169.39 $178.70 $201.99
4" $164.74 $199.96 $235.17 $256.30 $270.39 $305.60
COMPARE TO RED STRIPE LONGHORN
NEW AND FLEXIBLE!
COMPARE TO BLUE STRIPE
SUPERVAC
BULK HOSE- BUY 100' AND SAVE!
2" 3" 4" 6"
$2.90 $4.50 $6.50 $11.95
COUPLED HOSE PRICE INCLUDES M X F QUICK CONNECTS- 2" AVAILABLE- CALL!
20' 25' 30' 33' 35' 40'
3" $108.84 $132.13 $155.41 $169.39 $178.70 $201.99
4" $161.65 $195.91 $230.18 $250.74 $264.44 $298.71
FLEXI-VACOILFIELD HOSEThis fl exible industrial hose is a great choice for tank truck, oilfi eld vacuum truck serviceand transfer applications.
NEW!
AUTOLUBE
AUTOLUBE
EPDM SUCTIONAvailable in 4 colors- Red, Green, Yellow and Blue. ADD 5% FOR RED AND BLUE COLORS.
Also in Coupled Assemblies- CALL
SIZE SIZESALE
PRICE
3" $3.69 $2.82 ft
4" $6.59 $4.92 ft
6" $11.35 $9.95 ft
liquid cooled-so you can run it all day!
Air CylindersAvailable
Pictured w/ Optional Nipple
FlangesAvailable
4 Nut Lid
6 Nut Lid
CALL FOR
FREE
CATALOG!
OIL FIELD HOSE& ACCESSORIESWAREHOUSE STORE
WATER HAULER SUCTION HOSE
BULK 100 FT ROLLS
PETOL SIGHT GLASSSee what is fl owing through heat-treaters, separators and storage tank drain lines. The clear view nipple is made from polycarbonate with 30x the impact resistance of safety glass, withstands exposure to ultraviolet rays. Temperature range -150° to 165°F.
Item# Size PRICE
#SG0500 2" x 8" $50.95#SG0500-3 3" x 8" $68.95#SG0500-4 4" x 8" $98.50
NEW!
NEW!
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SEPT.11 - www.gomcmag.com GOMC 3
Vacuum Trailers
Frac Tanks
Vacuum Boxes
Storage Tanks
Fuel Tanks
Skid Tanks
Mud Tanks
Production Tanks
Tank Accessories
© Copyright 2011 Modern Group Inc. All rights reserved.
Quality equipment that makes your operation work.
Long life and low maintenance that make your investment work.
Dragon is here.
U.S. owned and operated. Founded in 1963.
You need your tanks, trailers and containers to be tough long-term performers. That’s how we’ve built them since 1963. Everything in our extensive equipment line is severe-duty engineered to stand up to harsh working conditions and get the job done with minimal maintenance. Plus we constantly develop our product line based on customer feedback. So you know your Dragon equipment will be high quality, designed for the job, and cost you less to own over its lifetime. And that’s just the equipment. Dragon also gives you extra support for your business, such as 24/7 parts and service through our nationwide dealer network. Bottom line – going with Dragon equipment is a smart investment in your operation. Because it works for you now, and keeps working for you well into the future. Make it happen.
1-877-778-4288
www.dragonproductsltd.comUSED USED
USED
Make it happen.
CALL TO ORDER TOLL FREE 866-872-1224 • www.varcopumper.com SOURCE KEY9GC11
OILFIELD SERVICE HOSE
3"OPENING
NEW!
WE CAN CRIMP ANY HOSE UP TO 10” DIAMETER • WE HAVE HARD TO FIND PARTS
400 CFMPUMP FOR
UNDER$2700!
400 CFMPUMP FOR
UNDER$2700!
400 CFMPUMP FOR
WE CAN CRIMP ANY HOSE UP TO 10” DIAMETERWE CAN CRIMP ANY HOSE UP TO 10” DIAMETERWE CAN CRIMP ANY HOSE UP TO 10” DIAMETER
NEW!
dual fan cooledso you canrun themall day
VACUUM PUMPS- WE GOT ‘EM!Engineered for Oil Field Use!
DRIPLUBE
AUTO LUBE
BATTIONI PUMPSSTARTING AT
$1381.94 $1,28900
$1581.69 $1,40055
MEC9000Continuous Duty • Ballast Port Cooled
$2590.00 $2,39500
EASY BOLT & GO SYSTEM!LC420 MUFFLERPACKPump with fi nal fi lter, razor muffl er, pump stand, alignment couplings, gearbox & mounting bracket.
MEC11000Continuous Duty • Ballast Port Cooled
$2910.00 $2,67500
R260
LC420
RV360
RV520
394 CFM
FOR 2,500-6,000+ GAL. TANK
FOR 2,500-6,000+ GAL. TANK
AUTOLUBE
AUTOLUBE
BATTIONI VACUUM PUMPSWE GOT ‘EM!
BRASSLEVER VALVES
3" $10500
4" $14900
6" $29500
STEEL MANWAYS17" - 4 Nut Lid $16595
20" - 6 Nut Lid $26295
STEELLOW PROFILEPRIMARY SHUTOFF3" Opening $28095
10 GALLON VERTICAL
SECONDARY 3" Opening
$43500 3" NPT Nipple
$42500
BUTTERFLYVALVES
4" Nickel $4205
6" Nickel $6468
4" Nylon $5028
6" Nylon $7347
BRASSPISTONVALVES
FNPT x FNPT4" $12100
6" $20200
4 Bolt Flange x FNPT 4" $16100 6" $22100
4 Bolt Flange x 4 Bolt Flange 4" $18500 6" $22200
HEAVY DUTY INDUSTRIAL PUMPS COMPONENTS VALVES
320 CFM
100'LENGTH
NITRILE PETROLEUM SUCTIONFor suction and discharge applications:oil, gasoline & other petroleum-based products with up to 50% aromatic content.
BULK HOSE- BUY 100' AND SAVE!
2" 3" 4"
$3.25 ft $4.59 ft $6.89 ftCOUPLED HOSE PRICE INCLUDES M X F QUICK CONNECTS- 2" AVAILABLE- CALL!
20' 25' 30' 33' 35' 40'
3" $108.84 $132.13 $155.41 $169.39 $178.70 $201.99
4" $164.74 $199.96 $235.17 $256.30 $270.39 $305.60
COMPARE TO RED STRIPE LONGHORN
NEW AND FLEXIBLE!
COMPARE TO BLUE STRIPE
SUPERVAC
BULK HOSE- BUY 100' AND SAVE!
2" 3" 4" 6"
$2.90 $4.50 $6.50 $11.95
COUPLED HOSE PRICE INCLUDES M X F QUICK CONNECTS- 2" AVAILABLE- CALL!
20' 25' 30' 33' 35' 40'
3" $108.84 $132.13 $155.41 $169.39 $178.70 $201.99
4" $161.65 $195.91 $230.18 $250.74 $264.44 $298.71
FLEXI-VACOILFIELD HOSEThis fl exible industrial hose is a great choice for tank truck, oilfi eld vacuum truck serviceand transfer applications.
NEW!
AUTOLUBE
AUTOLUBE
EPDM SUCTIONAvailable in 4 colors- Red, Green, Yellow and Blue. ADD 5% FOR RED AND BLUE COLORS.
Also in Coupled Assemblies- CALL
SIZE SIZESALE
PRICE
3" $3.69 $2.82 ft
4" $6.59 $4.92 ft
6" $11.35 $9.95 ft
liquid cooled-so you can run it all day!
Air CylindersAvailable
Pictured w/ Optional Nipple
FlangesAvailable
4 Nut Lid
6 Nut Lid
CALL FOR
FREE
CATALOG!
OIL FIELD HOSE& ACCESSORIESWAREHOUSE STORE
WATER HAULER SUCTION HOSE
BULK 100 FT ROLLS
PETOL SIGHT GLASSSee what is fl owing through heat-treaters, separators and storage tank drain lines. The clear view nipple is made from polycarbonate with 30x the impact resistance of safety glass, withstands exposure to ultraviolet rays. Temperature range -150° to 165°F.
Item# Size PRICE
#SG0500 2" x 8" $50.95#SG0500-3 3" x 8" $68.95#SG0500-4 4" x 8" $98.50
NEW!
NEW!
9GC11.indd 1 8/21/11 11:52 PM
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contents
features
18 ContraCtor Profile: take it to the limit Specializing in the design, installation and operation of containerized wastewater treatment systems, Canadian Shield beats harsh weather and meets tough environmental standards in the Great White North. - Peter Kenter
28 Product rounduP: dePendability on the line When it comes to moving slurry, recirculating drilling fluids or handling high heads, there’s a pump with the power and precision to get the job done. - Ed Wodalski
36 tech PersPectives: Move that Material GOM support service contractors demand more reliable and power- efficient slurry pumps to keep pace with recent advances in many areas of resource processing. - Peter Kenter
Coming next month: oCtoBer 2011Issue Focus: Support trucks and trailersn contractor Profile: California company keeps on truckin’
n safety First: New guidelines for life-saving CPR
n building the business: Working effectively with family
departments8 editor’s notebook: keePing the best and brightest A combination of advancement opportunities, financial incentives and industry image building will help you hold on to star employees. - Jim Kneiszel
12 building the business: iMProve Quality First Not that you should give up your marketing budget, but improving your service is the first step to landing more customers. - Dan Coughlin
14 on the Money: the “s” has it When it’s time to incorporate, the S Corporation form offers a number of advantages – and raises a few caution flags, too. - Erik Gunn
26 Money Machines: he’s Mr. clean With his Hot and Mighty General mobile jetting system in tow, support services contractor Trenton Meyer is an oilrig-washing master. - Ken Wysocky
34 saFety First: it’s serious business In considering trench safety, it’s important to remember that in cave-ins, earth is not friendly. - Ted J. Rulseh
40 Product neWs Spotlight: Versatile Low Rider Trailer Allows for Larger Loads - Ed Wodalski
44 industry neWs
SePtemBer 2011
on the coverCanadian Shield Consultants Agency operations manager Justin Dignard (left) and CEO Gerry Dignard pause for a chat across the pickup truck box during the installation of an onsite system at a mine in Canada. (Photo courtesy of Canadian Shield)
18
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“ O v e r 5 0 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e a n d h e r e t o s t a y ! ”
MORO + YOU• New Product Design• Competitive Pricing• Exceptional Service
• Require Quality• Require Service• Can’t Afford Down Time
866-346-1169 • fax 412-269-4172 • www.morousa.com • [email protected]
= • More Stops In A Year• More Customers ServedYOUR BOTTOM LINE!
PUMP REBATESUP TO $500
Trade in your old pump and receive a trade-in allowance towards yourpump purchase!
* Limited time program. Offer good on PM-A and PM-W series only.
BOUNTY PROGRAM:BOUNTY PROGRAM:COMPLETE HYDRAULIC and GEAR BOX DRIVE KITSPM80A
PM100TPM110W
AIR, FAN OR WATER-COOLED PUMPS
VALVES
C-faced AdapterAllows user to convert to
a Moro pump and use existing stand.
VACUUM PUMPS
SEPT.11 - www.gomcmag.com GOMC 5
contents
features
18 ContraCtor Profile: take it to the limit Specializing in the design, installation and operation of containerized wastewater treatment systems, Canadian Shield beats harsh weather and meets tough environmental standards in the Great White North. - Peter Kenter
28 Product rounduP: dePendability on the line When it comes to moving slurry, recirculating drilling fluids or handling high heads, there’s a pump with the power and precision to get the job done. - Ed Wodalski
36 tech PersPectives: Move that Material GOM support service contractors demand more reliable and power- efficient slurry pumps to keep pace with recent advances in many areas of resource processing. - Peter Kenter
Coming next month: oCtoBer 2011Issue Focus: Support trucks and trailersn contractor Profile: California company keeps on truckin’
n safety First: New guidelines for life-saving CPR
n building the business: Working effectively with family
departments8 editor’s notebook: keePing the best and brightest A combination of advancement opportunities, financial incentives and industry image building will help you hold on to star employees. - Jim Kneiszel
12 building the business: iMProve Quality FirstNot that you should give up your marketing budget, but improving your service is the first step to landing more customers.- Dan Coughlin
14 on the Money: the “s” has it When it’s time to incorporate, the S Corporation form offers a number of advantages – and raises a few caution flags, too. - Erik Gunn
26 Money Machines: he’s Mr. cleanWith his Hot and Mighty General mobile jetting system in tow, support services contractor Trenton Meyer is an oilrig-washing master.- Ken Wysocky
34 saFety First: it’s serious business In considering trench safety, it’s important to remember that in cave-ins, earth is not friendly. - Ted J. Rulseh
40 Product neWs Spotlight: Versatile Low Rider Trailer Allows for Larger Loads
- Ed Wodalski
44 industry neWs
SePtemBer 2011
on the coverCanadian Shield Consultants Agency operations manager Justin Dignard (left) and CEO Gerry Dignard pause for a chat across the pickup truck box during the installation of an onsite system at a mine in Canada. (Photo courtesy of Canadian Shield)
18
2836
“ O v e r 5 0 y e a r s o f s e r v i c e a n d h e r e t o s t a y ! ”
MORO + YOU• New Product Design• Competitive Pricing• Exceptional Service
• Require Quality• Require Service• Can’t Afford Down Time
866-346-1169 • fax 412-269-4172 • www.morousa.com • [email protected]
= • More Stops In A Year• More Customers ServedYOUR BOTTOM LINE!
PUMP REBATESUP TO $500
Trade in your old pump and receive a trade-in allowance towards yourpump purchase!
* Limited time program. Offer good on PM-A and PM-W series only.
BOUNTY PROGRAM:BOUNTY PROGRAM:COMPLETE HYDRAULIC and GEAR BOX DRIVE KITSPM80A
PM100TPM110W
AIR, FAN OR WATER-COOLED PUMPS
VALVES
C-faced AdapterAllows user to convert to
a Moro pump and use existing stand.
VACUUM PUMPS
6 GOMC www.gomcmag.com - SEPT.11
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© Copyright 2011 COLE Publishing Inc.No part may be reproduced without
permission of the publisher.
In U.S. or Canada call toll-free 800-257-7222
Elsewhere call 715-546-3346Email: [email protected]: www.gomcmag.com
Fax: 715-546-3786
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SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION: A one year (12 issue) subscription to GOMC in the United States or Cana-da is free to qualifi ed subscribers. A qualifi ed subscriber is any company or individual who maintains, services or supports land-based gas, oil or min-ing operations in North America. Non-qualifi ed subscriptions are avail-able at a cost of $60 per year in the United States and $120 per year out-side of the United States. To qualify visit www.gomcmag.com/qualify or call 800-257-7222.
Our subscriber list is occasionally made available to carefully selected compa-nies whose products or services may be of interest to you. Your privacy is important to us. If you prefer not to be a part of these lists, please contact Nicole at [email protected].
DISPLAY ADVERTISING: Contact our sales staff below, Kim at 800-994-7990 or Noel at 888-844-3506. Publisher reserves the right to reject advertising which in its opinion is misleading, un-fair or incompatible with the character of the publication.
REPRINTS AND BACK ISSUES: Visit www.gomcmag.com for options and pricing. To order reprints, call Jeff Lane at 800-257-7222 (715-546-3346) or email jeffl @colepublishing.com. To order back issues, call Nicole at 800-257-7222 (715-546-3346) or email [email protected].
CIRCULATION: Standard monthly circulation is in excess of 10,000 copies.
For Environmental & Support Service Professionals
Kim McGee Noel Lewis
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FOR
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Armstrong Equipment, Inc. ............15, 48Best Enterprises, Inc. .......................................35Buckhorn Pumps, Inc. ...................................19
Comforts of Home Services, Inc. .........38Curry Supply Co. ................................................32Dragon Products Ltd. .......................................3Eldred Environmental ...................................10EMI, LLC......................................................................27Enid Mack Sales ..................................................25
Flo Trend Systems, Inc. ..................................23
Fruitland Tool & Mfg. .......................................35Gorman-Rupp Company .....................9, 17
Granite Seed and Erosion Control......33Hydra-Tech Pumps ..........................................39
J&J Truck Bodies & Trailers ..........................15Lee Supply Company, Inc. ............................7LobePro Rotary Pumps ................................33Masport, Inc. ..........................................................16Midway Ford Western Star Truck Center .16
Moro USA, Inc. ........................................................5MTech .........................................................................45
National Vacuum Equipment, Inc. .....25
Pressure Lift Corporation ...............................6
R.A. Ross & Associates NE, Inc. ................42Three Lakes Truck & Equipment .............6
TOICO Industries ................................................33Transcube/Western International, Inc. ....11
V.E. Enterprises, Inc. ..........................................13
Vac-Con, Inc. ..........................................................47Vactor Manufacturing ...................................21
Vacuum Sales, Inc. ............................................38Vanair Manufacturing, Inc. ........................10
VAR Co. ..........................................................................2
Hydra-Tech Pumps
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Fabrication Fusion
Pumps Pipe
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Advertiser IndexSEPTEMBER 2011
Published monthly by:
1720 Maple Lake Dam Rd., PO Box 220Three Lakes, WI 54562
www.GOMCMag.com
© Copyright 2011 COLE Publishing Inc.No part may be reproduced without
permission of the publisher.
In U.S. or Canada call toll-free 800-257-7222
Elsewhere call 715-546-3346Email: [email protected]: www.gomcmag.com
Fax: 715-546-3786
Offi ce hours Mon- Fri.,7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. CST
SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION: A one year (12 issue) subscription to GOMC in the United States or Cana-da is free to qualifi ed subscribers. A qualifi ed subscriber is any company or individual who maintains, services or supports land-based gas, oil or min-ing operations in North America. Non-qualifi ed subscriptions are avail-able at a cost of $60 per year in the United States and $120 per year out-side of the United States. To qualify visit www.gomcmag.com/qualify or call 800-257-7222.
Our subscriber list is occasionally made available to carefully selected compa-nies whose products or services may be of interest to you. Your privacy is important to us. If you prefer not to be a part of these lists, please contact Nicole at [email protected].
DISPLAY ADVERTISING: Contact our sales staff below, Kim at 800-994-7990 or Noel at 888-844-3506. Publisher reserves the right to reject advertising which in its opinion is misleading, un-fair or incompatible with the character of the publication.
REPRINTS AND BACK ISSUES: Visit www.gomcmag.com for options and pricing. To order reprints, call Jeff Lane at 800-257-7222 (715-546-3346) or email jeffl @colepublishing.com. To order back issues, call Nicole at 800-257-7222 (715-546-3346) or email [email protected].
CIRCULATION: Standard monthly circulation is in excess of 10,000 copies.
For Environmental & Support Service Professionals
Kim McGee Noel Lewis
SUBSCRIBE TO GOMC
FOR
FREE!SCAN THE QR CODE
WITH YOUR SMARTPHONE
Armstrong Equipment, Inc. ............15, 48Best Enterprises, Inc. .......................................35Buckhorn Pumps, Inc. ...................................19
Comforts of Home Services, Inc. .........38Curry Supply Co. ................................................32Dragon Products Ltd. .......................................3Eldred Environmental ...................................10EMI, LLC......................................................................27Enid Mack Sales ..................................................25
Flo Trend Systems, Inc. ..................................23
Fruitland Tool & Mfg. .......................................35Gorman-Rupp Company .....................9, 17
Granite Seed and Erosion Control......33Hydra-Tech Pumps ..........................................39
J&J Truck Bodies & Trailers ..........................15Lee Supply Company, Inc. ............................7LobePro Rotary Pumps ................................33Masport, Inc. ..........................................................16Midway Ford Western Star Truck Center .16
Moro USA, Inc. ........................................................5MTech .........................................................................45
National Vacuum Equipment, Inc. .....25
Pressure Lift Corporation ...............................6
R.A. Ross & Associates NE, Inc. ................42Three Lakes Truck & Equipment .............6
TOICO Industries ................................................33Transcube/Western International, Inc. ....11
V.E. Enterprises, Inc. ..........................................13
Vac-Con, Inc. ..........................................................47Vactor Manufacturing ...................................21
Vacuum Sales, Inc. ............................................38Vanair Manufacturing, Inc. ........................10
VAR Co. ..........................................................................2
Hydra-Tech Pumps
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ou have a promising young em-ployee. He or she punches in, works hard all day, giving you a good ef-
fort. That’s right now. But you wonder what the future holds. Will this gung-ho worker lose enthusiasm and turn into a so-so per-former? Will he or she go out looking for another job, leaving you with the difficult task of finding a new employee who will give an equal effort?
You’re anxious because you were lucky to find someone so conscientious. This is the kind of person you know you could build your business with if you could count on them to stick around and stay fired up about the work. If only you had workers who could carry a load, you’d expand the
services you offer and buy the moneymak-ing equipment you’ve been dreaming about.
But you also know the realities that have dogged your business in the past: Some workers are always looking to transi-tion from being laborers to a more respon-sible supervisory role. Workers with families can grow weary of travel away from home to earn a living at remote sites. You are aware that your clients in the energy industry and competing support service contractors rec-ognize a good worker and might swoop in and hire your best employees away.
It may help to know that you’re not alone. Over the years I’ve heard many con-tractors bemoan the fact that they can’t keep
good employees, or simply can’t keep them motivated enough to turn them into big-time company assets.
You’d like to think every one of your employees is just as motivated as you are to get up in the morning and do a good job ev-ery day. But that’s just not realistic. Nobody will work as long, as hard and carefully as the business owner. That’s just the way it is and it’s never going to change.
So what can you do to light a fire un-der the butts of your best employees? How can you convince a young technician that the GOM sectors—and your company, in particular—offer a long-term career option worth pursuing? Here’s a recipe for success to gain a greater commitment to excellence
and loyalty from your company’s best and brightest workers:
Show them this is a profession.In an industry that doesn’t always get
the respect it deserves, you need to always look for ways to stress that your company is on the front lines providing the energy North America needs to grow. The industry includes scientists, engineers and ever-more-technical equipment that demands trained technicians. You play a crucial role in help-ing to procure important natural resources and protect the environment as well.
Back up this important message by providing continuing education and techni-
cal certification opportunities. Involve your workers with trade groups and hook them up with top technicians in related fields. Let them network with professionals in related industries.
Take your best employees along to the Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International. I’ve heard the story many times of contractors who brought a young employee to the Expo as a reward for hard work. The employee is amazed by the breadth and depth of environmental and support service opportunities, the quality of the other technicians he’s met, and blown away by the equipment and technology on display. Seeing the spectacle of the Expo can transform a guy who works in the oil fields into an environmental professional.
Show them the money.If they’re truly professionals, pay them
like professionals. Take a good, hard look at how you’re rewarding employees financially and compare your company to other em-ployers you encounter in the field. Put your-self in your employee’s place; would you be excited by the wages you pay?
Sweetening the money pot doesn’t have to mean strictly paying more per hour or per week. In fact, creative ways to build
on the salary package may have a bigger impact at convincing good workers to stick around.
As you can afford it, how about giving large year-end bonuses based on how well the employee performs? A top performer might have to think twice about leaving for another opportunity in June if he knows a significant bonus awaits him in December if he sticks around.
Or you might consider a more radi-cal approach by starting a profit-sharing program or even giving a small piece of the business to an outstanding employee. Talk to your accountant and a business consul-tant about how you might structure either
Jim Kneiszel
Take a good, hard look at how you’re rewarding employees financially and compare your company to other employers you encounter in the field.
Put yourself in your employee’s place; would you be excited by the wages you pay?
Editor’s Notebook
Keeping the Best and BrightestA combination of advancement opportunities, financial incentives and industry image building will help you hold on to star employees
By Jim Kneiszel, Editor
Y
type of program for a special employee who you deem is critical to the long-term success of your company.
The other way to pay great employees is through a Cadillac benefits package. In these days of soaring health insurance costs, this is easier said than done. But if you can provide health insurance, life insurance or vacation benefits that beat other companies in your area, it might convince top workers to stay put. Better pay and benefits than they can find elsewhere for similar work is often aptly referred to as “golden handcuffs.”
Pile on the responsibilities. The next time you purchase a new piece
of equipment, involve your top-notch opera-tor in the process, and turn the keys over to him when the rig arrives. Show your loyalty in the form of a sweet ride (don’t skimp on the comfort features) and your driver is like-ly to show more loyalty to you. As an added benefit, a worker is likelier to pamper a dedi-cated rig, and his “ownership” of the truck will show other employees what’s possible if they dedicate themselves to the job.
Maybe there’s a new service you’ve been itching to add to your offerings. Don’t take on the task of training, marketing and equipping your employees by yourself. This might be the perfect opportunity to ask your top performer to step up and help in the effort. Let the employee study the market for the new service. Give him the time to research the equipment you’ll need to do the job right. When the time comes to ramp up the new service, ask the employee to coordinate training sessions for other workers. Soon the motivated worker will be running that division of the company and thriving on management responsibilities.
PROCEED WITH CAUTIONAll this talk of sharing profits and turn-
ing over critical company responsibilities is heady stuff for a business owner used to making all of the decisions. Certainly you need to be wary of “giving away the farm” to an employee who might not prove to be a top performer over the long haul. You must demand accountability and performance. And you must leave yourself an out, a pro-cess to reverse any bold initiatives you start.
There are risks to giving greater roles to
your best employees. But as an entrepreneur, you know that great risk sometimes leads to great reward. What if empowering that great young worker yields a fat new revenue stream, or results in a dedicated 20-year employee/manager? GOMC
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ou have a promising young em-ployee. He or she punches in, works hard all day, giving you a good ef-
fort. That’s right now. But you wonder what the future holds. Will this gung-ho worker lose enthusiasm and turn into a so-so per-former? Will he or she go out looking for another job, leaving you with the difficult task of finding a new employee who will give an equal effort?
You’re anxious because you were lucky to find someone so conscientious. This is the kind of person you know you could build your business with if you could count on them to stick around and stay fired up about the work. If only you had workers who could carry a load, you’d expand the
services you offer and buy the moneymak-ing equipment you’ve been dreaming about.
But you also know the realities that have dogged your business in the past: Some workers are always looking to transi-tion from being laborers to a more respon-sible supervisory role. Workers with families can grow weary of travel away from home to earn a living at remote sites. You are aware that your clients in the energy industry and competing support service contractors rec-ognize a good worker and might swoop in and hire your best employees away.
It may help to know that you’re not alone. Over the years I’ve heard many con-tractors bemoan the fact that they can’t keep
good employees, or simply can’t keep them motivated enough to turn them into big-time company assets.
You’d like to think every one of your employees is just as motivated as you are to get up in the morning and do a good job ev-ery day. But that’s just not realistic. Nobody will work as long, as hard and carefully as the business owner. That’s just the way it is and it’s never going to change.
So what can you do to light a fire un-der the butts of your best employees? How can you convince a young technician that the GOM sectors—and your company, in particular—offer a long-term career option worth pursuing? Here’s a recipe for success to gain a greater commitment to excellence
and loyalty from your company’s best and brightest workers:
Show them this is a profession.In an industry that doesn’t always get
the respect it deserves, you need to always look for ways to stress that your company is on the front lines providing the energy North America needs to grow. The industry includes scientists, engineers and ever-more-technical equipment that demands trained technicians. You play a crucial role in help-ing to procure important natural resources and protect the environment as well.
Back up this important message by providing continuing education and techni-
cal certification opportunities. Involve your workers with trade groups and hook them up with top technicians in related fields. Let them network with professionals in related industries.
Take your best employees along to the Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo International. I’ve heard the story many times of contractors who brought a young employee to the Expo as a reward for hard work. The employee is amazed by the breadth and depth of environmental and support service opportunities, the quality of the other technicians he’s met, and blown away by the equipment and technology on display. Seeing the spectacle of the Expo can transform a guy who works in the oil fields into an environmental professional.
Show them the money.If they’re truly professionals, pay them
like professionals. Take a good, hard look at how you’re rewarding employees financially and compare your company to other em-ployers you encounter in the field. Put your-self in your employee’s place; would you be excited by the wages you pay?
Sweetening the money pot doesn’t have to mean strictly paying more per hour or per week. In fact, creative ways to build
on the salary package may have a bigger impact at convincing good workers to stick around.
As you can afford it, how about giving large year-end bonuses based on how well the employee performs? A top performer might have to think twice about leaving for another opportunity in June if he knows a significant bonus awaits him in December if he sticks around.
Or you might consider a more radi-cal approach by starting a profit-sharing program or even giving a small piece of the business to an outstanding employee. Talk to your accountant and a business consul-tant about how you might structure either
Jim Kneiszel
Take a good, hard look at how you’re rewarding employees financially and compare your company to other employers you encounter in the field.
Put yourself in your employee’s place; would you be excited by the wages you pay?
Editor’s Notebook
Keeping the Best and BrightestA combination of advancement opportunities, financial incentives and industry image building will help you hold on to star employees
By Jim Kneiszel, Editor
Y
type of program for a special employee who you deem is critical to the long-term success of your company.
The other way to pay great employees is through a Cadillac benefits package. In these days of soaring health insurance costs, this is easier said than done. But if you can provide health insurance, life insurance or vacation benefits that beat other companies in your area, it might convince top workers to stay put. Better pay and benefits than they can find elsewhere for similar work is often aptly referred to as “golden handcuffs.”
Pile on the responsibilities. The next time you purchase a new piece
of equipment, involve your top-notch opera-tor in the process, and turn the keys over to him when the rig arrives. Show your loyalty in the form of a sweet ride (don’t skimp on the comfort features) and your driver is like-ly to show more loyalty to you. As an added benefit, a worker is likelier to pamper a dedi-cated rig, and his “ownership” of the truck will show other employees what’s possible if they dedicate themselves to the job.
Maybe there’s a new service you’ve been itching to add to your offerings. Don’t take on the task of training, marketing and equipping your employees by yourself. This might be the perfect opportunity to ask your top performer to step up and help in the effort. Let the employee study the market for the new service. Give him the time to research the equipment you’ll need to do the job right. When the time comes to ramp up the new service, ask the employee to coordinate training sessions for other workers. Soon the motivated worker will be running that division of the company and thriving on management responsibilities.
PROCEED WITH CAUTIONAll this talk of sharing profits and turn-
ing over critical company responsibilities is heady stuff for a business owner used to making all of the decisions. Certainly you need to be wary of “giving away the farm” to an employee who might not prove to be a top performer over the long haul. You must demand accountability and performance. And you must leave yourself an out, a pro-cess to reverse any bold initiatives you start.
There are risks to giving greater roles to
your best employees. But as an entrepreneur, you know that great risk sometimes leads to great reward. What if empowering that great young worker yields a fat new revenue stream, or results in a dedicated 20-year employee/manager? GOMC
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he Disney Company re-releases a 50-year-old animated film, and it makes millions. Apple creates a cell
phone, and the world holds its breath. Toy-ota makes a hybrid car when gas prices are high and the Prius becomes a legend.
PERFORMANCE VS. MARKETING
If you only have $10,000 to improve your business, should you pour it into a marketing initiative or a performance initia-tive? I vote for improving performance every time. The long-term payback can be extraor-dinary. Just like in any business, the qual-ity you provide to customers in gas, oil and mining support services is the value they receive from your service.
Quality refers to number of mistakes per million parts in a manufacturing pro-cess. It also refers to the refreshing taste of a dessert at a frozen custard stand and the speed with which a pizza is delivered and the friendliness of a hostess at a local restau-
rant. Just as it is in these businesses, your marketing theme will soon be ridiculed if the actual performance doesn’t live up to the promises made.
Here’s a phrase-association game. What do you think of when you read the following: An amazingly well-designed, us-er-friendly computer … Entertainment for all members of the family … A cup of coffee so delicious it feels like a reward…
Apple, Disney, and Starbucks first cre-ated incredible quality, and then they be-came known for that quality. Notice: high quality first, great brand second. The brand attracts and keeps lots and lots of great cus-tomers, but you can’t successfully advertise what doesn’t exist.
The same method for enhancing qual-ity can be used no matter what business you are in. Here are four steps to creating break-through quality:
Define the performance business you are in.The quality of Disney/Pixar Animation
Studio is wrapped up in visually appealing and emotionally appealing films. When Pix-ar’s standard of quality became dramatically greater than that of Disney’s animated films, Disney bought them out and put them in charge.
What performance are customers look-ing for from you? Do your customers desire you to deliver faster (FedEx), break down less often (Toyota), or make the purchasing
process easier (Amazon.com)? Focus on the performance you are expected to deliver for the services you offer and business growth will come your way.
Identify your current standard.So how are you really performing in the
areas that customers expect you to perform in? Ask your customers a simple question: “In terms of our performance for you, what
are we doing really well, what are we average or below average at compared to the com-petition, and how could we perform better for you?” If you ask 15 customers, you will start to get an idea about the quality of your performance. Then check out your competi-tion. Study the performance they are deliver-ing. Look at it from the customer’s point of view. What is the competition doing better than you right now?
Focus on only two points.As you work to enhance quality, focus
on only two points: the quality of the ser-vice of the best company you know about in GOM support services, and a level of ser-vice just a bit better than what you provide. What makes the best service provider you know so good? That is the only point that matters to customers. They want to be with the best of the best.
Keeping those high standards in mind, focus your efforts on getting to the point just ahead of where you are right now. Each day move forward one step in terms of provid-ing greater quality. And keep moving until you reach the spot just ahead of the top per-former in the industry.
Loop back with customers.Customers have an interesting way of
keeping companies grounded in reality. Just in case you thought about coasting on past performances, remember that customers don’t care about past performance. Con-tinue to talk to customers about how you can provide better service and keep their business.
BUILDING REPUTATION Every time you increase your relevant
business performance to customers, it’s like putting money in the bank. Customers become more loyal, they tell other people about the quality you offer, and they keep coming back for years and years. Quality is the real secret formula for long-term success. GOMC
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Improve QualIty FIrstNot that you should give up your marketing budget, but improving your service is the first step to landing more customers
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Customers have an interesting way of keeping companies grounded in reality.
Just in case you thought about coasting on past performances, remember that
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he Disney Company re-releases a 50-year-old animated film, and it makes millions. Apple creates a cell
phone, and the world holds its breath. Toy-ota makes a hybrid car when gas prices are high and the Prius becomes a legend.
PERFORMANCE VS. MARKETING
If you only have $10,000 to improve your business, should you pour it into a marketing initiative or a performance initia-tive? I vote for improving performance every time. The long-term payback can be extraor-dinary. Just like in any business, the qual-ity you provide to customers in gas, oil and mining support services is the value they receive from your service.
Quality refers to number of mistakes per million parts in a manufacturing pro-cess. It also refers to the refreshing taste of a dessert at a frozen custard stand and the speed with which a pizza is delivered and the friendliness of a hostess at a local restau-
rant. Just as it is in these businesses, your marketing theme will soon be ridiculed if the actual performance doesn’t live up to the promises made.
Here’s a phrase-association game. What do you think of when you read the following: An amazingly well-designed, us-er-friendly computer … Entertainment for all members of the family … A cup of coffee so delicious it feels like a reward…
Apple, Disney, and Starbucks first cre-ated incredible quality, and then they be-came known for that quality. Notice: high quality first, great brand second. The brand attracts and keeps lots and lots of great cus-tomers, but you can’t successfully advertise what doesn’t exist.
The same method for enhancing qual-ity can be used no matter what business you are in. Here are four steps to creating break-through quality:
Define the performance business you are in.The quality of Disney/Pixar Animation
Studio is wrapped up in visually appealing and emotionally appealing films. When Pix-ar’s standard of quality became dramatically greater than that of Disney’s animated films, Disney bought them out and put them in charge.
What performance are customers look-ing for from you? Do your customers desire you to deliver faster (FedEx), break down less often (Toyota), or make the purchasing
process easier (Amazon.com)? Focus on the performance you are expected to deliver for the services you offer and business growth will come your way.
Identify your current standard.So how are you really performing in the
areas that customers expect you to perform in? Ask your customers a simple question: “In terms of our performance for you, what
are we doing really well, what are we average or below average at compared to the com-petition, and how could we perform better for you?” If you ask 15 customers, you will start to get an idea about the quality of your performance. Then check out your competi-tion. Study the performance they are deliver-ing. Look at it from the customer’s point of view. What is the competition doing better than you right now?
Focus on only two points.As you work to enhance quality, focus
on only two points: the quality of the ser-vice of the best company you know about in GOM support services, and a level of ser-vice just a bit better than what you provide. What makes the best service provider you know so good? That is the only point that matters to customers. They want to be with the best of the best.
Keeping those high standards in mind, focus your efforts on getting to the point just ahead of where you are right now. Each day move forward one step in terms of provid-ing greater quality. And keep moving until you reach the spot just ahead of the top per-former in the industry.
Loop back with customers.Customers have an interesting way of
keeping companies grounded in reality. Just in case you thought about coasting on past performances, remember that customers don’t care about past performance. Con-tinue to talk to customers about how you can provide better service and keep their business.
BUILDING REPUTATION Every time you increase your relevant
business performance to customers, it’s like putting money in the bank. Customers become more loyal, they tell other people about the quality you offer, and they keep coming back for years and years. Quality is the real secret formula for long-term success. GOMC
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tDan Coughlin
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Customers have an interesting way of keeping companies grounded in reality.
Just in case you thought about coasting on past performances, remember that
customers don’t care about past performance. Continue to talk to customers
about how you can provide better service and keep their business.
ABOUT THE AUTHORDan Coughlin is the author of Accelerate: 20 Practical Lessons to Boost Business Momentum. Reach him by email at [email protected] or visit www.businessacceleration.com.
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t’s not an uncommon occurrence. A man or woman with a great idea for a GOM support services business decides to take
the plunge. The business is started on a shoestring at a home office, but as time goes by, it becomes more profitable, and more time-consuming. Pretty soon, the entrepre-neur realizes it’s time to get the accounting organized.
And because it’s just been a one-per-son show, it’s very possible that the founder has never bothered to incorporate. That can be a big mistake. It might seem easy just to keep going as a sole proprietor, but for the long-term security of your business, that can be a risky strategy.
“For most small businesses, especially of the type that has income, assets of any
size and the need to designate a single per-son as president for contact with the public, a corporation is really the best,” says Rich-ard Latta, a lawyer with the firm Michael Best & Friedrich in Madison, Wis. That’s especially true for a business that works in a field that requires a license, is governed by state or federal regulations, or will expose the owner to liability if things go wrong.
Incorporating limits the owner’s legal exposure to the assets of the corporation. It also offers new sources of financing.
A sole proprietor who needs to raise funds has no choice but to borrow money and pay it back with interest. But a corpo-
ration can raise capital for expansion and other purposes by selling shares. (Of course, that’s a complex legal process to be under-taken only with professional consultation and following rules and regulations – but it does expand your fundraising options.)
Additionally, the simple act of incor-porating can make your business look more serious and improve your creditworthiness to banks you approach for traditional fi-nancing.
C, S OR LLC?There are three basic types of corpora-
tions. C corporations are the ones we most commonly think of – typically major corpo-rations like General Electric or Exxon. While there may be specific reasons to opt for that
structure, small businesses generally don’t.Instead, they typically become either
S corporations or LLCs – limited liability companies. Why? One big reason is that C corporation income is taxed twice: once at the corporate level, and again as personal income when it’s paid to the owner. Income from an S corporation or LLC is only taxed once, at the personal owner/shareholder level, Latta says.
Another advantage to the S corpora-tion or LLC is in how often you have to pay taxes. C corporations typically pay estimat-ed federal income taxes (and state taxes, if they apply) every month. Many LLCs and S
corporations, like most unincorporated sole proprietors, pay those taxes every quarter.
Deciding between an S and an LLC is a little more complicated. S corporations have been around a long time; LLCs are relatively new. For the most part, they’re pretty simi-lar, but there are important differences.
The law limits the number of S corpo-ration shareholders to no more than 100 (with limited exceptions for families), and no foreigners, Latta notes. Also, S corpora-tion shares cannot be held by an Individ-ual Retirement Account, says Tom Ochsen-schlager, retired vice president of taxation for the American Institute of Certified Pub-lic Accountants. Violating any of those or some other rules can lead to disqualification of an S corporation.
However, there may be some uncer-tainties about how much an LLC actually protects the liability of an individual, Latta says. While S corporations have firmly with-stood attempts to “pierce the corporate veil” between the corporation and the sharehold-er’s personal assets, there are some states in which the strength of the LLC shield “hasn’t been thoroughly tested,” he says.
For that reason, Latta believes the S corporation offers just a bit more security. But that may differ from state to state, so you should always check with knowledge-able financial and legal advisors before tak-ing any steps to incorporate or change your existing corporate structure.
A CAUTION ABOUT PAY – AND TAXES
There’s another point about LLCs or S corporations that you may hear about from some advisors. But it requires great caution. Corporations pay out two kinds of income to shareholders. Shareholders who are also officers or employees may get paid in wages or salary. But shareholders also can get paid in the form of dividends.
In the case of S corporations or LLCs, both kinds of income get assessed federal income taxes (and state and local taxes as well, if they apply). Wages and salary, how-ever, are also subject to payroll taxes for Medicare and Social Security (FICA).
Thus, it’s possible for some of your corporate earnings to come to you as wage or salary income, and other earnings, with a lower tax bite as a consequence, as divi-dends. But if you apply this strategy, you
Erik Gunn
On the Money
The ‘S’ haS ITWhen it’s time to incorporate, the S Corporation form offers a number of advantages – and raises a few caution flags, too
By Erik Gunn
I
Incorporation of any kind will cost you something – in money and in
compliance with the laws of your state and the federal government as
they apply to your chosen corporate structure.
But the benefits far outweigh any costs in the protection it offers you.
Comments or Suggestions ...
On the Money addresses financial issues of importance to GOMC readers. If you would like to suggest a topic for this column, send an email to [email protected].
ABOUT THE AUTHORErik Gunn is a business writer in Racine, Wis. Readers may direct inquiries to him by contacting this publication at 800/257-7222 or emailing [email protected].
should do it only with the most expert pro-fessional advice.
“It is a hot button with the Internal Rev-enue Service,” says Ochsenschlager. One key test is how much money you’ve invested up front in the business. A dividend, after all, is only to be paid as a return on investment. If your business hasn’t required much in up-front cash out of your own pocket for supplies, inventory or equipment, the tax-man is likely to be very skeptical of your attempt to claim a dividend.
Also sure to raise eyebrows at the IRS are artificially low salaries for shareholder-employees who could earn much more for their work out in the job market, and other income claimed as a ‘dividend.’
“If it turns out you’re working a 40-hour week and only paying yourself $5,000, the IRS will come back and say that’s not right,” Ochsenschlager says. “You should be paying yourself a salary equivalent to what you’d pay someone else to do that same job.”
THE BOTTOM LINEIncorporation of any
kind will cost you something – in money and in compliance with the laws of your state and the federal government as they apply to your chosen corporate structure. But the benefits far outweigh any costs in the protection it offers you, these experts say.
When you do incorporate, the S corporation is probably your best bet, at least for now. But make sure you understand all the rules that apply to that structure, and follow them strictly. Because the whole reason you’re doing this is for a smoother-running business and peace of mind. And that’s real corporate power. GOMC
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t’s not an uncommon occurrence. A man or woman with a great idea for a GOM support services business decides to take
the plunge. The business is started on a shoestring at a home office, but as time goes by, it becomes more profitable, and more time-consuming. Pretty soon, the entrepre-neur realizes it’s time to get the accounting organized.
And because it’s just been a one-per-son show, it’s very possible that the founder has never bothered to incorporate. That can be a big mistake. It might seem easy just to keep going as a sole proprietor, but for the long-term security of your business, that can be a risky strategy.
“For most small businesses, especially of the type that has income, assets of any
size and the need to designate a single per-son as president for contact with the public, a corporation is really the best,” says Rich-ard Latta, a lawyer with the firm Michael Best & Friedrich in Madison, Wis. That’s especially true for a business that works in a field that requires a license, is governed by state or federal regulations, or will expose the owner to liability if things go wrong.
Incorporating limits the owner’s legal exposure to the assets of the corporation. It also offers new sources of financing.
A sole proprietor who needs to raise funds has no choice but to borrow money and pay it back with interest. But a corpo-
ration can raise capital for expansion and other purposes by selling shares. (Of course, that’s a complex legal process to be under-taken only with professional consultation and following rules and regulations – but it does expand your fundraising options.)
Additionally, the simple act of incor-porating can make your business look more serious and improve your creditworthiness to banks you approach for traditional fi-nancing.
C, S OR LLC?There are three basic types of corpora-
tions. C corporations are the ones we most commonly think of – typically major corpo-rations like General Electric or Exxon. While there may be specific reasons to opt for that
structure, small businesses generally don’t.Instead, they typically become either
S corporations or LLCs – limited liability companies. Why? One big reason is that C corporation income is taxed twice: once at the corporate level, and again as personal income when it’s paid to the owner. Income from an S corporation or LLC is only taxed once, at the personal owner/shareholder level, Latta says.
Another advantage to the S corpora-tion or LLC is in how often you have to pay taxes. C corporations typically pay estimat-ed federal income taxes (and state taxes, if they apply) every month. Many LLCs and S
corporations, like most unincorporated sole proprietors, pay those taxes every quarter.
Deciding between an S and an LLC is a little more complicated. S corporations have been around a long time; LLCs are relatively new. For the most part, they’re pretty simi-lar, but there are important differences.
The law limits the number of S corpo-ration shareholders to no more than 100 (with limited exceptions for families), and no foreigners, Latta notes. Also, S corpora-tion shares cannot be held by an Individ-ual Retirement Account, says Tom Ochsen-schlager, retired vice president of taxation for the American Institute of Certified Pub-lic Accountants. Violating any of those or some other rules can lead to disqualification of an S corporation.
However, there may be some uncer-tainties about how much an LLC actually protects the liability of an individual, Latta says. While S corporations have firmly with-stood attempts to “pierce the corporate veil” between the corporation and the sharehold-er’s personal assets, there are some states in which the strength of the LLC shield “hasn’t been thoroughly tested,” he says.
For that reason, Latta believes the S corporation offers just a bit more security. But that may differ from state to state, so you should always check with knowledge-able financial and legal advisors before tak-ing any steps to incorporate or change your existing corporate structure.
A CAUTION ABOUT PAY – AND TAXES
There’s another point about LLCs or S corporations that you may hear about from some advisors. But it requires great caution. Corporations pay out two kinds of income to shareholders. Shareholders who are also officers or employees may get paid in wages or salary. But shareholders also can get paid in the form of dividends.
In the case of S corporations or LLCs, both kinds of income get assessed federal income taxes (and state and local taxes as well, if they apply). Wages and salary, how-ever, are also subject to payroll taxes for Medicare and Social Security (FICA).
Thus, it’s possible for some of your corporate earnings to come to you as wage or salary income, and other earnings, with a lower tax bite as a consequence, as divi-dends. But if you apply this strategy, you
Erik Gunn
On the Money
The ‘S’ haS ITWhen it’s time to incorporate, the S Corporation form offers a number of advantages – and raises a few caution flags, too
By Erik Gunn
I
Incorporation of any kind will cost you something – in money and in
compliance with the laws of your state and the federal government as
they apply to your chosen corporate structure.
But the benefits far outweigh any costs in the protection it offers you.
Comments or Suggestions ...
On the Money addresses financial issues of importance to GOMC readers. If you would like to suggest a topic for this column, send an email to [email protected].
ABOUT THE AUTHORErik Gunn is a business writer in Racine, Wis. Readers may direct inquiries to him by contacting this publication at 800/257-7222 or emailing [email protected].
should do it only with the most expert pro-fessional advice.
“It is a hot button with the Internal Rev-enue Service,” says Ochsenschlager. One key test is how much money you’ve invested up front in the business. A dividend, after all, is only to be paid as a return on investment. If your business hasn’t required much in up-front cash out of your own pocket for supplies, inventory or equipment, the tax-man is likely to be very skeptical of your attempt to claim a dividend.
Also sure to raise eyebrows at the IRS are artificially low salaries for shareholder-employees who could earn much more for their work out in the job market, and other income claimed as a ‘dividend.’
“If it turns out you’re working a 40-hour week and only paying yourself $5,000, the IRS will come back and say that’s not right,” Ochsenschlager says. “You should be paying yourself a salary equivalent to what you’d pay someone else to do that same job.”
THE BOTTOM LINEIncorporation of any
kind will cost you something – in money and in compliance with the laws of your state and the federal government as they apply to your chosen corporate structure. But the benefits far outweigh any costs in the protection it offers you, these experts say.
When you do incorporate, the S corporation is probably your best bet, at least for now. But make sure you understand all the rules that apply to that structure, and follow them strictly. Because the whole reason you’re doing this is for a smoother-running business and peace of mind. And that’s real corporate power. GOMC
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Canadian Shield Consultants Agency Inc. is an environmental services
company that’s made a name for itself providing onsite wastewater service
to remote gas, oil and mining sites. Initially focusing on wastewater system
design, the company has since expanded to offer turnkey service, includ-
ing system design, manufacture, installation and operation. Its specialty:
self-contained treatment units, ready for shipping to remote mining and
exploration sites.(continued)
Specializing in the design, installation and operation of containerized wastewater treat-ment systems, Canadian Shield beats harsh weather and meets tough environmental standards in the Great White North
By Peter Kenter
CANADIAN SHIELD CONSULTANTS AGENCY INC., ST. CHARLES, ONTARIOPRESIDENT: Gerry Dignard
FOUNDED: 1996
EMPLOYEES: 18
SPECIALTIES: Design, sales, installation and maintenance of onsite wastewater treatment systems; hydrogeological surveys; site, soil, water and groundwater analysis and rehabilitation
MARKET AREA: Primarily Ontario, with select service to all of Canada
WEBSITE: www.canadianshieldconsultants.com
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is designed to treat hydrocarbon wastes from an equipment maintenance shop.
The Lakeshore Gold Mine in Timmins, Ontario, utilizes Ecofl o® Biofi lters, a Premier Tech Aqua technology. (Photos courtesy of Canadian Shield Consultants Agency)
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Located halfway between Sudbury and North Bay, in St. Charles, Ontario, Canadian Shield was founded in 1996. However, CEO Gerry Dignard’s interest in wastewater treat-ment stems from an earlier career as an employ-ee of Agriculture Canada, the country’s federal agriculture ministry.
“I was studying Cysticercus bovis, an infec-tious disease in cattle that is transmitted by hu-man tapeworms when septic tank effl uent is spread over land where cattle graze,” says Dig-nard. “That led me to start looking at wastewa-ter treatment options and procedures.”
The company initially began as an en-gineering consulting fi rm, helping clients to design wastewater treatment systems. Of par-ticular concern at that time was the growth of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, in Ontario’s north. The primary culprit was the improper treatment of sewage from the resource sector, exploration camps and tourist enterprises.
Dignard began to offer training in 1998 after a regulatory change that saw oversight of such sewage systems switched from the Ontario
Ministry of the Environment (MOE) to the provincial Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) under the province’s building code. Leveraging its expertise, the company helped to certify wastewater practitioners, from engi-neers to installers, on the new regulations.
“The interpretations of the new code became diffi cult for builders and in-stallers who had never made a formal design presentation to regulators, so they gave us the task of presenting applications for approval,” says Dignard. “Once we had developed that niche, we began to design the systems themselves and fi nally to install, operate and monitor them.”
Today, the company offers a full complement of design, manufacturing, construction and installation services to a broad range of clientele that includes the residential, commercial and tourist industry. The past fi ve years have seen the company aggressively courting northern Ontario’s GOM sector with an em-phasis on mining. Sector work has risen from about 10 percent in 2006 to more than 50 percent.
TURNKEY SOLUTIONS“The resource sector is very specifi c in its needs,” says Dignard. “They
want turnkey solutions that allow them to concentrate on resource extraction and refi ning. They don’t want to deal with environmental approvals and regula-tions if they’re confi dent someone else will take care of it.”
The staff of 18 includes certifi ed system designers and installers, former
MMAH inspectors, engineers, and experts specializing in soil and crop manage-ment, erosion control, and biosolids/septage nutrient management protocols.
The work requires local expertise. The Canadian Shield, which covers much of northern Canada, ranges from areas containing sparse soil to none at all. Environmental concerns vary from location to location and overlapping regulations – local, provincial and federal – determine restrictions on site de-sign. Contracts have taken the company to the far north, west to Vancouver and east to Nova Scotia.
Contracts include anything from simple sewage and graywater treatment for exploration camps in the resource-rich Ring of Fire region west of James Bay, to more complex projects treating tailings and process wastewater from mineral
“The resource sector is very specifi c in its needs. They want
turnkey solutions that allow them to concentrate on
resource extraction and refi ning. They don’t want to
deal with environmental approvals and regulations if
they’re confi dent someone else will take care of it.”
Gerry Dignard
Specializing in the design, installation and operation of containerized wastewater treat-ment systems, Canadian Shield beats harsh weather and meets tough environmental standards in the Great White North
By Peter Kenter
TO THE LIMITOIL AND WATER
With more than half its environmental work in the resource sector, Canadian Shield Consultants Agency maintains a small but steady client base in the oil and gas market, largely in environmental spill containment and soil and water remediation following accidental spills.
The company is looking to expand its oil industry work by securing a maintenance contract with TransCanada Pipelines Ltd. to treat water used to test the oil pipelines before they’re commissioned.
“There’s welding contamination residue on the inside of the pipes after they’ve been repaired or installed,” says Canadian Shield CEO, Gerry Dignard. “The company tests the pipeline by fi lling it, 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) at a time, with water. The law requires the water to be treated within 72 hours, then released to the environment.”
Canadian Shield is currently designing a containerized ozone treatment system capable of handling the vast volume of pipeline test water.
“With a pipeline three feet in diameter, we might need to treat up to two million gallons inside of three days,” says Dignard. “That’s a tremendous amount of water, but we’re up for it.”
Canadian Shield workers install a system to treat waste from toilets and showers at the Quadra FNX Mining site north of Sudbury, Ontario. Technicians can encounter harsh working conditions in the vast North.
(continued)
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Located halfway between Sudbury and North Bay, in St. Charles, Ontario, Canadian Shield was founded in 1996. However, CEO Gerry Dignard’s interest in wastewater treat-ment stems from an earlier career as an employ-ee of Agriculture Canada, the country’s federal agriculture ministry.
“I was studying Cysticercus bovis, an infec-tious disease in cattle that is transmitted by hu-man tapeworms when septic tank effl uent is spread over land where cattle graze,” says Dig-nard. “That led me to start looking at wastewa-ter treatment options and procedures.”
The company initially began as an en-gineering consulting fi rm, helping clients to design wastewater treatment systems. Of par-ticular concern at that time was the growth of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, in Ontario’s north. The primary culprit was the improper treatment of sewage from the resource sector, exploration camps and tourist enterprises.
Dignard began to offer training in 1998 after a regulatory change that saw oversight of such sewage systems switched from the Ontario
Ministry of the Environment (MOE) to the provincial Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) under the province’s building code. Leveraging its expertise, the company helped to certify wastewater practitioners, from engi-neers to installers, on the new regulations.
“The interpretations of the new code became diffi cult for builders and in-stallers who had never made a formal design presentation to regulators, so they gave us the task of presenting applications for approval,” says Dignard. “Once we had developed that niche, we began to design the systems themselves and fi nally to install, operate and monitor them.”
Today, the company offers a full complement of design, manufacturing, construction and installation services to a broad range of clientele that includes the residential, commercial and tourist industry. The past fi ve years have seen the company aggressively courting northern Ontario’s GOM sector with an em-phasis on mining. Sector work has risen from about 10 percent in 2006 to more than 50 percent.
TURNKEY SOLUTIONS“The resource sector is very specifi c in its needs,” says Dignard. “They
want turnkey solutions that allow them to concentrate on resource extraction and refi ning. They don’t want to deal with environmental approvals and regula-tions if they’re confi dent someone else will take care of it.”
The staff of 18 includes certifi ed system designers and installers, former
MMAH inspectors, engineers, and experts specializing in soil and crop manage-ment, erosion control, and biosolids/septage nutrient management protocols.
The work requires local expertise. The Canadian Shield, which covers much of northern Canada, ranges from areas containing sparse soil to none at all. Environmental concerns vary from location to location and overlapping regulations – local, provincial and federal – determine restrictions on site de-sign. Contracts have taken the company to the far north, west to Vancouver and east to Nova Scotia.
Contracts include anything from simple sewage and graywater treatment for exploration camps in the resource-rich Ring of Fire region west of James Bay, to more complex projects treating tailings and process wastewater from mineral
“The resource sector is very specifi c in its needs. They want
turnkey solutions that allow them to concentrate on
resource extraction and refi ning. They don’t want to
deal with environmental approvals and regulations if
they’re confi dent someone else will take care of it.”
Gerry Dignard
Specializing in the design, installation and operation of containerized wastewater treat-ment systems, Canadian Shield beats harsh weather and meets tough environmental standards in the Great White North
By Peter Kenter
TO THE LIMITOIL AND WATER
With more than half its environmental work in the resource sector, Canadian Shield Consultants Agency maintains a small but steady client base in the oil and gas market, largely in environmental spill containment and soil and water remediation following accidental spills.
The company is looking to expand its oil industry work by securing a maintenance contract with TransCanada Pipelines Ltd. to treat water used to test the oil pipelines before they’re commissioned.
“There’s welding contamination residue on the inside of the pipes after they’ve been repaired or installed,” says Canadian Shield CEO, Gerry Dignard. “The company tests the pipeline by fi lling it, 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) at a time, with water. The law requires the water to be treated within 72 hours, then released to the environment.”
Canadian Shield is currently designing a containerized ozone treatment system capable of handling the vast volume of pipeline test water.
“With a pipeline three feet in diameter, we might need to treat up to two million gallons inside of three days,” says Dignard. “That’s a tremendous amount of water, but we’re up for it.”
Canadian Shield workers install a system to treat waste from toilets and showers at the Quadra FNX Mining site north of Sudbury, Ontario. Technicians can encounter harsh working conditions in the vast North.
(continued)
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processing plants. Clients include Xstrata, QuadraFNX Mining Ltd., North American Palladium, Gold Canyon Resources Inc., Lake Shore Gold Corp. and Rubicon Minerals Corporation.
The law is strict regarding the requirement for onsite wastewater treatment. “If wastewater is moved, it can only be moved under a temporary moratorium before being treated and returned,” says Dignard. “That’s why onsite treatment is critical. As much as possible, the treated industrial process effluent is returned to the system to be reused. That’s more efficient because the standards for discharge to the environment are much higher than the standards required to reuse effluent.”
Toxic mine process water and tailings may contain anything from ammonia to arsenic, cyanide, hydrocarbons, heavy metals and other streams with high levels of total suspended solids. Some of the toxic materials are the byproducts of mineral refining processes, while others are found in the ore itself.
IN A BOXTo treat such effluent, Canadian Shield has recently begun to offer contain-
erized treatment plants shipped in sea containers by rail car, truck, or dozer, or skidded along seasonal ice roads. The units can be operated from the shipping
container or moved to a permanent building on the mine site. The relevant wastewater treatment regulations are outcome-based, mean-
ing that any technology demonstrated to treat the water effectively can be sub-mitted for MOE approval. While the detailed treatment regimens inside the units are a trade secret, the processes involved are well established. Essentially, the containers combine a number of treatment technologies working together to maximum effect.
“For process wastewater, we often use ozone treatment, which causes heavy metals to precipitate so they can be filtered,” says Dignard. “We also use catalytic plates coated with platinum or palladium to neutralize some of the contaminants. The higher the level of contaminant, the higher the grade of rare metal used on the catalytic plates. To remove heavy solids, we run the process water through dewatering tubes, then treat the residual slurry. Any suspended solids remaining in the water are passed through a carbon filter and the pH of the remaining water is adjusted before it’s released to the environment.”
The systems must also be fine-tuned to the mineral being extracted, the purity of the deposit, local geological conditions and the type of mineral refine-ment process employed.
“If you’re mining copper or nickel as opposed to gold or chromium, that will make a significant difference in the type of treatment we engineer,” says Dignard. “Although we have reliable data about what we might find in a typical mine, each mine may have different characteristics. Gold deposits in northern Quebec, for example, contain more arsenic than elsewhere. Next, we need to look at the effluent stream and analyze the quality of the wastewater. Depending on the purity of the deposit, for example, more cyanide might be used to extract the gold from the deposit.”
Canadian Shield builds most of the units in-house, sourcing major com-ponents from other suppliers. The company purchases Flygt pumps from ITT Water & Wastewater, or Myers pumps from the Pentair Pump Group Inc. with smaller pumps from other manufacturers occasionally purchased from supplier Wolseley Canada.
Tanks are largely polyethylene—metal would corrode with exposure to some mine process chemicals.
“We want to create something extremely robust that works
as passively as possible. Trained personnel will always be in
short supply in the north, so our ultimate goal is to build a
system that works even when nobody’s there.”
Gerry Dignard
(continued)
The Canadian Shield team includes (left to right) Simon Dignard, Andre Dignard, Justin Dignard, Pat Whissel, Dave Pye, Joshua Krul and Gerry Dignard. The crew works increas-ingly for clients in the GOM sectors, primarily for mining operations, and travels throughout Canada to design and install onsite systems.
Canadian Shield workers install a new septic system on a difficult island site near Thunder Bay, Ontario. J.P Dignard places a treatment unit using a Caterpillar excavator.
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processing plants. Clients include Xstrata, QuadraFNX Mining Ltd., North American Palladium, Gold Canyon Resources Inc., Lake Shore Gold Corp. and Rubicon Minerals Corporation.
The law is strict regarding the requirement for onsite wastewater treatment. “If wastewater is moved, it can only be moved under a temporary moratorium before being treated and returned,” says Dignard. “That’s why onsite treatment is critical. As much as possible, the treated industrial process effluent is returned to the system to be reused. That’s more efficient because the standards for discharge to the environment are much higher than the standards required to reuse effluent.”
Toxic mine process water and tailings may contain anything from ammonia to arsenic, cyanide, hydrocarbons, heavy metals and other streams with high levels of total suspended solids. Some of the toxic materials are the byproducts of mineral refining processes, while others are found in the ore itself.
IN A BOXTo treat such effluent, Canadian Shield has recently begun to offer contain-
erized treatment plants shipped in sea containers by rail car, truck, or dozer, or skidded along seasonal ice roads. The units can be operated from the shipping
container or moved to a permanent building on the mine site. The relevant wastewater treatment regulations are outcome-based, mean-
ing that any technology demonstrated to treat the water effectively can be sub-mitted for MOE approval. While the detailed treatment regimens inside the units are a trade secret, the processes involved are well established. Essentially, the containers combine a number of treatment technologies working together to maximum effect.
“For process wastewater, we often use ozone treatment, which causes heavy metals to precipitate so they can be filtered,” says Dignard. “We also use catalytic plates coated with platinum or palladium to neutralize some of the contaminants. The higher the level of contaminant, the higher the grade of rare metal used on the catalytic plates. To remove heavy solids, we run the process water through dewatering tubes, then treat the residual slurry. Any suspended solids remaining in the water are passed through a carbon filter and the pH of the remaining water is adjusted before it’s released to the environment.”
The systems must also be fine-tuned to the mineral being extracted, the purity of the deposit, local geological conditions and the type of mineral refine-ment process employed.
“If you’re mining copper or nickel as opposed to gold or chromium, that will make a significant difference in the type of treatment we engineer,” says Dignard. “Although we have reliable data about what we might find in a typical mine, each mine may have different characteristics. Gold deposits in northern Quebec, for example, contain more arsenic than elsewhere. Next, we need to look at the effluent stream and analyze the quality of the wastewater. Depending on the purity of the deposit, for example, more cyanide might be used to extract the gold from the deposit.”
Canadian Shield builds most of the units in-house, sourcing major com-ponents from other suppliers. The company purchases Flygt pumps from ITT Water & Wastewater, or Myers pumps from the Pentair Pump Group Inc. with smaller pumps from other manufacturers occasionally purchased from supplier Wolseley Canada.
Tanks are largely polyethylene—metal would corrode with exposure to some mine process chemicals.
“We want to create something extremely robust that works
as passively as possible. Trained personnel will always be in
short supply in the north, so our ultimate goal is to build a
system that works even when nobody’s there.”
Gerry Dignard
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The Canadian Shield team includes (left to right) Simon Dignard, Andre Dignard, Justin Dignard, Pat Whissel, Dave Pye, Joshua Krul and Gerry Dignard. The crew works increas-ingly for clients in the GOM sectors, primarily for mining operations, and travels throughout Canada to design and install onsite systems.
Canadian Shield workers install a new septic system on a difficult island site near Thunder Bay, Ontario. J.P Dignard places a treatment unit using a Caterpillar excavator.
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“The tanks need to be rugged, but who we choose to supply them is largely based on the profi le we require to fi t into the containers,” says Dignard. “Some-times they need to be low profi le, or fi t near the top of the unit to take advantage of gravity fl ow.” Tanks are purchased from Infi ltrator Systems Inc., Snyder Indus-tries Inc., and partner company Premier Tech Aqua of Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec.
The units are customized prior to delivery. Once hooked up to power and effl uent sources, the company runs a pilot program lasting from two to four weeks during which time the treatment protocol is optimized. The treatment units include self-contained and self-regulating heating and air-conditioning sys-tems designed to maximize wastewater treatment effi ciency regardless of outside temperature.
Canadian Shield is currently preparing a unit for Rubicon’s Phoenix Gold Project, located about halfway between Thunder Bay and Hudson Bay.
“This one is being designed to treat a million liters (264,000 gallons) of process water per day, primarily water containing ammonia,” says Dignard.
HIGH-TECH MARSHFor temporary exploration or construction camps, or permanent resource
sector encampments, Canadian Shield provides mobile wastewater treatment systems, dubbed the Ecofl o Biofi lter, which were recently approved for fi ve northern Ontario mining locations by the MOE. These units treat sewage and graywater.
“There are probably 40 mining and exploration companies active in the Ring of Fire,” says Dignard. “For years, mining camps popped up so quickly that there was no time to measure the impact of these new activities on the environ-ment. Our product is a response to the regulations that fi nally caught up with the activity.”
Developed with partner Premier Tech Aqua, the containerized units employ a peat moss medium and bacterial technology, which breaks down waste into harmless components. Essentially, the system is a high-tech marsh capable of treating an average of more than 528 gallons (2,000 liters) of water per day. Spe-cially designed for transportation to remote locations, the units can be delivered by road or helicopter.
“Bacteria get cold like we do, but the peat moss generates heat which has-tens the bacterial fermentation process,” says Dignard. “It’s a matter of adjusting the process to meet the requirements of the local temperature and climate condi-tions, so we can achieve the regulated outcome.”
Once the effl uent has been treated it can be disinfected and emptied in a subsurface disposal bed or surface pond.
The fi rst Ecofl o unit was installed in February at Gold Canyon Resources’ Springpole Project in the Ear Falls area near the Manitoba border. The unit was designed, manufactured and assembled at the Canadian Shield facility, then dis-assembled for component delivery.
“We chose to install it during the coldest time of the year because the ice roads leading to the mine are only passable during the winter months,” says Dig-nard. “At any other time we would have needed to ship by air.”
ICE ROAD DELIVERYDignard personally assisted in the delivery, using company trucks on 100
miles of ice roads approaching camp. The company owns 10 trucks and cargo vans, mostly from the General Motors Co., with a 9000 Tandem by the Ford Mo-tor Co. rounding out the fl eet.
“The weather that day was one of the nicest of the entire winter,” says Dignard, at -13 degrees F (-25 C) with sunshine and no wind.
Although the ground be-neath the container would re-main frozen until at least June,
the unit was placed on a platform that would sustain its weight when the boggy soil defrosts for a few brief summer months.
“We were able to assemble the unit on the platform, connect it and com-mission it within about six hours,” says Dignard. “We have been sampling the system every week for the MOE, and so far it’s delivering at 100 percent.”
The units must be pumped out when solids begin to accumulate. The company is currently working with Waterloo Biofi lter Systems Inc. of
Waterloo, Ontario on a turnkey biowaste solution involving biofi lter “pucks” fi ve feet in diameter and 18 inches thick. The pucks are made of fi berglass and contain foam cubes that process and fi lter up to 211 gallons (800 liters) of wastewater per day.
“They’re designed to transport by smaller planes or helicopter,” says Dignard. “The design life for a puck is about 20 years and up to six of them can be stacked together in parallel to treat additional vol-umes of either sewage or graywater.”
The product is being manufactured under the direction of Canadian Shield at D & L Concrete & Fiberglass Products Ltd. of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Dignard predicts that GOM sector wastewater regulations will continue to get tougher. In response, the company will continue to research new treatment tech-nologies and combine them with existing technologies in an effort to create the most effective treatment systems available.
“We want to create something ex-tremely robust that works as passively as possible,” says Dignard. “Trained person-nel will always be in short supply in the north, so our ultimate goal is to build a system that works even when nobody’s there.” GOMC
Tell us your story ...Would you like to share your company’s success story with readers of GOMC? In every issue, we feature a diff erent contractor who serves the energy exploration or mineral extraction industries. Tell us about your business or nominate another company for a profi le by sending an email to [email protected].
D&L Concrete & Fiberglass Products, Ltd.204/389-2651www.dlproducts.ca
Infi ltrator Systems, Inc.800/221-4436www.infi ltratorsystems.com
ITT Water & Wastewater704/409-9700www.ittwww.com
Myers419/289-1144www.femyers.com
Premier Tech Aqua800/632-6356www.premiertechaqua.com
Snyder Industries, Inc.402/467-5221www.snydernet.com
TransCanada Pipelines, Ltd.800/661-3805www.transcanada.com
Waterloo Biofi lter Systems, Inc.519/856-0757www.waterloo-biofi lter.com
Wolseley Canadawww.wolseleyinc.ca
more info
At the Poldolsky Mine at Quadra FNX, north of Sudbury, Ontario, Canadian Shield workers place a concrete tank for a new system. The company is working on smaller systems that can be transported by plane and helicopter to remote locations.
SEPT.11 - www.gomcmag.com GOMC 25
“The tanks need to be rugged, but who we choose to supply them is largely based on the profi le we require to fi t into the containers,” says Dignard. “Some-times they need to be low profi le, or fi t near the top of the unit to take advantage of gravity fl ow.” Tanks are purchased from Infi ltrator Systems Inc., Snyder Indus-tries Inc., and partner company Premier Tech Aqua of Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec.
The units are customized prior to delivery. Once hooked up to power and effl uent sources, the company runs a pilot program lasting from two to four weeks during which time the treatment protocol is optimized. The treatment units include self-contained and self-regulating heating and air-conditioning sys-tems designed to maximize wastewater treatment effi ciency regardless of outside temperature.
Canadian Shield is currently preparing a unit for Rubicon’s Phoenix Gold Project, located about halfway between Thunder Bay and Hudson Bay.
“This one is being designed to treat a million liters (264,000 gallons) of process water per day, primarily water containing ammonia,” says Dignard.
HIGH-TECH MARSHFor temporary exploration or construction camps, or permanent resource
sector encampments, Canadian Shield provides mobile wastewater treatment systems, dubbed the Ecofl o Biofi lter, which were recently approved for fi ve northern Ontario mining locations by the MOE. These units treat sewage and graywater.
“There are probably 40 mining and exploration companies active in the Ring of Fire,” says Dignard. “For years, mining camps popped up so quickly that there was no time to measure the impact of these new activities on the environ-ment. Our product is a response to the regulations that fi nally caught up with the activity.”
Developed with partner Premier Tech Aqua, the containerized units employ a peat moss medium and bacterial technology, which breaks down waste into harmless components. Essentially, the system is a high-tech marsh capable of treating an average of more than 528 gallons (2,000 liters) of water per day. Spe-cially designed for transportation to remote locations, the units can be delivered by road or helicopter.
“Bacteria get cold like we do, but the peat moss generates heat which has-tens the bacterial fermentation process,” says Dignard. “It’s a matter of adjusting the process to meet the requirements of the local temperature and climate condi-tions, so we can achieve the regulated outcome.”
Once the effl uent has been treated it can be disinfected and emptied in a subsurface disposal bed or surface pond.
The fi rst Ecofl o unit was installed in February at Gold Canyon Resources’ Springpole Project in the Ear Falls area near the Manitoba border. The unit was designed, manufactured and assembled at the Canadian Shield facility, then dis-assembled for component delivery.
“We chose to install it during the coldest time of the year because the ice roads leading to the mine are only passable during the winter months,” says Dig-nard. “At any other time we would have needed to ship by air.”
ICE ROAD DELIVERYDignard personally assisted in the delivery, using company trucks on 100
miles of ice roads approaching camp. The company owns 10 trucks and cargo vans, mostly from the General Motors Co., with a 9000 Tandem by the Ford Mo-tor Co. rounding out the fl eet.
“The weather that day was one of the nicest of the entire winter,” says Dignard, at -13 degrees F (-25 C) with sunshine and no wind.
Although the ground be-neath the container would re-main frozen until at least June,
the unit was placed on a platform that would sustain its weight when the boggy soil defrosts for a few brief summer months.
“We were able to assemble the unit on the platform, connect it and com-mission it within about six hours,” says Dignard. “We have been sampling the system every week for the MOE, and so far it’s delivering at 100 percent.”
The units must be pumped out when solids begin to accumulate. The company is currently working with Waterloo Biofi lter Systems Inc. of
Waterloo, Ontario on a turnkey biowaste solution involving biofi lter “pucks” fi ve feet in diameter and 18 inches thick. The pucks are made of fi berglass and contain foam cubes that process and fi lter up to 211 gallons (800 liters) of wastewater per day.
“They’re designed to transport by smaller planes or helicopter,” says Dignard. “The design life for a puck is about 20 years and up to six of them can be stacked together in parallel to treat additional vol-umes of either sewage or graywater.”
The product is being manufactured under the direction of Canadian Shield at D & L Concrete & Fiberglass Products Ltd. of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Dignard predicts that GOM sector wastewater regulations will continue to get tougher. In response, the company will continue to research new treatment tech-nologies and combine them with existing technologies in an effort to create the most effective treatment systems available.
“We want to create something ex-tremely robust that works as passively as possible,” says Dignard. “Trained person-nel will always be in short supply in the north, so our ultimate goal is to build a system that works even when nobody’s there.” GOMC
Tell us your story ...Would you like to share your company’s success story with readers of GOMC? In every issue, we feature a diff erent contractor who serves the energy exploration or mineral extraction industries. Tell us about your business or nominate another company for a profi le by sending an email to [email protected].
D&L Concrete & Fiberglass Products, Ltd.204/389-2651www.dlproducts.ca
Infi ltrator Systems, Inc.800/221-4436www.infi ltratorsystems.com
ITT Water & Wastewater704/409-9700www.ittwww.com
Myers419/289-1144www.femyers.com
Premier Tech Aqua800/632-6356www.premiertechaqua.com
Snyder Industries, Inc.402/467-5221www.snydernet.com
TransCanada Pipelines, Ltd.800/661-3805www.transcanada.com
Waterloo Biofi lter Systems, Inc.519/856-0757www.waterloo-biofi lter.com
Wolseley Canadawww.wolseleyinc.ca
more info
At the Poldolsky Mine at Quadra FNX, north of Sudbury, Ontario, Canadian Shield workers place a concrete tank for a new system. The company is working on smaller systems that can be transported by plane and helicopter to remote locations.
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hen it comes to breaking down drilling rigs and getting them on the road to the next job site, time is money—for both drilling compa-nies and the support services contractors they depend on. That’s
why Wyotana Oil Field Service Co. relies on a Hot and Mighty General mobile jetting system to tackle large-scale cleaning jobs at drilling rigs as quickly and efficiently as possible.
“We use it mainly to clean invert mud off drilling rigs and cranes,” says Trenton Meyer, who co-owns the Cheyenne, Wyo.-based business with his wife, Jody. “The mud gets everywhere on the rig, and drilling companies are required to clean it before they can head down state or county roads.”
It’s no small task to clean a huge drilling rig. Once it’s broken down for transportation, the parts and components might fill anywhere from 50 to 100 semi trailers, Meyer says.
VARIABLE STEAM AND PRESSURE“Invert mud isn’t easy to get off, so I was looking for a unit that could
generate steam and high pressure, with the option to generate more steam and less water volume and pressure, or less steam and higher volume and pressure,” he adds. “With the Hot and Mighty system, I can have one or the other or a combination of both.”
Mounted in an enclosed, tandem-axle, 14-foot-long trailer with curb-side, roadside and rear doors, the General – fabricated by T. George Podell & Co. Inc. – features two waterjetters that can generate 3,500 psi at up to 5.7 gpm with one gun operating, and 3,500 psi at 3 gpm with two guns operating; a 500-gallon plastic water tank; high- and low-pressure soap injection; and 600 feet of hose on swivel reels. It can produce steam heat up to 250 degrees F as well as hot- and cold-water pressure.
Money Machines
He’s Mr. CleanWith his Hot and Mighty General mobile jetting system in tow, support
services contractor Trenton Meyer is an oilrig-washing master
By Ken Wysocky
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Wyotana Oil Field Service Co., Cheyenne, Wyo.MACHINE: Hot and Mighty General trailer-mounted mobile cleaning system, made by T. George Podell & Co. Inc.
PRIMARyFEATURES: Dual waterjetters (3,500 psi at up to 5.7 gpm with one gun operating and 3,500 psi at 3 gpm with two guns operating); a 500-gallon plastic water tank; and 600 feet of hose on swivel reels. Produces steam heat up to 250 degrees F.
COST: $55,000
WEBSITE: www.hotandmighty.com
The self-contained Hot and Mighty General mobile jetting system can put twin water jetter guns to work simultaneously and produce steam heat up to 250 degrees F for effective in-the-field cleaning. (Photos courtesy of Wyotana Oil Field Service Co.)
“We like to use a long hose because a drilling pad might take up two to three acres of space, so it’s a lot easier to pull a hose around than to keep moving the trailer around the crowded site,” Meyer says. “In addi-tion, sometimes they want the rig cleaned while it’s down, while other times they want it cleaned while it’s still standing, which means we’re working at a
height of 110 feet near the top of the derrick.”Established in 2004, Wyotana serves customers at natural gas and oil fields
in Wyoming and Montana. It provides high-pressure steam cleaning, trench-ing and roustabout services, and also rents generators and shipping containers for storage. As a former manager of gas-drilling rigs, Meyer knows what kind of services the drilling companies need, and that experience helped him confidently move into a new service arena by buying the Hot and Mighty system a year and a half ago.
“We didn’t do steam cleaning before that,” Meyer notes. “We were hiring a company to come down from North Dakota to subcontract for us on steam-cleaning jobs, because no one else in the area was doing it. So I saw a need.”
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“Out here in Wyoming, it’s hard to find certain services because compa-nies don’t want to travel the long distances required by jobs,” he continues. “And when you do hire them, they charge you $1 per mile to travel 600 miles … so if you do it yourself, you cut out all those mileage costs.”
Meyer also likes the fact that he can increase productivity by running four guns (two off of each jetting unit) instead of two when he needs extra manpow-er; that setup decreases water volume, but the unit can maintain the needed water pressure, he says.
“It saves us time and labor because we can have four guys pressure wash-ing instead of two,” he says.
How valuable is the unit to Meyer’s business? He says it generates about 40 percent of the company’s business, in terms of sales volume. Better yet, the unit – which cost $55,000 – paid for itself relatively quickly, he adds.
“It’s a very profitable investment,” Meyer says. “I’m actually looking at getting another one because of the demand for this kind of service. I don’t have a crystal ball, but I know that when you see an opportunity, you have to jump on it.”
After all, time is money. GOMC
“It’s a very profitable investment.
I’m actually looking at getting another
one because of the demand for this
kind of service.”
Trenton Meyer
Constantly being caked with invert mud, drilling rigs need thorough cleaning when being dismantled and moved to a new location.
SEPT.11 - www.gomcmag.com GOMC 27
hen it comes to breaking down drilling rigs and getting them on the road to the next job site, time is money—for both drilling compa-nies and the support services contractors they depend on. That’s
why Wyotana Oil Field Service Co. relies on a Hot and Mighty General mobile jetting system to tackle large-scale cleaning jobs at drilling rigs as quickly and efficiently as possible.
“We use it mainly to clean invert mud off drilling rigs and cranes,” says Trenton Meyer, who co-owns the Cheyenne, Wyo.-based business with his wife, Jody. “The mud gets everywhere on the rig, and drilling companies are required to clean it before they can head down state or county roads.”
It’s no small task to clean a huge drilling rig. Once it’s broken down for transportation, the parts and components might fill anywhere from 50 to 100 semi trailers, Meyer says.
VARIABLE STEAM AND PRESSURE“Invert mud isn’t easy to get off, so I was looking for a unit that could
generate steam and high pressure, with the option to generate more steam and less water volume and pressure, or less steam and higher volume and pressure,” he adds. “With the Hot and Mighty system, I can have one or the other or a combination of both.”
Mounted in an enclosed, tandem-axle, 14-foot-long trailer with curb-side, roadside and rear doors, the General – fabricated by T. George Podell & Co. Inc. – features two waterjetters that can generate 3,500 psi at up to 5.7 gpm with one gun operating, and 3,500 psi at 3 gpm with two guns operating; a 500-gallon plastic water tank; high- and low-pressure soap injection; and 600 feet of hose on swivel reels. It can produce steam heat up to 250 degrees F as well as hot- and cold-water pressure.
Money Machines
He’s Mr. CleanWith his Hot and Mighty General mobile jetting system in tow, support
services contractor Trenton Meyer is an oilrig-washing master
By Ken Wysocky
W
Wyotana Oil Field Service Co., Cheyenne, Wyo.MACHINE: Hot and Mighty General trailer-mounted mobile cleaning system, made by T. George Podell & Co. Inc.
PRIMARyFEATURES: Dual waterjetters (3,500 psi at up to 5.7 gpm with one gun operating and 3,500 psi at 3 gpm with two guns operating); a 500-gallon plastic water tank; and 600 feet of hose on swivel reels. Produces steam heat up to 250 degrees F.
COST: $55,000
WEBSITE: www.hotandmighty.com
The self-contained Hot and Mighty General mobile jetting system can put twin water jetter guns to work simultaneously and produce steam heat up to 250 degrees F for effective in-the-field cleaning. (Photos courtesy of Wyotana Oil Field Service Co.)
“We like to use a long hose because a drilling pad might take up two to three acres of space, so it’s a lot easier to pull a hose around than to keep moving the trailer around the crowded site,” Meyer says. “In addi-tion, sometimes they want the rig cleaned while it’s down, while other times they want it cleaned while it’s still standing, which means we’re working at a
height of 110 feet near the top of the derrick.”Established in 2004, Wyotana serves customers at natural gas and oil fields
in Wyoming and Montana. It provides high-pressure steam cleaning, trench-ing and roustabout services, and also rents generators and shipping containers for storage. As a former manager of gas-drilling rigs, Meyer knows what kind of services the drilling companies need, and that experience helped him confidently move into a new service arena by buying the Hot and Mighty system a year and a half ago.
“We didn’t do steam cleaning before that,” Meyer notes. “We were hiring a company to come down from North Dakota to subcontract for us on steam-cleaning jobs, because no one else in the area was doing it. So I saw a need.”
PRODUCTIVITy PLUS
“Out here in Wyoming, it’s hard to find certain services because compa-nies don’t want to travel the long distances required by jobs,” he continues. “And when you do hire them, they charge you $1 per mile to travel 600 miles … so if you do it yourself, you cut out all those mileage costs.”
Meyer also likes the fact that he can increase productivity by running four guns (two off of each jetting unit) instead of two when he needs extra manpow-er; that setup decreases water volume, but the unit can maintain the needed water pressure, he says.
“It saves us time and labor because we can have four guys pressure wash-ing instead of two,” he says.
How valuable is the unit to Meyer’s business? He says it generates about 40 percent of the company’s business, in terms of sales volume. Better yet, the unit – which cost $55,000 – paid for itself relatively quickly, he adds.
“It’s a very profitable investment,” Meyer says. “I’m actually looking at getting another one because of the demand for this kind of service. I don’t have a crystal ball, but I know that when you see an opportunity, you have to jump on it.”
After all, time is money. GOMC
“It’s a very profitable investment.
I’m actually looking at getting another
one because of the demand for this
kind of service.”
Trenton Meyer
Constantly being caked with invert mud, drilling rigs need thorough cleaning when being dismantled and moved to a new location. EMIEMIEMIEMI
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Equipment Roundup
Downtime is not an option in the gas, oil and mining sectors. Whether your next job is dewatering mines, recir-culating fluids or transferring sludge and slurry, here’s an assortment of equipment designed to keep you pumping.
AllightPrimAxThe 6-inch, autoprime Primax CP150i pump set from AllightPrimax can handle up to 3-inch solids. Available in
316 stainless steel, 500 Bn high chrome steel and CD4MCu stainless steel, applications range from seawater transfer to the recirculation of fluids containing drill cuttings. The compressor priming system enables the pump to prime from a dry state with suction lifts up to 30 feet. The pump can be driven by diesel engines, hydraulic or electric mo-tors. 703/519-4218; www.allightprimax.com.
BAkerCorPHydraulic submersible pumps from BakerCorp are designed for high-suction lift applications, including de-
watering mines, quarries and gravel pits. Ranging from four to eight inches and able to handle solids up to 7 inches in diameter, the pumps have an operating speed of up to 2,200 rpm and flow range up to 4,500 gpm. Features include unattended operation, rugged construction, variable speed and no electrical requirements. Biodegradable hydraulic oil minimizes environmental concerns. Safety features include high water temperature and low oil pres-sure shutdowns on diesel engines, as well as hydraulic system overpressure protection. 800/225-3712; www.bakercorp.com.
CAt PumPsTriethylene glycol (TEG) dehydration pumps from CAT PUMPS are designed to remove water from natural
gas. Pumps can be electric/engine-driven, reducing hazardous air pollutants and lowering regulatory costs. Features include continuous-duty performance delivering 3.6 to 25 gpm at pressures from 100 to 2,500 psi and tempera-tures up to 240 degrees F. Options include brass or stainless steel manifold construction. 763/780-5440; www.catpumps.com.
ChAndler equiPmentJurop RV Series vacuum pumps and CEI packages from Chandler Equipment are designed for industrial and
energy applications. Both the RV360 and RV520 are available in multiple drive configurations, including either gearbox, hydraulic or belt drive. The pumps operate at 73 dBA and 18 inches Hg. Both pumps have a recom-mended input speed of 1,100 to 1,300 rpm. The RV360 has an output of 360 cfm at free air and 332 cfm at 18 inches Hg. The RV520 has an output of 520 cfm at free air and 466 cfm at 18 inches Hg. 800/342-0887; www. chandlerequipment.com.
Fluid metering inC. The PDS-100 valveless pump, available in single- and dual-head configurations, from Fluid Metering Inc. uses
a single ceramic piston that eliminates the need for check valves. The unit is designed to pump acids and solvents used in the leaching process as well as sulfuric acid used for selective extraction of metal from ore and minerals. The pump’s internal components are both chemically inert and wear-resistant. Dimensionally stable ceramic compo-nents maintain drift-free accuracy of better than 1 percent. Flow rates can be varied mechanically by changing piston displacement or electronically by varying pump speed. 800/223-3388; www.fmipump.com.
Dependability on the LineAllightPrimAx
BAkerCorP
CAt PUmPS
ChAndler eqUiPment
FlUid metering inC.
FruitlAnd tool & mAnuFACturingThe Model ELIM-ASM Eliminator pump package from Fruitland Tool & Manufacturing features the low-oil-
consumption RCF-500LUF vacuum pump with automated oiling system, vane gauging ports, steel lines, antishock design, three primary cooling phases and integral air-intake filter for both vacuum and pressure. Other features include a heavy-duty mounting bracket, gearbox, coupler, oil-catch muffler, pressure and vacuum relief and field-serviceable secondary shutoff. 800/663-9003; www.fruitland-mfg.com.
giW industriesThe GIW high-volume froth (HVF) pump from GIW Industries is designed to work with slurry processes that
use froth to help separate materials. The pump’s de-aeration system features a vented impeller and airlock venting to prevent airlock from the buildup of air bubbles at the pump entrance. Small holes in the center of the impeller allow air bubbles to pass through to a separate port. The port vents air up and out of the pump to normal atmo-spheric pressure. Any liquid that passes through the port is returned to the process tank. 888/832-4449; www.giwindustries.com.
godWin PumPsThe HS150HH Heidra pump from Godwin Pumps features cast chromium steel impellers for pumping slurries
and sludges. The hydraulic submersible pump has dry-run capabilities and can pass solids up to 1 3/8 inches in diameter. A semi-recessed impeller for sewage and up to 5-inch solids handling is available. Other features include pump bearings independent of hydraulic motor and a double mechanical seal design. The high-head pump has a 6-inch submersible hydraulic side-discharging pump and diesel-driven power pack. The variable-speed diesel engine enables the pump to deliver up to 1,450 gpm and 280 feet of total dynamic head. 856/467-3636; www. godwinpumps.com.
gormAn-ruPP PumPsThe Prime Aire Plus priming-assisted pump from Gorman-Rupp Pumps is configured for Tier IV engines and
EISA electric motors. Available in 3-, 4-, 6- and 8-inch models, it can deliver up to 4,950 gpm, heads to 475 feet and handle up to 3-inch solids. Designed for both clear liquids and liquids containing large solids, features include externally adjustable running clearances on solids-handling models, integral seal oil chamber, ductile iron body and impeller, two lip seals and atmospheric vent for bearing protection, oil-lubricated bearings, fuel level monitoring system and the ability to fit other pumping installations. 419/755-1011; www.grpumps.com.
gPm industries inC. Verderflex hose pumps from GPM Industries Inc. are designed to handle abrasive slurries or sheer sensitive
materials. Only the hose comes in contact with the pump media. With no other component subject to abrasion, there are no mechanical seals to flush, maintain or replace. The hose consists of a thick, resilient inner soft rubber core and harder outer covering with nylon-braided reinforcement that can withstand up to 230 psi. The inner core acts to cushion any abrasive solids trapped during compression and reduce wear. All pumps are self-priming and can run dry. Sizes range up to 350 gpm. 888/476-7867; www.gpmind.com.
griFFin PumP & equiPment inC. Hydraulic submersible pumps from Griffin Pump & Equipment Inc. are available in axial flow and trash-
handling models. Pumps range from four to 24 inches and can deliver up to 20,000 gpm and heads to 140 feet. The impellers handle up to 3-inch solids. Applications include open pumping, sumping, dewatering construction excavations and flood control. 866/770-8100; www.griffinpump.com.
When it comes to moving slurry, recirculating drilling fluids or
handling high heads, there’s a pump with the power and precision
to get the job done By Ed Wodalski
FrUitlAnd tool & mAnUFACtUring
giW indUStrieS
godWin PUmPS
gormAn-rUPP PUmPS
gPm indUStrieS inC.
griFFin PUmP & eqUiPment inC.
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Equipment Roundup
Downtime is not an option in the gas, oil and mining sectors. Whether your next job is dewatering mines, recir-culating fluids or transferring sludge and slurry, here’s an assortment of equipment designed to keep you pumping.
AllightPrimAxThe 6-inch, autoprime Primax CP150i pump set from AllightPrimax can handle up to 3-inch solids. Available in
316 stainless steel, 500 Bn high chrome steel and CD4MCu stainless steel, applications range from seawater transfer to the recirculation of fluids containing drill cuttings. The compressor priming system enables the pump to prime from a dry state with suction lifts up to 30 feet. The pump can be driven by diesel engines, hydraulic or electric mo-tors. 703/519-4218; www.allightprimax.com.
BAkerCorPHydraulic submersible pumps from BakerCorp are designed for high-suction lift applications, including de-
watering mines, quarries and gravel pits. Ranging from four to eight inches and able to handle solids up to 7 inches in diameter, the pumps have an operating speed of up to 2,200 rpm and flow range up to 4,500 gpm. Features include unattended operation, rugged construction, variable speed and no electrical requirements. Biodegradable hydraulic oil minimizes environmental concerns. Safety features include high water temperature and low oil pres-sure shutdowns on diesel engines, as well as hydraulic system overpressure protection. 800/225-3712; www.bakercorp.com.
CAt PumPsTriethylene glycol (TEG) dehydration pumps from CAT PUMPS are designed to remove water from natural
gas. Pumps can be electric/engine-driven, reducing hazardous air pollutants and lowering regulatory costs. Features include continuous-duty performance delivering 3.6 to 25 gpm at pressures from 100 to 2,500 psi and tempera-tures up to 240 degrees F. Options include brass or stainless steel manifold construction. 763/780-5440; www.catpumps.com.
ChAndler equiPmentJurop RV Series vacuum pumps and CEI packages from Chandler Equipment are designed for industrial and
energy applications. Both the RV360 and RV520 are available in multiple drive configurations, including either gearbox, hydraulic or belt drive. The pumps operate at 73 dBA and 18 inches Hg. Both pumps have a recom-mended input speed of 1,100 to 1,300 rpm. The RV360 has an output of 360 cfm at free air and 332 cfm at 18 inches Hg. The RV520 has an output of 520 cfm at free air and 466 cfm at 18 inches Hg. 800/342-0887; www. chandlerequipment.com.
Fluid metering inC. The PDS-100 valveless pump, available in single- and dual-head configurations, from Fluid Metering Inc. uses
a single ceramic piston that eliminates the need for check valves. The unit is designed to pump acids and solvents used in the leaching process as well as sulfuric acid used for selective extraction of metal from ore and minerals. The pump’s internal components are both chemically inert and wear-resistant. Dimensionally stable ceramic compo-nents maintain drift-free accuracy of better than 1 percent. Flow rates can be varied mechanically by changing piston displacement or electronically by varying pump speed. 800/223-3388; www.fmipump.com.
Dependability on the LineAllightPrimAx
BAkerCorP
CAt PUmPS
ChAndler eqUiPment
FlUid metering inC.
FruitlAnd tool & mAnuFACturingThe Model ELIM-ASM Eliminator pump package from Fruitland Tool & Manufacturing features the low-oil-
consumption RCF-500LUF vacuum pump with automated oiling system, vane gauging ports, steel lines, antishock design, three primary cooling phases and integral air-intake filter for both vacuum and pressure. Other features include a heavy-duty mounting bracket, gearbox, coupler, oil-catch muffler, pressure and vacuum relief and field-serviceable secondary shutoff. 800/663-9003; www.fruitland-mfg.com.
giW industriesThe GIW high-volume froth (HVF) pump from GIW Industries is designed to work with slurry processes that
use froth to help separate materials. The pump’s de-aeration system features a vented impeller and airlock venting to prevent airlock from the buildup of air bubbles at the pump entrance. Small holes in the center of the impeller allow air bubbles to pass through to a separate port. The port vents air up and out of the pump to normal atmo-spheric pressure. Any liquid that passes through the port is returned to the process tank. 888/832-4449; www.giwindustries.com.
godWin PumPsThe HS150HH Heidra pump from Godwin Pumps features cast chromium steel impellers for pumping slurries
and sludges. The hydraulic submersible pump has dry-run capabilities and can pass solids up to 1 3/8 inches in diameter. A semi-recessed impeller for sewage and up to 5-inch solids handling is available. Other features include pump bearings independent of hydraulic motor and a double mechanical seal design. The high-head pump has a 6-inch submersible hydraulic side-discharging pump and diesel-driven power pack. The variable-speed diesel engine enables the pump to deliver up to 1,450 gpm and 280 feet of total dynamic head. 856/467-3636; www. godwinpumps.com.
gormAn-ruPP PumPsThe Prime Aire Plus priming-assisted pump from Gorman-Rupp Pumps is configured for Tier IV engines and
EISA electric motors. Available in 3-, 4-, 6- and 8-inch models, it can deliver up to 4,950 gpm, heads to 475 feet and handle up to 3-inch solids. Designed for both clear liquids and liquids containing large solids, features include externally adjustable running clearances on solids-handling models, integral seal oil chamber, ductile iron body and impeller, two lip seals and atmospheric vent for bearing protection, oil-lubricated bearings, fuel level monitoring system and the ability to fit other pumping installations. 419/755-1011; www.grpumps.com.
gPm industries inC. Verderflex hose pumps from GPM Industries Inc. are designed to handle abrasive slurries or sheer sensitive
materials. Only the hose comes in contact with the pump media. With no other component subject to abrasion, there are no mechanical seals to flush, maintain or replace. The hose consists of a thick, resilient inner soft rubber core and harder outer covering with nylon-braided reinforcement that can withstand up to 230 psi. The inner core acts to cushion any abrasive solids trapped during compression and reduce wear. All pumps are self-priming and can run dry. Sizes range up to 350 gpm. 888/476-7867; www.gpmind.com.
griFFin PumP & equiPment inC. Hydraulic submersible pumps from Griffin Pump & Equipment Inc. are available in axial flow and trash-
handling models. Pumps range from four to 24 inches and can deliver up to 20,000 gpm and heads to 140 feet. The impellers handle up to 3-inch solids. Applications include open pumping, sumping, dewatering construction excavations and flood control. 866/770-8100; www.griffinpump.com.
When it comes to moving slurry, recirculating drilling fluids or
handling high heads, there’s a pump with the power and precision
to get the job done By Ed Wodalski
FrUitlAnd tool & mAnUFACtUring
giW indUStrieS
godWin PUmPS
gormAn-rUPP PUmPS
gPm indUStrieS inC.
griFFin PUmP & eqUiPment inC.
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hAmmelmAnn CorP. The horizontal mounting HDP 250 L pump from Hammelmann Corp. is built primarily for the deep mining
industry. The five-plunger pump is particularly suitable for mineshaft hydraulic support systems. Features include stainless steel pump head, cross head piston bellows seal, choice of application-specific seal assemblies, solid ceramic or tungsten carbide plungers, bronze or stainless steel suction chamber, crankshaft supported by three bearings with twin helical speed-reducing gears, and pressurized oil lubrication system with oil cooler/filter. The pump has an operating pressure range of 1,000 to 43,500 psig, flow rate from 8.5 to 200 gpm and power rating of 335 hp. 800/783-4935; www.hammelmann.com.
JWC environmentAl The Macho Monster Model 70000 two-shafted grinder from JWC Environmental features an extra-large cut-
ting chamber for processing high-volume solids in heavy-duty industrial dry-grinding applications. The unit has two rows of 10-inch diameter, 7/8-inch thick cutters for grabbing large debris and 4-inch diameter hex shaft. The grinder produces 20,000 pounds of cutting force at peak loads. Custom-designed cutters are available. The grinder’s slow-speed, high-torque design can be configured with 25-hp to 50-hp motor mounted on correspond-ing 87:1 to 43:1 gear reducers. 800/331-2277; www.jwce.com.
kiFCoPortable packaged pump sets from Kifco are supplied on galvanized skids for prolonged exposure to the
elements. John Deere power units are available in 49 to 250 hp. Standard mount packages include the Berkeley B2.5JQBM with John Deere 4045TF285 that delivers from 150 gpm at 100 psi to 600 gpm at 120 psi and the Berkeley B4EXQBLS with John Deere 6068HF285 that delivers from 300 gpm at 100 psi to 1,200 gpm at 150 psi. Pump sets include fuel injection with governor, water and oil pump with oil cooler, 12-volt starter, alternator and instrument gauge. The trailer upgrade option includes 100-gallon fuel cell kit, single axle with implement tires, crank jack on tongue, two-pin stabilizer legs in rear and adjustable height tow hitch in pin or pintle style. The 100-gallon fuel kit also can be added to the skid-mount version. The kit includes dual 50-gallon polycarb tanks with Kelch cap. Other options include oil sight gauge and engine canopy. Custom generator sets are available. 800/452-7017; www.kifco.com.
lArox FloWsys inC. The LPP series of pumps from Larox Flowsys Inc. are made for heavy industrial use, including the handling of
abrasive, corrosive, viscous or crystallizing materials. Only the hose comes in contact with the medium. Pumps are designed to compress the hose once per 360-degree operating cycle, eliminating 80 percent of the heat and friction and requiring less glycerin to operate. The nonfriction based, eccentric rolling design enables the pump to run at high rpms without damage to the hose or casing. Other features include no gland water or packing, full vacuum capacity, no backward flow and in-pipe connection. 410/636-2250; www.larox.us.
loBePro rotAry PumPsThe SM68 positive displacement rotary pump from LobePro Rotary Pumps is made for sludge, mud and slurries.
Rated for up to 408 gpm, it has a working pressure of 100 psi, maximum pressure of 120 psi and maximum speed of 600 rpm. It can handle up to 1/8-inch spherical hard solids and 1 1/2-inch spherical compressible solids. Weighing 260 pounds, features include ANSI 4-inch flange connection and 1.65-inch shaft diameter. 888/997-7867; www.lobepro.com.
mAsPort inC. The 400-cfm HXL400WV liquid-cooled rotary vane pump from Masport Inc. is design for heat stability and reli-
ability. Part of the Plug & Play System line, the pump offers 25 inches of continuous Hg. Features include laser-cut 3/8-inch base, right-angle 1:1 gearbox, SureFlex coupling, horizontal scrubber, vacuum and pressure relief, inlet filter with 50-mesh stainless element and compound vacuum/pressure gauge. 800/228-4510; www.masportpump.com.
moro inC. Water-, fan- and air-cooled pumps from Moro Inc. are recommended for heavy-duty, continuous use in
industrial applications. The pumps feature Kevlar vanes with visual inspection ports in the casing. They are de-signed to handle liquids, sewage, sludge, oil and pastes containing solids up to approximately 1 inch in diameter. Other features include high-quality Viton oil seals and low rotating speed for added life and high-quality bearings for low maintenance. Pumps have 29-psi positive pressure capacity, full liquid cooling system with forced circula-tion and external recirculating system. Models available according to needed air flow and tank size. 800/383-6304; www.morousa.com.
hAmmelmAnn CorP.
kiFCo
lArox FloWSyS inC.
loBePro rotAry PUmPS
JWC enVironmentAl
mASPort
moro inC.
moyno inC. The 2000 HS progressive cavity pump from Moyno Inc. is made to handle viscous and abrasive slurry, slush
and mud transfer in oil, gas and mining applications. Features include twin-screw feeder for 100-percent pump cavity fill rate, self-cleaning augers and wide-sweep pump inlet to reduce friction loss. 877/486-6966; www.moyno.com.
moving WAter industriesRotoflo self-priming, valveless positive displacement pumps from Moving Water Industries are made for con-
struction dewatering. The pumps, designed for on-site repairs with no special tools, have no air-/water-handling chamber with floats, compressors or vacuum pumps to operate or maintain. Features include bolt-together design that allows the skid to be converted into a full-DOT or off-road trailer. Accessories include swing joints, header pipe, well points and jetting equipment. 954/426-1500; www.mwipumps.com.
mth PumPsThe MTH DC10, 12-volt, Leeson motor-driven, severe wash-down centrifugal pump from MTH Pumps fea-
tures cast stainless steel parts and dry-run mechanical seal. It can continuously pump at a maximum pressure of 40 psi with a maximum capacity of 25 gpm. 630/552-4115; www.mthpumps.com.
nAtionAl PumP And ComPressor ltd. The Pioneer PP108S17 10-inch by 8-inch pump from National Pump and Compressor Ltd. features the
quick priming Ultraprime positive displacement vacuum system that evacuates 50 cubic feet of air per minute, while preventing material spillage from the priming process. Applications range from long distance water trans-fer to chemical recirculation and fire pump systems. The pump can pull suction lifts up to 28 feet at sea level and deliver 7,000 gpm at up to 76 percent efficiency. The diesel-driven trash pumps are capable of running dry indefinitely by using oil to keep the mechanical seal cool. Bearings are oil lubricated for easier service. Other features include sight glasses for oil levels in the bearing housing, vacuum pump and seal oil. 888/840-5886; www.npcrents.com.
nAtionAl vACuum equiPmentThe heavy-duty 607 SV Challenger vacuum pump from National Vacuum Equipment is made for extended
operation in severe conditions. Features include side-mounted, four-way valve for easy access, integrated filter to keep debris out of the pump, slotted end plates for crash protection, vane wear inspection port, diesel flush port, exhaust gas temperature gauge, four-point oiling system and remote mount oil reservoir. The pump is available in a fully assembled hydraulic drive setup ready for trailer mounting. 800/253-5500; www.natvac.com.
Penn vAlley PumP Co. inC. The Double Disc pump from Penn Valley Pump Co. Inc. is made to handle a variety of viscous and
abrasive sludges and slurries on feed and transfer applications. The self-priming pump handles up to 2-inch solids and delivers flow rates up to 1,400 gpm, as well as high suction lifts. The pump’s trunnion seal design eliminates packing glands and mechanical seals for leak-free installation and sealed-for-life bearings. The pump can run dry and does not rely on close tolerances within the pumping chamber to generate flow. The repair-in-place hinged housing allows servicing without disturbing the piping. Trial purchase and rebuild-exchange programs as well as portable and trailer mounts and custom configurations are available. 215/343-8750; www. pennvalleypump.com.
Polylok inC. The 1/3-hp PL-200SP sump pump from Polylok Inc. has a 1 1/2-inch female threaded discharge, built-in
check valve and detachable multistage hose adapter. The 155-volt pump has a maximum head of 27 feet and maximum flow of 42 gpm. Features include clog-proof propeller capable of passing 1/2-inch solids. The air-filled, oil-free 3,450-rpm capacitor-start motor is dynamically balanced with a stainless steel shaft and has a 5.4-amp rating. Thermal sensors in the stator turn the pump off in the event of overheating and automatically switch the pump on after it has cooled. Other features include three lip seals separated and lubricated by a grease chamber, built-in automatic level control with two-position manual/automatic switch and easily removable float cover for cleaning. The integrated switch allows for continuous operation in transportable applications. The bottom screen has bayonet-style clamping that allows for removal by hand should impeller inspection be needed. The pump is UL and CSA listed. 877/765-9565; www.polylok.com.
moyno inC.
moVing WAter indUStrieS
mth PUmPS
nAtionAl PUmP And ComPreSSor ltd.
Penn VAlley PUmP Co. inC.
nAtionAl VACUUm eqUiPment
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hAmmelmAnn CorP. The horizontal mounting HDP 250 L pump from Hammelmann Corp. is built primarily for the deep mining
industry. The five-plunger pump is particularly suitable for mineshaft hydraulic support systems. Features include stainless steel pump head, cross head piston bellows seal, choice of application-specific seal assemblies, solid ceramic or tungsten carbide plungers, bronze or stainless steel suction chamber, crankshaft supported by three bearings with twin helical speed-reducing gears, and pressurized oil lubrication system with oil cooler/filter. The pump has an operating pressure range of 1,000 to 43,500 psig, flow rate from 8.5 to 200 gpm and power rating of 335 hp. 800/783-4935; www.hammelmann.com.
JWC environmentAl The Macho Monster Model 70000 two-shafted grinder from JWC Environmental features an extra-large cut-
ting chamber for processing high-volume solids in heavy-duty industrial dry-grinding applications. The unit has two rows of 10-inch diameter, 7/8-inch thick cutters for grabbing large debris and 4-inch diameter hex shaft. The grinder produces 20,000 pounds of cutting force at peak loads. Custom-designed cutters are available. The grinder’s slow-speed, high-torque design can be configured with 25-hp to 50-hp motor mounted on correspond-ing 87:1 to 43:1 gear reducers. 800/331-2277; www.jwce.com.
kiFCoPortable packaged pump sets from Kifco are supplied on galvanized skids for prolonged exposure to the
elements. John Deere power units are available in 49 to 250 hp. Standard mount packages include the Berkeley B2.5JQBM with John Deere 4045TF285 that delivers from 150 gpm at 100 psi to 600 gpm at 120 psi and the Berkeley B4EXQBLS with John Deere 6068HF285 that delivers from 300 gpm at 100 psi to 1,200 gpm at 150 psi. Pump sets include fuel injection with governor, water and oil pump with oil cooler, 12-volt starter, alternator and instrument gauge. The trailer upgrade option includes 100-gallon fuel cell kit, single axle with implement tires, crank jack on tongue, two-pin stabilizer legs in rear and adjustable height tow hitch in pin or pintle style. The 100-gallon fuel kit also can be added to the skid-mount version. The kit includes dual 50-gallon polycarb tanks with Kelch cap. Other options include oil sight gauge and engine canopy. Custom generator sets are available. 800/452-7017; www.kifco.com.
lArox FloWsys inC. The LPP series of pumps from Larox Flowsys Inc. are made for heavy industrial use, including the handling of
abrasive, corrosive, viscous or crystallizing materials. Only the hose comes in contact with the medium. Pumps are designed to compress the hose once per 360-degree operating cycle, eliminating 80 percent of the heat and friction and requiring less glycerin to operate. The nonfriction based, eccentric rolling design enables the pump to run at high rpms without damage to the hose or casing. Other features include no gland water or packing, full vacuum capacity, no backward flow and in-pipe connection. 410/636-2250; www.larox.us.
loBePro rotAry PumPsThe SM68 positive displacement rotary pump from LobePro Rotary Pumps is made for sludge, mud and slurries.
Rated for up to 408 gpm, it has a working pressure of 100 psi, maximum pressure of 120 psi and maximum speed of 600 rpm. It can handle up to 1/8-inch spherical hard solids and 1 1/2-inch spherical compressible solids. Weighing 260 pounds, features include ANSI 4-inch flange connection and 1.65-inch shaft diameter. 888/997-7867; www.lobepro.com.
mAsPort inC. The 400-cfm HXL400WV liquid-cooled rotary vane pump from Masport Inc. is design for heat stability and reli-
ability. Part of the Plug & Play System line, the pump offers 25 inches of continuous Hg. Features include laser-cut 3/8-inch base, right-angle 1:1 gearbox, SureFlex coupling, horizontal scrubber, vacuum and pressure relief, inlet filter with 50-mesh stainless element and compound vacuum/pressure gauge. 800/228-4510; www.masportpump.com.
moro inC. Water-, fan- and air-cooled pumps from Moro Inc. are recommended for heavy-duty, continuous use in
industrial applications. The pumps feature Kevlar vanes with visual inspection ports in the casing. They are de-signed to handle liquids, sewage, sludge, oil and pastes containing solids up to approximately 1 inch in diameter. Other features include high-quality Viton oil seals and low rotating speed for added life and high-quality bearings for low maintenance. Pumps have 29-psi positive pressure capacity, full liquid cooling system with forced circula-tion and external recirculating system. Models available according to needed air flow and tank size. 800/383-6304; www.morousa.com.
hAmmelmAnn CorP.
kiFCo
lArox FloWSyS inC.
loBePro rotAry PUmPS
JWC enVironmentAl
mASPort
moro inC.
moyno inC. The 2000 HS progressive cavity pump from Moyno Inc. is made to handle viscous and abrasive slurry, slush
and mud transfer in oil, gas and mining applications. Features include twin-screw feeder for 100-percent pump cavity fill rate, self-cleaning augers and wide-sweep pump inlet to reduce friction loss. 877/486-6966; www.moyno.com.
moving WAter industriesRotoflo self-priming, valveless positive displacement pumps from Moving Water Industries are made for con-
struction dewatering. The pumps, designed for on-site repairs with no special tools, have no air-/water-handling chamber with floats, compressors or vacuum pumps to operate or maintain. Features include bolt-together design that allows the skid to be converted into a full-DOT or off-road trailer. Accessories include swing joints, header pipe, well points and jetting equipment. 954/426-1500; www.mwipumps.com.
mth PumPsThe MTH DC10, 12-volt, Leeson motor-driven, severe wash-down centrifugal pump from MTH Pumps fea-
tures cast stainless steel parts and dry-run mechanical seal. It can continuously pump at a maximum pressure of 40 psi with a maximum capacity of 25 gpm. 630/552-4115; www.mthpumps.com.
nAtionAl PumP And ComPressor ltd. The Pioneer PP108S17 10-inch by 8-inch pump from National Pump and Compressor Ltd. features the
quick priming Ultraprime positive displacement vacuum system that evacuates 50 cubic feet of air per minute, while preventing material spillage from the priming process. Applications range from long distance water trans-fer to chemical recirculation and fire pump systems. The pump can pull suction lifts up to 28 feet at sea level and deliver 7,000 gpm at up to 76 percent efficiency. The diesel-driven trash pumps are capable of running dry indefinitely by using oil to keep the mechanical seal cool. Bearings are oil lubricated for easier service. Other features include sight glasses for oil levels in the bearing housing, vacuum pump and seal oil. 888/840-5886; www.npcrents.com.
nAtionAl vACuum equiPmentThe heavy-duty 607 SV Challenger vacuum pump from National Vacuum Equipment is made for extended
operation in severe conditions. Features include side-mounted, four-way valve for easy access, integrated filter to keep debris out of the pump, slotted end plates for crash protection, vane wear inspection port, diesel flush port, exhaust gas temperature gauge, four-point oiling system and remote mount oil reservoir. The pump is available in a fully assembled hydraulic drive setup ready for trailer mounting. 800/253-5500; www.natvac.com.
Penn vAlley PumP Co. inC. The Double Disc pump from Penn Valley Pump Co. Inc. is made to handle a variety of viscous and
abrasive sludges and slurries on feed and transfer applications. The self-priming pump handles up to 2-inch solids and delivers flow rates up to 1,400 gpm, as well as high suction lifts. The pump’s trunnion seal design eliminates packing glands and mechanical seals for leak-free installation and sealed-for-life bearings. The pump can run dry and does not rely on close tolerances within the pumping chamber to generate flow. The repair-in-place hinged housing allows servicing without disturbing the piping. Trial purchase and rebuild-exchange programs as well as portable and trailer mounts and custom configurations are available. 215/343-8750; www. pennvalleypump.com.
Polylok inC. The 1/3-hp PL-200SP sump pump from Polylok Inc. has a 1 1/2-inch female threaded discharge, built-in
check valve and detachable multistage hose adapter. The 155-volt pump has a maximum head of 27 feet and maximum flow of 42 gpm. Features include clog-proof propeller capable of passing 1/2-inch solids. The air-filled, oil-free 3,450-rpm capacitor-start motor is dynamically balanced with a stainless steel shaft and has a 5.4-amp rating. Thermal sensors in the stator turn the pump off in the event of overheating and automatically switch the pump on after it has cooled. Other features include three lip seals separated and lubricated by a grease chamber, built-in automatic level control with two-position manual/automatic switch and easily removable float cover for cleaning. The integrated switch allows for continuous operation in transportable applications. The bottom screen has bayonet-style clamping that allows for removal by hand should impeller inspection be needed. The pump is UL and CSA listed. 877/765-9565; www.polylok.com.
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seePexProgressive cavity pumps from seepex are designed for pumping catalyst slurries, closed drain liquids, con-
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smith & loveless inC. Above-grade wastewater pump stations from Smith & Loveless Inc. include vertical, non-clog pumps, con-
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thomPson PumPJSC Series Enviroprime solids handling pumps from Thompson Pump range in size from three to 18 inches.
Featuring cast-iron construction with the ability to dry-prime and reprime automatically, the pumps are designed for fl ows to 11,000 gpm, heads to 660 feet and up to 255 psi. The end-suction centrifugal pumps can handle up to 4-inch solids and be coupled to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tier-compliant engines or electric mo-tors. The compressor-assisted dry-priming system prevents blow-by from discharging onto the ground. Options include the Silent Knight sound attenuated canopy that enables pumps to operate at 70 dBA or lower. 800/767-7310; www.thompsonpump.com.
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rAin For rentThe XH 100 4-inch pump from Rain for Rent is designed to produce extra high discharge heads for mining
and dewatering projects. Made of 316 stainless steel or chromium steel, the pump can handle up to 7/8-inch solids, fl ows to 1,250 gpm and deliver heads up to 605 feet. The pump is mounted on galvanized skids or trailers to protect against rust and corrosion, and has a nearly maintenance-free surface. 800/742-7246; www.rainforrent.com.
seePexProgressive cavity pumps from seepex are designed for pumping catalyst slurries, closed drain liquids, con-
densate, corrosion inhibitor, crude oil, drilling mud, water and refi nery wastewater. Able to handle up to 2-inch solids, features include low shear, self-priming and no gas locking, low NPSH requirements and stable fl ow. 937/864-7150; www.seepex.com.
smith & loveless inC. Above-grade wastewater pump stations from Smith & Loveless Inc. include vertical, non-clog pumps, con-
trols, piping and valves installed on a steel platform. Pump sizes range from 4- to 12-inch piping, 1.5 to 300 hp and capacities up to 50,000 gpm with total dynamic head to 500 feet. Options include custom enclosures with climate-controlled work space for northern regions. Skid-mounted stations can be designed for pre-existing, customer-supplied structures. 800/898-9122; www.smithandloveless.com.
thomPson PumPJSC Series Enviroprime solids handling pumps from Thompson Pump range in size from three to 18 inches.
Featuring cast-iron construction with the ability to dry-prime and reprime automatically, the pumps are designed for fl ows to 11,000 gpm, heads to 660 feet and up to 255 psi. The end-suction centrifugal pumps can handle up to 4-inch solids and be coupled to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tier-compliant engines or electric mo-tors. The compressor-assisted dry-priming system prevents blow-by from discharging onto the ground. Options include the Silent Knight sound attenuated canopy that enables pumps to operate at 70 dBA or lower. 800/767-7310; www.thompsonpump.com.
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water, corrosive chemicals and hazardous liquids. Applications include fi nes and slurry, solids pumping and sump drainage, fl ood control and process drainage to meet EPA and manufacturing requirements. Available in cast iron, 316 stainless steel and alloy 20 and 27 percent chrome iron, the pump delivers heads to 170 feet, operates in temperatures to 400 degrees F and pumps up to 1,600 gpm. Features include semi-open impeller with external adjustment, shafts to 5 inches in diameter and NEMA C face motor. 513/530-0888; www.vertifl opump.com. GOMC
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emember burying a friend (or being buried) in sand while playing at the beach? Maybe that image is one
reason why it’s easy to underestimate the danger of being caught in a trench collapse at work.
Sure, the soil might cave in, but so what? Unless it’s a huge cave-in, you’d just dig yourself out, right? The reality is far different. In fact, it’s sobering. When it comes to trench collapses, earth is definitely not friendly.
You don’t have to be in an especially deep trench to be seriously injured or killed in a cave-in. In fact, you can be seriously injured or even killed if buried in soil only to your waist. That’s because of the way cave-ins occur, and simply because soil is heavy.
POWERFUL MOMENTUMPicture a cubic foot of soil. How much
would you think it weighs? Typically, it weighs about 100 pounds, and it can weigh even more depending on its composition and how much moisture it contains.
Now imagine a cubic yard of soil. It contains 27 cubic feet, which means it weighs 2,700 pounds – as much as a mid-sized car. It’s not at all unusual for a cave-in to involve a cubic yard of soil, or much more.
An excellent safety tutorial on an Auburn University College of Continuing Education website, www.trenchsafety.org, describes the hazards of cave-ins. “Once precipitated, a cave-in is lightening fast,” says one lesson on the website.
“Unstable soil flows quickly like a fluid into the trench opening, exerting extremely high pressures on anything in its path. This creates a serious life-threatening hazard for workers in the trench.”
The momentum of collapsing soil could knock you over, or even break bones. Once you’re covered, pressure from the soil can hinder blood circulation to your arms and legs. Even if buried only to your knees, you would have
difficulty digging yourself out, and in the meantime circulation could be cut off.
“A person submerged under only a couple of feet of soil would experience enough pressure on the chest area to prevent their lungs from expanding,” the website says. “Suffocation would take place within about three minutes. Even if the person is rescued in time, the heavy soil loads are likely to inflict serious internal injuries.
“A person buried in earth as high as his diaphragm, would not be able to dig himself out, and his chances of survival would be low. If the face is even partially covered, death is almost certain.”
RESCUE HAZARDSWhat’s more, once you’ve been caught
in a cave-in, getting you out is a delicate operation that requires training and skill. Many victims of trench collapses are further injured or even killed by panicky co-workers trying to dig them out with shovels, or even heavy machinery.
To make matters even worse, rescue workers entering an unshored trench face the danger of further soil collapses. That’s why, if the victim of a collapse is trapped but breathing and stable, the response team will shore the trench before finishing the rescue.
Excavation cave-ins are a serious problem. The Trench Safety website says that from 1990-2000, 771 workers died in accidents involving excavations in the United States. “Moreover, for each excavation fatality, perhaps 10 times as many workers are injured, some of them with serious long-term disabilities. The real tragedy is that most if not all excavation accidents are avoidable.”
The Auburn website provides an 11-lesson tutorial on all aspects of trench safety. If your employees’ work involves trenching, this website is an excellent resource for teaching about the hazards and how to avoid them. GOMC
Ted J. Rulseh
Safety First
It’s serIous BusInessIn considering trench safety, it’s important to remember that in cave-ins, earth is not friendly
By Ted J. Rulseh
r
“A person buried in earth as high as his diaphragm, would not be able
to dig himself out, and his chances of survival would be low. If the face
is even partially covered, death is almost certain.”
Trench Safety website
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emember burying a friend (or being buried) in sand while playing at the beach? Maybe that image is one
reason why it’s easy to underestimate the danger of being caught in a trench collapse at work.
Sure, the soil might cave in, but so what? Unless it’s a huge cave-in, you’d just dig yourself out, right? The reality is far different. In fact, it’s sobering. When it comes to trench collapses, earth is definitely not friendly.
You don’t have to be in an especially deep trench to be seriously injured or killed in a cave-in. In fact, you can be seriously injured or even killed if buried in soil only to your waist. That’s because of the way cave-ins occur, and simply because soil is heavy.
POWERFUL MOMENTUMPicture a cubic foot of soil. How much
would you think it weighs? Typically, it weighs about 100 pounds, and it can weigh even more depending on its composition and how much moisture it contains.
Now imagine a cubic yard of soil. It contains 27 cubic feet, which means it weighs 2,700 pounds – as much as a mid-sized car. It’s not at all unusual for a cave-in to involve a cubic yard of soil, or much more.
An excellent safety tutorial on an Auburn University College of Continuing Education website, www.trenchsafety.org, describes the hazards of cave-ins. “Once precipitated, a cave-in is lightening fast,” says one lesson on the website.
“Unstable soil flows quickly like a fluid into the trench opening, exerting extremely high pressures on anything in its path. This creates a serious life-threatening hazard for workers in the trench.”
The momentum of collapsing soil could knock you over, or even break bones. Once you’re covered, pressure from the soil can hinder blood circulation to your arms and legs. Even if buried only to your knees, you would have
difficulty digging yourself out, and in the meantime circulation could be cut off.
“A person submerged under only a couple of feet of soil would experience enough pressure on the chest area to prevent their lungs from expanding,” the website says. “Suffocation would take place within about three minutes. Even if the person is rescued in time, the heavy soil loads are likely to inflict serious internal injuries.
“A person buried in earth as high as his diaphragm, would not be able to dig himself out, and his chances of survival would be low. If the face is even partially covered, death is almost certain.”
RESCUE HAZARDSWhat’s more, once you’ve been caught
in a cave-in, getting you out is a delicate operation that requires training and skill. Many victims of trench collapses are further injured or even killed by panicky co-workers trying to dig them out with shovels, or even heavy machinery.
To make matters even worse, rescue workers entering an unshored trench face the danger of further soil collapses. That’s why, if the victim of a collapse is trapped but breathing and stable, the response team will shore the trench before finishing the rescue.
Excavation cave-ins are a serious problem. The Trench Safety website says that from 1990-2000, 771 workers died in accidents involving excavations in the United States. “Moreover, for each excavation fatality, perhaps 10 times as many workers are injured, some of them with serious long-term disabilities. The real tragedy is that most if not all excavation accidents are avoidable.”
The Auburn website provides an 11-lesson tutorial on all aspects of trench safety. If your employees’ work involves trenching, this website is an excellent resource for teaching about the hazards and how to avoid them. GOMC
Ted J. Rulseh
Safety First
It’s serIous BusInessIn considering trench safety, it’s important to remember that in cave-ins, earth is not friendly
By Ted J. Rulseh
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“A person buried in earth as high as his diaphragm, would not be able
to dig himself out, and his chances of survival would be low. If the face
is even partially covered, death is almost certain.”
Trench Safety website
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Tech Perspectives
From oil sands to hard rock and phosphate mining andprocessing, slurry pumps do much of the grunt work required to move solids surrounded by fluids. today’s gom clients are increasingly asking for tougher pumps with longer service life, greener pumps that use less energy, and pumps that do a better job of handling high-volume froth, a problem that can stop operations cold.
“as cool as we think slurry pumps are, they aren’t really doing any of the mining or mineral processing,” says nikki rebernak, market manager, giW in-dustries, inc. a slurry pump manufacturer with headquarters in grovetown, ga. “think of them as a form of a transportation system that is critical for moving material from the source to and through the processing site, but not actually processing the minerals.”
What actually constitutes a slurry covers a wide range of industries, since a slurry is any fluid that contains a solid. in the gom sector, that can include anything from mud to phosphates, oil sands, tailings or even large rocks surrounded by water.
the market offers a number of slurry pump manufacturers producing lighter-duty units—designed to move silted water, process chemicals and other light-manufacturing slurries—and heavy-duty pumps for high-wear processing applications.
“We pump anything up to rocks the size of a hard hat, spheres about 10 inches in diameter,” says rebernak. “But the only limitation on the material you can pump is the size of the pump’s impellers and the volume of the intake passages. one of our pumps has a 110-inch impeller.”
BUILD IT BETTERrecent developments in slurry pumps have largely been driven by im-
provements in other areas of resource processing. slurry pumps once operated without being the focus of the operation and maintenance activities – other equipment in the process determined the maintenance intervals.
“the other equipment, particularly in hard rock mining, has gotten so much better over the years, that suddenly pumps have become the limiting fac-
tor,” says rebernak. “pumps will eventually wear out, but other things were wearing out or breaking first. now we’re seeing that call for the pumps to last lon-ger, perform better and become more efficient. even before the economy hit the ropes in 2008, we saw resource customers expecting their pumps to be as efficient as possible and to last as long as possible. as the resource sector comes out of the downturn, it’s doing so with higher expectations.”
the major wearing parts of a slurry pump are the front liner at the suction side of the pump, at the impeller and the casing. these are the elements where design improvement is helping the pumps to last longer, and to run longer before maintenance is required.
“For high-wear applications we build the pumps from a special formula-tion of white iron and look at special materials that will help the pumps to wear well under tough conditions, including exposure to highly corrosive and abrasive slurries,” says rebernak. “there are smaller parts around the packing
GOM support service contractors demand more reliable and power-efficient slurry pumps to
keep pace with recent advances in many areas of resource processing
By Peter Kenter
Move
ThaT
Material
“if you build an additional safety factor into a slurry pump it will not only cost
more but will probably not operate the way you want it to. it may not operate
at all. the resulting interruption in operations can be a catastrophe.”
Nikki Rebernak
gland—the packing around the moving parts—that will tra-ditionally need to be replaced every few months. But these parts are the least expensive and easiest to service. We typi-cally locate service centers closer to the hard rock or oil sands users who are more likely to require replacement parts over the life of the pump. other customers call on us only every couple of years.”
the biggest change in pump operation over the past 10 years has been the addition of variable-frequency drives.
“these were becoming more common in projects before 2000 because they helped to improve pump and process ef-ficiency, while extending pump life,” says rebernak. “now variable-frequency drives are the rule and not the exception for large slurry pumps.”
DESIGN FOR THE MATERIALchoosing the right pump for the right job begins with
determining exactly what sort of slurry the pump is going to move. particular models target specific resource operations and are subdivided into pumps that achieve such functions as ore transport, mill discharge, cyclone feed, tailings transport and plant processes.
slurry pump designs vary along with the specific water-to-solid ratio, and solids size they need to handle. in many cases, these parameters are common to a specific market and the result is a market-specific pump design. common examples are designs for mill duties, hydro transport and tailings.
“What you want to do is take advantage of the design to hit the pump’s ‘sweet spot,’ so it’s operating at the highest efficiency possible,” says rebernak. “But usually the slurry pump is the last thing that’s specified in a mineral pro-cessing plant. For example, the designers put in the crushers, grinding mills and separators first, then give us a drawing of that system and ask us to calculate the type of pump specifications that will give them a certain amount of flow to move the material through the system.”
But rebernak says the most common error made by clients who want to spec the pumps themselves is ordering a pump with a greater capacity than what’s required for the job in order to compensate for any unforeseen design anomalies.
“asking for an additional safety factor for a steel girder or concrete may make sense—it just makes the material a little more expensive,” says rebernak. “if you build an additional safety factor into a slurry pump it will not only cost more but will probably not operate the way you want it to. it may not operate at all. the resulting interruption in operations can be a catastrophe.”
that’s because slurry pumps are designed to work at the previously men-tioned sweet spot where two factors, the system curve (the head in the system) and the hydraulic pump curve (the relationship between flow rate and head for the actual pump) coincide.
FLAWLESS STARTUPgetting the slurry pump—and any other systems—to operate as
expected—and do it the first time—has become increasingly important to the industry.
“over the previous decade we’ve been seeing increasing emphasis on the ‘flawless startup,’ with no hiccups in the operation,” says rebernak. “that’s reflected in an exponential increase in engineering and project management, considerably more systems work and, on our end, a lot more work that includes such steps as preparing lists of available spare parts. the gain to the customer is on-time startup and fewer field changes. the cost to the customer is engineer-ing time.”
one of the most significant current design issues in gom slurry pumps is the way in which the pumps deal with high-volume froth (hVF)—air that enters the pumps, either because the original slurry contains bubbles caused by handling, or because air is induced into the slurry through agitation caused by processing. mineral processors, industrial mineral processors and oil sands operations all use air to process raw materials.
“slurry pumps don’t handle air well,” says rebernak. “air collects at the low-pressure area inside the impeller eye and can eventually create an airlock at the eye that can prevent the pump from operating. each slurry pump manu-facturer uses its own approach to get the air to move through the pump by applying physics to make it easier for the air to leave.”
manufacturer solutions include making the mouth of the pump larger, changing the configuration of the impeller, altering the orientation of the pump from vertical to horizontal, changing the slurry discharge angle, and adding lines in the piping to remove air from the pumps.
EFFICIENCY RULESgiW’s approach involved redesigning the impeller with orifices that re-
move air normally trapped inside the impeller eye. a de-aeration chamber and vent remove the air from the pump unit.
the newly designed slurry pump was recently employed at a phosphate mine and processing site in Finland. a plant expansion completed in 2009 was supposed to see phosphate production increase 15 percent to nearly one
“We’re looking at pumps requiring much less process water
and designed to pump much denser slurries, but that also
means the pumps must be much more wear resistant.”
Nikki Rebernak
At left, a new GIW slurry pump awaits shipment to a customer who will use it to transport a variety of materials. At right, a slurry pump at work. GIW slurry pumps have impellers as large as 110 inches in diameter and can move rocks up to 10 inches in size. (Photos courtesy of GIW Industries Inc.)
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Tech Perspectives
From oil sands to hard rock and phosphate mining andprocessing, slurry pumps do much of the grunt work required to move solids surrounded by fluids. today’s gom clients are increasingly asking for tougher pumps with longer service life, greener pumps that use less energy, and pumps that do a better job of handling high-volume froth, a problem that can stop operations cold.
“as cool as we think slurry pumps are, they aren’t really doing any of the mining or mineral processing,” says nikki rebernak, market manager, giW in-dustries, inc. a slurry pump manufacturer with headquarters in grovetown, ga. “think of them as a form of a transportation system that is critical for moving material from the source to and through the processing site, but not actually processing the minerals.”
What actually constitutes a slurry covers a wide range of industries, since a slurry is any fluid that contains a solid. in the gom sector, that can include anything from mud to phosphates, oil sands, tailings or even large rocks surrounded by water.
the market offers a number of slurry pump manufacturers producing lighter-duty units—designed to move silted water, process chemicals and other light-manufacturing slurries—and heavy-duty pumps for high-wear processing applications.
“We pump anything up to rocks the size of a hard hat, spheres about 10 inches in diameter,” says rebernak. “But the only limitation on the material you can pump is the size of the pump’s impellers and the volume of the intake passages. one of our pumps has a 110-inch impeller.”
BUILD IT BETTERrecent developments in slurry pumps have largely been driven by im-
provements in other areas of resource processing. slurry pumps once operated without being the focus of the operation and maintenance activities – other equipment in the process determined the maintenance intervals.
“the other equipment, particularly in hard rock mining, has gotten so much better over the years, that suddenly pumps have become the limiting fac-
tor,” says rebernak. “pumps will eventually wear out, but other things were wearing out or breaking first. now we’re seeing that call for the pumps to last lon-ger, perform better and become more efficient. even before the economy hit the ropes in 2008, we saw resource customers expecting their pumps to be as efficient as possible and to last as long as possible. as the resource sector comes out of the downturn, it’s doing so with higher expectations.”
the major wearing parts of a slurry pump are the front liner at the suction side of the pump, at the impeller and the casing. these are the elements where design improvement is helping the pumps to last longer, and to run longer before maintenance is required.
“For high-wear applications we build the pumps from a special formula-tion of white iron and look at special materials that will help the pumps to wear well under tough conditions, including exposure to highly corrosive and abrasive slurries,” says rebernak. “there are smaller parts around the packing
GOM support service contractors demand more reliable and power-efficient slurry pumps to
keep pace with recent advances in many areas of resource processing
By Peter Kenter
Move
ThaT
Material
“if you build an additional safety factor into a slurry pump it will not only cost
more but will probably not operate the way you want it to. it may not operate
at all. the resulting interruption in operations can be a catastrophe.”
Nikki Rebernak
gland—the packing around the moving parts—that will tra-ditionally need to be replaced every few months. But these parts are the least expensive and easiest to service. We typi-cally locate service centers closer to the hard rock or oil sands users who are more likely to require replacement parts over the life of the pump. other customers call on us only every couple of years.”
the biggest change in pump operation over the past 10 years has been the addition of variable-frequency drives.
“these were becoming more common in projects before 2000 because they helped to improve pump and process ef-ficiency, while extending pump life,” says rebernak. “now variable-frequency drives are the rule and not the exception for large slurry pumps.”
DESIGN FOR THE MATERIALchoosing the right pump for the right job begins with
determining exactly what sort of slurry the pump is going to move. particular models target specific resource operations and are subdivided into pumps that achieve such functions as ore transport, mill discharge, cyclone feed, tailings transport and plant processes.
slurry pump designs vary along with the specific water-to-solid ratio, and solids size they need to handle. in many cases, these parameters are common to a specific market and the result is a market-specific pump design. common examples are designs for mill duties, hydro transport and tailings.
“What you want to do is take advantage of the design to hit the pump’s ‘sweet spot,’ so it’s operating at the highest efficiency possible,” says rebernak. “But usually the slurry pump is the last thing that’s specified in a mineral pro-cessing plant. For example, the designers put in the crushers, grinding mills and separators first, then give us a drawing of that system and ask us to calculate the type of pump specifications that will give them a certain amount of flow to move the material through the system.”
But rebernak says the most common error made by clients who want to spec the pumps themselves is ordering a pump with a greater capacity than what’s required for the job in order to compensate for any unforeseen design anomalies.
“asking for an additional safety factor for a steel girder or concrete may make sense—it just makes the material a little more expensive,” says rebernak. “if you build an additional safety factor into a slurry pump it will not only cost more but will probably not operate the way you want it to. it may not operate at all. the resulting interruption in operations can be a catastrophe.”
that’s because slurry pumps are designed to work at the previously men-tioned sweet spot where two factors, the system curve (the head in the system) and the hydraulic pump curve (the relationship between flow rate and head for the actual pump) coincide.
FLAWLESS STARTUPgetting the slurry pump—and any other systems—to operate as
expected—and do it the first time—has become increasingly important to the industry.
“over the previous decade we’ve been seeing increasing emphasis on the ‘flawless startup,’ with no hiccups in the operation,” says rebernak. “that’s reflected in an exponential increase in engineering and project management, considerably more systems work and, on our end, a lot more work that includes such steps as preparing lists of available spare parts. the gain to the customer is on-time startup and fewer field changes. the cost to the customer is engineer-ing time.”
one of the most significant current design issues in gom slurry pumps is the way in which the pumps deal with high-volume froth (hVF)—air that enters the pumps, either because the original slurry contains bubbles caused by handling, or because air is induced into the slurry through agitation caused by processing. mineral processors, industrial mineral processors and oil sands operations all use air to process raw materials.
“slurry pumps don’t handle air well,” says rebernak. “air collects at the low-pressure area inside the impeller eye and can eventually create an airlock at the eye that can prevent the pump from operating. each slurry pump manu-facturer uses its own approach to get the air to move through the pump by applying physics to make it easier for the air to leave.”
manufacturer solutions include making the mouth of the pump larger, changing the configuration of the impeller, altering the orientation of the pump from vertical to horizontal, changing the slurry discharge angle, and adding lines in the piping to remove air from the pumps.
EFFICIENCY RULESgiW’s approach involved redesigning the impeller with orifices that re-
move air normally trapped inside the impeller eye. a de-aeration chamber and vent remove the air from the pump unit.
the newly designed slurry pump was recently employed at a phosphate mine and processing site in Finland. a plant expansion completed in 2009 was supposed to see phosphate production increase 15 percent to nearly one
“We’re looking at pumps requiring much less process water
and designed to pump much denser slurries, but that also
means the pumps must be much more wear resistant.”
Nikki Rebernak
At left, a new GIW slurry pump awaits shipment to a customer who will use it to transport a variety of materials. At right, a slurry pump at work. GIW slurry pumps have impellers as large as 110 inches in diameter and can move rocks up to 10 inches in size. (Photos courtesy of GIW Industries Inc.)
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million tons annually. “the pumps were supposed to move 300 cubic meters (392 cubic yards)
of slurry per hour, but when they ran them above 100 cubic meters (131 cu-bic yards), the pumps would airlock and send froth all over the floor,” says rebernak. “When we introduced the giW hVF slurry pump, the froth was eliminated and the process rate was increased to in excess of the design rate.”
operators at the plant also found that they could reduce the amount of process water used at the site. that’s becoming an increasingly important factor in the gom sector as water use becomes a top-of-mind issue, not only because process water is scarce in remote sites, but also because regulators are targeting large water users in the sector.
“We’re seeing that especially in the oil sands where environmental regula-tors are forcing the industry to use as little water as possible,” says rebernak. “they can’t, for example, leave the water they use in a tailings pond. on our side, we’re looking at pumps requiring much less process water and designed to pump much denser slurries, but that also means the pumps must be much more wear resistant.”
rebernak notes that the gom sector, particularly clients in hard rock min-ing, want their pumps to be ‘green.’ that goal can be met in a number of ways, from reducing water usage to improving process flow.
“if we can find a way to use fewer pumps to move the same amount of slurry, that also helps an operation to be more green,” says rebernak. GOMC
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million tons annually. “the pumps were supposed to move 300 cubic meters (392 cubic yards)
of slurry per hour, but when they ran them above 100 cubic meters (131 cu-bic yards), the pumps would airlock and send froth all over the floor,” says rebernak. “When we introduced the giW hVF slurry pump, the froth was eliminated and the process rate was increased to in excess of the design rate.”
operators at the plant also found that they could reduce the amount of process water used at the site. that’s becoming an increasingly important factor in the gom sector as water use becomes a top-of-mind issue, not only because process water is scarce in remote sites, but also because regulators are targeting large water users in the sector.
“We’re seeing that especially in the oil sands where environmental regula-tors are forcing the industry to use as little water as possible,” says rebernak. “they can’t, for example, leave the water they use in a tailings pond. on our side, we’re looking at pumps requiring much less process water and designed to pump much denser slurries, but that also means the pumps must be much more wear resistant.”
rebernak notes that the gom sector, particularly clients in hard rock min-ing, want their pumps to be ‘green.’ that goal can be met in a number of ways, from reducing water usage to improving process flow.
“if we can find a way to use fewer pumps to move the same amount of slurry, that also helps an operation to be more green,” says rebernak. GOMC
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The Low Rider scissorneck trailer from Camex Equipment Sales & Rentals Inc. is made for transporting oil and gas drilling rig components and construction equipment. The trailer has a 36-inch deck height and is available in tri-axle, four-axle and fi ve-axle confi gurations for 40-, 50-, 60- and 70-ton load capacities. The four- and fi ve-axle trailers also have air-lift axles for less drag and tire wear when pulled empty or with a lighter load.
“The advantage of the 36-inch deck height is its lower center of gravity, so there’s more stability,” says Wally Taschuk, director of sales and marketing for Camex. “We also have clients in the Pennsylvania and West Virginia area where there is a lot of old infrastructure – the overpasses and train trestles are built quite low and it restricts the height of the load you can haul through there. The lower deck height is advantageous in that area.”
The trailer has an outside frame design with full-width, 7-inch, nonratcheting center lift roll plus two 7-inch pop-up split rolls at the rear of the main deck to assist with unloading heavy rig components.
“On the frame itself we use T-1 or 100,000-psi yield steel,” Taschuk says.
“The advantage is you get the same strength but use less material, so it keeps the overall weight of the trailer down and allows you to carry a full payload.”
The working deck is 8 1/2 feet wide, 53 feet long, features 2-inch oak construction and has a 10 3/4-inch, full-width tail roll.
Covered wheel wells prevent mud from being thrown on the load and helps facilitate skidding equipment over the back tail roll.
“These are load-bearing covered fenders made of 400 Brunel, which is one of the hardest metals out there,” Taschuk says.
Other features include a two-position scissorneck with full-width tapered pickup throat and extended length gooseneck with two kingpin settings.
“You can use this trailer as a lowboy, or if you scissor it out you can use it as a highboy to carry the long loads you might have,” Taschuk says.
The scissors feature also enables the trailer to lay on the ground, allowing tracked or rubber-tired vehicles to be driven over the front.
Safety features include four swing-out wide load lights, dual rear strobe lights, 14 pin pockets and 20 chain pockets. 780/955-2770; www.camex.com.
Versatile Low Rider Trailer Allows for Larger Loads By Ed Wodalski
1. delta oFFers rod Base water well screeNsRod base water well screens from Delta Screens Inc. are tested to meet or ex-
ceed ISO 17824 standard for burst and collapse and engineered to withstand the rigorous working conditions of downhole operations. Screens are available in 304 or 315 stainless steel and diameters from 1 1/4 to 20 inches. 713/856-0300; www.deltascreens.com.
2. reelcraFt iNtroduces side-MouNt hose reelsSeries 4000, 5000 and 5005 hose reels from Reelcraft Industries Inc. feature
a compact, space-saving design. The addition of a rigid side-mount allows reels to be mounted on either the right or left side. The heavy-gauge, side-mount plate has slotted mounting holes for easy installation. Right (top wind) or left (bottom wind) confi gurations are available. 800/444-3134; www.reelcraft.com.
3. JeNNy oFFers two-stage serVice Vehicle coMPressorsTwo-stage service vehicle compressors from Jenny Products Inc. feature fi ve
models, powered by 5- to 18-hp Honda GX engines. Three models come with 30-gallon air tanks and two have 80-gallon tanks. They are available with recoil or electric start and are offered with three pump styles. The lowest capacity model pro-vides 10.2 cfm at 125 psi or 9.1 cfm at 150 psi. The largest unit provides 39.5 cfm at 125 psi or 34.7 cfm at 150 psi. 814/445-3400; www.jennyproductsinc.com.
4. eNdress+hauser oFFers ra33 Batch coNtrollerThe RA33 batch controller from Endress+Hauser provides precise sensing and
dispensing of liquids into a container or process vessel. It monitors fl ow, temperature and density. The controller can work with a single valve and pump in automatic or manual mode, or with two valves for two-stage batching. Two controllers can work together for batch mixing of two ingredients. It calculates the exact volume to be dis-pensed based on an analog or pulse signal from a fl ow sensor and built-in tempera-ture/density compensation functions. The controller works in ambient temperatures of -4 to 140 degrees F. 317/535-1329; www.us.endress.com.
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5. New Pig iNtroduces uV-resistaNt sPill KitThe UV-resistant spill kit from New Pig Corp. comes in a 95-gallon container.
Suitable for outdoor use and storage, the container includes enough oil absorbent mats, booms and oil absorbing pillows to absorb up to 40 gallons of oil without tak-ing on any water. A leak-proof, twist-on lid and lift-out baskets ensure that the oil absorbents inside the container are dry, organized and easy to access in the event of a spill emergency. 800/468-4647; www.newpig.com.
6. dust coNtrol techNology iNtroduces driBoss liNeThe DriBoss line of wastewater evaporation equipment from Dust Control Tech-
nology includes ancillary components such as pumps, valves, controls, sensor and automation – all designed to withstand caustic and corrosive environments. The product line ranges from site analysis to remote-operated and computer-controlled systems, including weather stations and customized software. 800/707-2204; www.dustboss.com.
Matrox graPhics iNtroduces dual-dVi FiBer oPtic exteNderThe Matrox Avio Series line of fiber optic KVM extenders for graphics-intensive
design and visualization applications in the oil and gas market from Matrox Graphics Inc. enables the user to secure the host computer in a climate-controlled machine room by capturing the system I/O functionality and extending it up to 1,000 meters over a single fiber optic cable. The series supports uncompressed dual single-link DVI or one dual-link DVI video at full resolution and frame rate, keyboard, mouse, stereo analog audio and multiple USB HID and USB 2.0 peripherals. 514/822-6000; www.matrox.com/graphics.
7. Msa oFFers oPir-5 gas detectorThe OPIR-5, open-path gas detector from MSA provides continuous monitor-
ing of methane and propane gas concentrations. The system includes an IR source and receiver that monitors methane in both the 0-5,000 ppm and 0-5 LEL ranges. A 0-2,000 ppm and 0-1 LEL meter for propane is available. The factory-calibrated detector requires little maintenance, save for a periodic visual inspection, test gas film check and cleaning of the windows to assure dependable performance. 800/672-2222; www.msanorthamerica.com.
8. detcoN iNtroduces PortaBle siNgle-gas detectorThe Model SG1 portable single-gas detector from Detcon uses electrochemical
sensor technology to detect and monitor any of five gases: hydrogen sulfide, carbon monoxide, hydrogen, oxygen or sulfur dioxide. The gas detector is controlled by a microprocessor that allows for automatic zero-calibration and span-calibration set-up. During normal operation, the backlit LCD screen continuously displays battery life and real-time gas concentration in ppm. Weighing 4.6 ounces, the unit is housed in an ABS enclosure with rubber sleeve for shock absorption. Minimum battery run time without alarm conditions is 4,500 hours. 888/367-4286; www.detcon.com.
9. suPer Products iNtroduces Mud dog 1600 hydroexcaVator The Mud Dog 1600 hydroexcavator from Super Products LLC is designed to
meet the excavation challenges inherent in oil field, mining and cold-weather ap-plications. The unit has a 16-cubic-yard debris body, 1,500-gallon water capacity and rear-mounted boom with 335-degree rotation and the ability to pivot down 25 degrees for eight feet of extra digging and access to hard-to-reach areas. The hydroex-cavator delivers up to 18 gpm of water pressure at 3,000 psi in combination with an 8-inch positive displacement vacuum system that provides air flow of 5,800 cfm at 28 inches Hg. Features include single-engine design for lower fuel and maintenance costs and onboard boiler with 714,000 Btu/hour capacity. Winter recirculation, an-tifreeze and air-purge systems ensure performance in the harshest of climates, while the heated aluminum cabinet offers easy access and increased storage. Other features include a debris body that can tilt two feet for faster offloading and wash downs. 800/837-9711; www.superproductscorp.com.
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Product Spotlight
The Low Rider scissorneck trailer from Camex Equipment Sales & Rentals Inc. is made for transporting oil and gas drilling rig components and construction equipment. The trailer has a 36-inch deck height and is available in tri-axle, four-axle and fi ve-axle confi gurations for 40-, 50-, 60- and 70-ton load capacities. The four- and fi ve-axle trailers also have air-lift axles for less drag and tire wear when pulled empty or with a lighter load.
“The advantage of the 36-inch deck height is its lower center of gravity, so there’s more stability,” says Wally Taschuk, director of sales and marketing for Camex. “We also have clients in the Pennsylvania and West Virginia area where there is a lot of old infrastructure – the overpasses and train trestles are built quite low and it restricts the height of the load you can haul through there. The lower deck height is advantageous in that area.”
The trailer has an outside frame design with full-width, 7-inch, nonratcheting center lift roll plus two 7-inch pop-up split rolls at the rear of the main deck to assist with unloading heavy rig components.
“On the frame itself we use T-1 or 100,000-psi yield steel,” Taschuk says.
“The advantage is you get the same strength but use less material, so it keeps the overall weight of the trailer down and allows you to carry a full payload.”
The working deck is 8 1/2 feet wide, 53 feet long, features 2-inch oak construction and has a 10 3/4-inch, full-width tail roll.
Covered wheel wells prevent mud from being thrown on the load and helps facilitate skidding equipment over the back tail roll.
“These are load-bearing covered fenders made of 400 Brunel, which is one of the hardest metals out there,” Taschuk says.
Other features include a two-position scissorneck with full-width tapered pickup throat and extended length gooseneck with two kingpin settings.
“You can use this trailer as a lowboy, or if you scissor it out you can use it as a highboy to carry the long loads you might have,” Taschuk says.
The scissors feature also enables the trailer to lay on the ground, allowing tracked or rubber-tired vehicles to be driven over the front.
Safety features include four swing-out wide load lights, dual rear strobe lights, 14 pin pockets and 20 chain pockets. 780/955-2770; www.camex.com.
Versatile Low Rider Trailer Allows for Larger Loads By Ed Wodalski
1. delta oFFers rod Base water well screeNsRod base water well screens from Delta Screens Inc. are tested to meet or ex-
ceed ISO 17824 standard for burst and collapse and engineered to withstand the rigorous working conditions of downhole operations. Screens are available in 304 or 315 stainless steel and diameters from 1 1/4 to 20 inches. 713/856-0300; www.deltascreens.com.
2. reelcraFt iNtroduces side-MouNt hose reelsSeries 4000, 5000 and 5005 hose reels from Reelcraft Industries Inc. feature
a compact, space-saving design. The addition of a rigid side-mount allows reels to be mounted on either the right or left side. The heavy-gauge, side-mount plate has slotted mounting holes for easy installation. Right (top wind) or left (bottom wind) confi gurations are available. 800/444-3134; www.reelcraft.com.
3. JeNNy oFFers two-stage serVice Vehicle coMPressorsTwo-stage service vehicle compressors from Jenny Products Inc. feature fi ve
models, powered by 5- to 18-hp Honda GX engines. Three models come with 30-gallon air tanks and two have 80-gallon tanks. They are available with recoil or electric start and are offered with three pump styles. The lowest capacity model pro-vides 10.2 cfm at 125 psi or 9.1 cfm at 150 psi. The largest unit provides 39.5 cfm at 125 psi or 34.7 cfm at 150 psi. 814/445-3400; www.jennyproductsinc.com.
4. eNdress+hauser oFFers ra33 Batch coNtrollerThe RA33 batch controller from Endress+Hauser provides precise sensing and
dispensing of liquids into a container or process vessel. It monitors fl ow, temperature and density. The controller can work with a single valve and pump in automatic or manual mode, or with two valves for two-stage batching. Two controllers can work together for batch mixing of two ingredients. It calculates the exact volume to be dis-pensed based on an analog or pulse signal from a fl ow sensor and built-in tempera-ture/density compensation functions. The controller works in ambient temperatures of -4 to 140 degrees F. 317/535-1329; www.us.endress.com.
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5. New Pig iNtroduces uV-resistaNt sPill KitThe UV-resistant spill kit from New Pig Corp. comes in a 95-gallon container.
Suitable for outdoor use and storage, the container includes enough oil absorbent mats, booms and oil absorbing pillows to absorb up to 40 gallons of oil without tak-ing on any water. A leak-proof, twist-on lid and lift-out baskets ensure that the oil absorbents inside the container are dry, organized and easy to access in the event of a spill emergency. 800/468-4647; www.newpig.com.
6. dust coNtrol techNology iNtroduces driBoss liNeThe DriBoss line of wastewater evaporation equipment from Dust Control Tech-
nology includes ancillary components such as pumps, valves, controls, sensor and automation – all designed to withstand caustic and corrosive environments. The product line ranges from site analysis to remote-operated and computer-controlled systems, including weather stations and customized software. 800/707-2204; www.dustboss.com.
Matrox graPhics iNtroduces dual-dVi FiBer oPtic exteNderThe Matrox Avio Series line of fiber optic KVM extenders for graphics-intensive
design and visualization applications in the oil and gas market from Matrox Graphics Inc. enables the user to secure the host computer in a climate-controlled machine room by capturing the system I/O functionality and extending it up to 1,000 meters over a single fiber optic cable. The series supports uncompressed dual single-link DVI or one dual-link DVI video at full resolution and frame rate, keyboard, mouse, stereo analog audio and multiple USB HID and USB 2.0 peripherals. 514/822-6000; www.matrox.com/graphics.
7. Msa oFFers oPir-5 gas detectorThe OPIR-5, open-path gas detector from MSA provides continuous monitor-
ing of methane and propane gas concentrations. The system includes an IR source and receiver that monitors methane in both the 0-5,000 ppm and 0-5 LEL ranges. A 0-2,000 ppm and 0-1 LEL meter for propane is available. The factory-calibrated detector requires little maintenance, save for a periodic visual inspection, test gas film check and cleaning of the windows to assure dependable performance. 800/672-2222; www.msanorthamerica.com.
8. detcoN iNtroduces PortaBle siNgle-gas detectorThe Model SG1 portable single-gas detector from Detcon uses electrochemical
sensor technology to detect and monitor any of five gases: hydrogen sulfide, carbon monoxide, hydrogen, oxygen or sulfur dioxide. The gas detector is controlled by a microprocessor that allows for automatic zero-calibration and span-calibration set-up. During normal operation, the backlit LCD screen continuously displays battery life and real-time gas concentration in ppm. Weighing 4.6 ounces, the unit is housed in an ABS enclosure with rubber sleeve for shock absorption. Minimum battery run time without alarm conditions is 4,500 hours. 888/367-4286; www.detcon.com.
9. suPer Products iNtroduces Mud dog 1600 hydroexcaVator The Mud Dog 1600 hydroexcavator from Super Products LLC is designed to
meet the excavation challenges inherent in oil field, mining and cold-weather ap-plications. The unit has a 16-cubic-yard debris body, 1,500-gallon water capacity and rear-mounted boom with 335-degree rotation and the ability to pivot down 25 degrees for eight feet of extra digging and access to hard-to-reach areas. The hydroex-cavator delivers up to 18 gpm of water pressure at 3,000 psi in combination with an 8-inch positive displacement vacuum system that provides air flow of 5,800 cfm at 28 inches Hg. Features include single-engine design for lower fuel and maintenance costs and onboard boiler with 714,000 Btu/hour capacity. Winter recirculation, an-tifreeze and air-purge systems ensure performance in the harshest of climates, while the heated aluminum cabinet offers easy access and increased storage. Other features include a debris body that can tilt two feet for faster offloading and wash downs. 800/837-9711; www.superproductscorp.com.
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10. Pressure systeMs oFFers aNtiFouliNg traNsducerThe KPSI Series 705 level transducer from Pressure Systems features a thicker dia-
phragm to further reduce material penetration. The nonfouling submersible hydrostatic level transducer is designed for highly viscous applications, including lift stations, slurry and pump control. The unit is available in custom level ranges from six feet H2O to 115 feet H2O with analog outputs of 4-20 mA or 0-5 VDC. 800/328-3665; www. pressuresystems.com.
11. reed iNtroduces squeeze-oFF toolsPE Squeeze-Off tools from Reed Manufacturing Co. compress polyethylene (PE)
plastic tube/pipe to stop the flow of water or gas. Available in PES6 (3- to 6-inch diam-eter) and PES8 (3- to 8-inch) models, when used properly, the pipe will return to its original shape and normal flow rate. The tools reduce time spent looking for buried shut-off valves, reduce wasted water and gas and enable crews to restore service quicker. The “M” manual tools develop a clamping force for an operator physically turning a handle on a long screw. The “H” hydraulic tools use a pump and cylinder for easier clamping. 800/666-3691; www.reedmfgco.com.
12. iMPco oFFers Brush-oN PolyMer sealaNtAlumiSeal brush-on methacrylate compound from IMPCO Inc. is made for sealing
porosity in aluminum parts and welds that will contain liquids or gases under pressure. The sealant wicks into pores, seams and between close-fitting nonferrous metal surfaces. Once cured, excess surface material can be rinsed away with water. The sealant does not alter critical surface dimensions. The sealant comes in a 250-ml kit with a shelf life of six to 12 months. Mixing the sealant’s two compounds creates a VOC-free, low-viscosity, pale-blue liquid that can be applied by brush. Once mixed, the sealant has a pot life of one day. The cured seal can withstand continuous service temperatures of up to 356 degrees F and up to 150 psi. 800/779-2491; www.impco-inc.com. GOMC
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10. Pressure systeMs oFFers aNtiFouliNg traNsducerThe KPSI Series 705 level transducer from Pressure Systems features a thicker dia-
phragm to further reduce material penetration. The nonfouling submersible hydrostatic level transducer is designed for highly viscous applications, including lift stations, slurry and pump control. The unit is available in custom level ranges from six feet H2O to 115 feet H2O with analog outputs of 4-20 mA or 0-5 VDC. 800/328-3665; www. pressuresystems.com.
11. reed iNtroduces squeeze-oFF toolsPE Squeeze-Off tools from Reed Manufacturing Co. compress polyethylene (PE)
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Gorman-ruPP names KnuDsen eastern District manaGer-enGineereD systems
The Gorman-Rupp Co., Mansfield Division, named Eric Knudsen eastern district manager-engineered sys-tems. He will cover Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Vir-ginia and North and South Carolina. Based out of Clifton Park, N.Y., Knudsen has 15 years experience in the municipal and industrial pump market.
hyDroflo PumPs names sKinner PresiDentHydroflo Pumps USA Inc., Fairview, Tenn., named Tonya Skinner company
president. She brings 25 years of sales and marketing experience to her position.
synaGro acquires DrillinG solutionsSynagro Technologies Inc. acquired Drilling Solutions LLC of Lafayette,
La., with operations in three states. The acquisition provides access to the oil and gas sectors, leveraging the company’s dewatering expertise. Additionally, the acquisition aligns closely with Synagro’s centrifuge repair business, Hypex, and allows Drilling Solutions to improve operating efficiency of its closed-loop dewatering systems. Mark Guidry was named general manager of Synagro Drilling Solutions. Gomc
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Ditch Witch Presents DealershiP, sales aWarDs
Charles Machine Works Inc., manufacturer of Ditch Witch products, recognized its 2010 Crescent Club of top dealerships. Members include Brandt Tractor Ltd., Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; Ditch Witch of Oklahoma, Edmond, Okla.; Ditch Witch of North Dakota, Mandan, N.D.; Witch Equipment Company Inc., Fort Worth, Texas; Ditch Witch Southwest, Lubbock, Texas; Ditch Witch of South Louisiana, Geismar, La.; Ditch Witch of Minnesota Inc., Shakopee, Minn.; Ditch Witch-Iowa, Slater, Iowa; Ditch Witch Midwest, Carol Stream, Ill.; Ditch Witch of West Texas Inc., Amarillo, Texas; and Ditch Witch Sales of Michigan, Howell, Mich. Garry Paschal of Ditch Witch Equipment Company Inc. also received the Ditch Witch Lowell Highfill Award for 2010, recognizing outstanding performance by a Ditch Witch salesperson for promoting and marketing Ditch Witch products.
control chief celebrates 40th anniversaryControl Chief Corp. is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The company
began as an eight-person operation in 1971. Today, the Bradford, Pa., company has 50 employees and designs wireless solutions for the municipal and mining industries.
GoDWin PumPs oPens california branchGodwin Pumps opened a branch in Poway, Calif., to serve the San Diego
area. The 5,000-square-foot facility, managed by Nate Warren, has two 10-ton overhead cranes, six truck docks and four work stations.
bloWertech nameD north american Distributor
Blowertech Ltd. was named exclusive North American distributor and dealer of Kay International, Fedrigo Systems and BORA blowers and vacuum pumps. Kay blowers are a bolt-in replacement for VTB and SIAV Hibon models. Blowertech continues to service all makes and models of blowers and pumps, as well as providing production machining, millwright and fabrication services.
stellar finalizes acquisition of Kiefer built assets
Stellar Industries Inc., Garner, Iowa, finalized the purchase of assets of trailer manufacturer Kiefer Built LLC, headquartered in Kanawha, Iowa. The new company will be operated as Kiefer Manufacturing Inc. and will remain a wholly owned subsidiary of Stellar Industries Inc.
hyDro-thermal receives exPort achievement aWarD
Hydro-Thermal Corp., manufacturer of direct-steam injection heaters, re-ceived the Governor’s Export Achievement Award at the 47th Annual Wis-consin International Trade Conference. The award is based on degree of ex-port-related growth, innovative techniques and approaches that resulted in the company’s success and demonstration of extra effort in capturing worldwide markets. The Waukesha, Wis.-based company also was recognized as one of the top Wisconsin manufacturers by Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce and named a Manufacturer of the Year Grand Award winner in the small busi-ness category.
boaK Joins Pureline as Procurement manaGer
Scott Boak joined PureLine Treatment Systems as procurement manager at its headquarters in Palantine, Ill. Boak will work across all departments to integrate inventory standards and streamline ordering. He has 20 years of equipment and manufacturing experience.
aquatech De las americas launches Website
Aquatech de Las Americas, subsidiary of Hi-Vac Corp., launched its new website, www.aquatechdelasamericas.com. Head-quartered in Bogota, Columbia, Aquatech de Las Americas is a sales, service and training company specializing in sewer cleaning equipment.
Woma sells controllinG interest to KarcherKarcher GmbH & Co. KG acquired controlling interest in high-pressure
cleaning company WOMA GmbH of Duisburg, Germany.
vermeer forms alliance With Pioneer one Vermeer Corp. signed an alliance agreement with Pioneer One Inc., manu-
facturer of horizontal directional drilling air hammers. The agreement enables contractors to access Pioneer One’s line of rock tooling equipment through Vermeer dealers.
ohio PositioneD to serve natural Gas inDustry
Ohio’s proximity to the Marcellus and Utica Shale natural gas reserves, central location, logistic infrastructure, skilled workforce and favorable tax structure make it an ideal location to serve the natural gas industry, according to the Ohio Business Development Coalition, the nonprofit organization that markets the state for capital investment. In addition to a comprehensive supply chain, the state also offers a work-life balance with low-cost, low-stress com-munities and short commutes to work, the coalition says.
elastec/american marine accePteD into oil cleanuP challenGe
Elastec/American Marine has been accepted into the 2011 Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X Challenge. Internationally, 10 teams were selected after present-ing ideas for a device that can pick up 2,500 gallons of oil per minute from the surface of water. The $1.4 million competition is designed to inspire innovative solutions that will speed the pace of cleaning up seawater surface oil result-ing from spillage from ocean platforms, tankers and other sources. The top 10 teams advance to the head-to-head field-testing competition phase. The win-ning team receives $1 million, second place receives $300,000 and third place receives $100,000. Competition ends this fall.
mcelroy aDDs international DistributorsMcElroy has added OPD Solutions of Norway and Gulf Services and In-
dustrial Supplies Co. LLC of Oman to its network of international distributors. OPD is a distributor of polyethylene pipe in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Gulf Services, a division of Arabia Holding Group KSC, is a supplier of industrial equipment for the wastewater, gas and oil industries.
stW resources acquires Jnc enerGy systemsSTW Resources Holding Corp. acquired JNC Energy Systems LLC and its
two affiliates, Green Line Power LLC and TexRep7 LLC. JNC generates electric-ity from castinghead and/or stranded natural gas, providing power for oil and gas producers to use on site or sell to retail and commercial customers. Pur-chase price includes STW Resources stock and cash for the assets of JNC and all membership interests of GLP and REP.
coxreels exPanDs manufacturinG caPabilitiesCoxreels is expanding its manufacturing facility. The added space will
enable the company to double capacity levels by the end of 2011.
Industry News
Scott Boak
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Gorman-ruPP names KnuDsen eastern District manaGer-enGineereD systems
The Gorman-Rupp Co., Mansfield Division, named Eric Knudsen eastern district manager-engineered sys-tems. He will cover Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Vir-ginia and North and South Carolina. Based out of Clifton Park, N.Y., Knudsen has 15 years experience in the municipal and industrial pump market.
hyDroflo PumPs names sKinner PresiDentHydroflo Pumps USA Inc., Fairview, Tenn., named Tonya Skinner company
president. She brings 25 years of sales and marketing experience to her position.
synaGro acquires DrillinG solutionsSynagro Technologies Inc. acquired Drilling Solutions LLC of Lafayette,
La., with operations in three states. The acquisition provides access to the oil and gas sectors, leveraging the company’s dewatering expertise. Additionally, the acquisition aligns closely with Synagro’s centrifuge repair business, Hypex, and allows Drilling Solutions to improve operating efficiency of its closed-loop dewatering systems. Mark Guidry was named general manager of Synagro Drilling Solutions. Gomc
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Charles Machine Works Inc., manufacturer of Ditch Witch products, recognized its 2010 Crescent Club of top dealerships. Members include Brandt Tractor Ltd., Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; Ditch Witch of Oklahoma, Edmond, Okla.; Ditch Witch of North Dakota, Mandan, N.D.; Witch Equipment Company Inc., Fort Worth, Texas; Ditch Witch Southwest, Lubbock, Texas; Ditch Witch of South Louisiana, Geismar, La.; Ditch Witch of Minnesota Inc., Shakopee, Minn.; Ditch Witch-Iowa, Slater, Iowa; Ditch Witch Midwest, Carol Stream, Ill.; Ditch Witch of West Texas Inc., Amarillo, Texas; and Ditch Witch Sales of Michigan, Howell, Mich. Garry Paschal of Ditch Witch Equipment Company Inc. also received the Ditch Witch Lowell Highfill Award for 2010, recognizing outstanding performance by a Ditch Witch salesperson for promoting and marketing Ditch Witch products.
control chief celebrates 40th anniversaryControl Chief Corp. is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The company
began as an eight-person operation in 1971. Today, the Bradford, Pa., company has 50 employees and designs wireless solutions for the municipal and mining industries.
GoDWin PumPs oPens california branchGodwin Pumps opened a branch in Poway, Calif., to serve the San Diego
area. The 5,000-square-foot facility, managed by Nate Warren, has two 10-ton overhead cranes, six truck docks and four work stations.
bloWertech nameD north american Distributor
Blowertech Ltd. was named exclusive North American distributor and dealer of Kay International, Fedrigo Systems and BORA blowers and vacuum pumps. Kay blowers are a bolt-in replacement for VTB and SIAV Hibon models. Blowertech continues to service all makes and models of blowers and pumps, as well as providing production machining, millwright and fabrication services.
stellar finalizes acquisition of Kiefer built assets
Stellar Industries Inc., Garner, Iowa, finalized the purchase of assets of trailer manufacturer Kiefer Built LLC, headquartered in Kanawha, Iowa. The new company will be operated as Kiefer Manufacturing Inc. and will remain a wholly owned subsidiary of Stellar Industries Inc.
hyDro-thermal receives exPort achievement aWarD
Hydro-Thermal Corp., manufacturer of direct-steam injection heaters, re-ceived the Governor’s Export Achievement Award at the 47th Annual Wis-consin International Trade Conference. The award is based on degree of ex-port-related growth, innovative techniques and approaches that resulted in the company’s success and demonstration of extra effort in capturing worldwide markets. The Waukesha, Wis.-based company also was recognized as one of the top Wisconsin manufacturers by Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce and named a Manufacturer of the Year Grand Award winner in the small busi-ness category.
boaK Joins Pureline as Procurement manaGer
Scott Boak joined PureLine Treatment Systems as procurement manager at its headquarters in Palantine, Ill. Boak will work across all departments to integrate inventory standards and streamline ordering. He has 20 years of equipment and manufacturing experience.
aquatech De las americas launches Website
Aquatech de Las Americas, subsidiary of Hi-Vac Corp., launched its new website, www.aquatechdelasamericas.com. Head-quartered in Bogota, Columbia, Aquatech de Las Americas is a sales, service and training company specializing in sewer cleaning equipment.
Woma sells controllinG interest to KarcherKarcher GmbH & Co. KG acquired controlling interest in high-pressure
cleaning company WOMA GmbH of Duisburg, Germany.
vermeer forms alliance With Pioneer one Vermeer Corp. signed an alliance agreement with Pioneer One Inc., manu-
facturer of horizontal directional drilling air hammers. The agreement enables contractors to access Pioneer One’s line of rock tooling equipment through Vermeer dealers.
ohio PositioneD to serve natural Gas inDustry
Ohio’s proximity to the Marcellus and Utica Shale natural gas reserves, central location, logistic infrastructure, skilled workforce and favorable tax structure make it an ideal location to serve the natural gas industry, according to the Ohio Business Development Coalition, the nonprofit organization that markets the state for capital investment. In addition to a comprehensive supply chain, the state also offers a work-life balance with low-cost, low-stress com-munities and short commutes to work, the coalition says.
elastec/american marine accePteD into oil cleanuP challenGe
Elastec/American Marine has been accepted into the 2011 Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X Challenge. Internationally, 10 teams were selected after present-ing ideas for a device that can pick up 2,500 gallons of oil per minute from the surface of water. The $1.4 million competition is designed to inspire innovative solutions that will speed the pace of cleaning up seawater surface oil result-ing from spillage from ocean platforms, tankers and other sources. The top 10 teams advance to the head-to-head field-testing competition phase. The win-ning team receives $1 million, second place receives $300,000 and third place receives $100,000. Competition ends this fall.
mcelroy aDDs international DistributorsMcElroy has added OPD Solutions of Norway and Gulf Services and In-
dustrial Supplies Co. LLC of Oman to its network of international distributors. OPD is a distributor of polyethylene pipe in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Gulf Services, a division of Arabia Holding Group KSC, is a supplier of industrial equipment for the wastewater, gas and oil industries.
stW resources acquires Jnc enerGy systemsSTW Resources Holding Corp. acquired JNC Energy Systems LLC and its
two affiliates, Green Line Power LLC and TexRep7 LLC. JNC generates electric-ity from castinghead and/or stranded natural gas, providing power for oil and gas producers to use on site or sell to retail and commercial customers. Pur-chase price includes STW Resources stock and cash for the assets of JNC and all membership interests of GLP and REP.
coxreels exPanDs manufacturinG caPabilitiesCoxreels is expanding its manufacturing facility. The added space will
enable the company to double capacity levels by the end of 2011.
Industry News
Scott Boak
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Vacuum Tanks - New: Sizes from 1,900-4,000 gallons. Great deals! Check us out: 3,600 gal. for $13,000 and 4,000 gal. for $14,000. All complete! Will make you a great deal! Delivery available. www.JEagle Tanks.com or Jerry at 800-721-2774. (GBM)
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New custom vacuum truck bodies built to your specifications. 60 to 110 bbl tanks. Mounted or shipped directly to you. New and used truck locating services. 800-545-0174. LMT Inc. www.tanksandpumps.com. (GBM)
VACUUM LOADERS
1999 International with a Guzzler Ace 27" HG wet/dry industrial vacuum tank loader. Demo/Rental Unit. (Stock #7390) www.Vacu umSalesInc.com, (888) VAC-UNIT (822-8648). (GBM)
1995 International Paystar 5000 Vac Truck: Cummins M11, Fuller 8-spd., lockers, 340" WB, PTO, disc wheels, 22.5 tires, spring susp., 1995 Pesvac 3200 gal. tank, 32,000# max load, s/n: PVSDH-3200-0595 ................... $89,500
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1978 Mack Vac Truck: Mack diesel, M/T, 10,500/19,040 axles, camelback susp., spoke wheels, 22.5 tires. .$24,500
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VACUUM TRAILERS
2004 Vermeer E550 Vac Trailer: 500 gallon evacuator, 725 hours, Duetz 4 cyl, 220 gal. water tank, mounted on 13' trailer. ........................................ $24,500
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VACUUM TRAILERS
2004 Vermeer E550: 500 gallon evacu-ator, Duetz 4 cyl, 220 gal. water tank, triplex pump .............................. $24,500
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VACUUM TRUCkS
2004 Sterling Vac Truck: Cat C-7 en-gine, 300 hp, Fuller 8LL, lockers, 222" WB, PTO, double frame, spring susp., 18/46 axles, cruise, 109K miles $99,500
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2006 Sterling LT9500 Vac Truck: Ac-ert C-13, Fuller 8LL, lockers, 18/40 axles, 4x6 drive, air ride, 24K miles, 208" WB, 227" frame behind cab, 22.5 tires, engine brake, disc wheels, 2006 Presvac tank, s/n: APV-4000-0705-7052, 4,000 gal. tank, Masport pump .................. $89,500
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WATER TRUCkS
2011 Freightliner M2 112 cab and chassis with new 4600 US gallon carbon steel vac-uum tank and Masport HXL400WV vacuum pressure pump. (Stock #13464) www.Vacu umSalesInc.com, (888) VAC-UNIT (822-8648). (GBM)
2012 Peterbilt 388 cab and chassis with a new 4,600 US gallon, carbon steel vacuum tank and a RCF 500 vacuum pressure pump. (Stock #4600) www.VacuumSalesInc.com, (888) VAC-UNIT (822-8648). (GBM)
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