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Ebsray P u m p s This Australian effort b e a r s a nice brisk front e n d that o t h e r s might d o well to mimic. The dropd o w n m e n u o f p r o d u c t s includes nine different
l o n g e r to boil an egg in Mexico City t h a n on t h e beach, and follow t h e transcript o f his conversations w i t h t h e w o r s t p u m p salesman yet discovered. N o t c h u p a few hits h e r e and let this m a n k n o w he is n o t alone.
www.cam.org/~jacobie/pumps.html
Niagara Gear Corporation Niagara G e a r is an e s t a b l i s h e d m a n u f a c t u r e r o f p r e c i s i o n g r o u n d spur, helical and p u m p gears, using t h e latest in gear grinding technology. The w e b s i t e clarifies w h a t "the latest technology"
families of p u m p s (listing applications, design features and p e r f o r m a n c e ) as well as bypass valves, g e a r b o x e s and b i t u m e n spraying e q u i p m e n t .
www.ebsraypumps.com.a u
P u m p s R Me As o d d as a p u m p s p a g e gets, this slice o f w e b mania is the w o r k o f Jacques Chaurette, self-professed genuine p u m p s fan, w h o w o r r i e s that he's the only o n e living and b r e a t h i n g fluid transfer e q u i p m e n t . This is his s o a p b o x for talking centrifugal p u m p sizes and total h e a d calculations, and - - well f u n d e d c o r p o r a t i o n s take n o t e - there's s o m e genuinely useful material on here. A frequent q u e s t i o n asker himself apparently, he's also c o m p i l e d his o w n m o n s t e r list of frequently asked questions. If you t h o u g h t you k n e w w h a t p u m p h e a d was, d o u b l e check: the real a n s w e r might surprise you. Find out w h e t h e r it takes
actually means, b y profiling each o f its grinding m a c h i n e s and t h e capabilities o f its w o r l d class i n s p e c t i o n laboratory. There's an o p e n invitation to visit the facilities, b u t do call first.
www.niagaragear.com
W Robinson Since p i c k i n g u p full marks for initiative for grabb i n g that w e b address, W Robinson scores midgrade for h o w it's capitalised o n it. Claiming to offer a w i d e selection o f p u m p s for d o m e s t i c and industrial applications, it spares us little detail a b o u t t h e m . T h e p a g e design is reasonable if uninspiring, b u t surely m o r e c o u l d have b e e n done.
www.pump.com
Sta-Rite A l t h o u g h r u n n i n g a close s e c o n d in the red-hotw e b - a d d r e s s stakes, it looks like Sta-Rite hasn't b u r d e n e d this fairly basic site w i t h an u p g r a d e since April 1996. There's s o m e d e p t h at least in t h e p o o l p u m p section, b u t b e t t e r to t u r n to its p r o p e r h o m e p a g e , www.starite.com, for links to its p a r e n t c o m p a n y Wicor, a n d its c o u s i n s Berkeley P u m p s and Shurflo Pumps.
www.pumps.com
WORLD PUMPS FEBRUARY1998
Ebsray P u m p s This Australian effort b e a r s a nice brisk front e n d that o t h e r s might d o well to mimic. The dropd o w n m e n u o f p r o d u c t s includes nine different
l o n g e r to boil an egg in Mexico City t h a n on t h e beach, and follow t h e transcript o f his conversations w i t h t h e w o r s t p u m p salesman yet discovered. N o t c h u p a few hits h e r e and let this m a n k n o w he is n o t alone.
www.cam.org/~jacobie/pumps.html
Niagara Gear Corporation Niagara G e a r is an e s t a b l i s h e d m a n u f a c t u r e r o f p r e c i s i o n g r o u n d spur, helical and p u m p gears, using t h e latest in gear grinding technology. The w e b s i t e clarifies w h a t "the latest technology"
families of p u m p s (listing applications, design features and p e r f o r m a n c e ) as well as bypass valves, g e a r b o x e s and b i t u m e n spraying e q u i p m e n t .
www.ebsraypumps.com.a u
P u m p s R Me As o d d as a p u m p s p a g e gets, this slice o f w e b mania is the w o r k o f Jacques Chaurette, self-professed genuine p u m p s fan, w h o w o r r i e s that he's the only o n e living and b r e a t h i n g fluid transfer e q u i p m e n t . This is his s o a p b o x for talking centrifugal p u m p sizes and total h e a d calculations, and - - well f u n d e d c o r p o r a t i o n s take n o t e - there's s o m e genuinely useful material on here. A frequent q u e s t i o n asker himself apparently, he's also c o m p i l e d his o w n m o n s t e r list of frequently asked questions. If you t h o u g h t you k n e w w h a t p u m p h e a d was, d o u b l e check: the real a n s w e r might surprise you. Find out w h e t h e r it takes
actually means, b y profiling each o f its grinding m a c h i n e s and t h e capabilities o f its w o r l d class i n s p e c t i o n laboratory. There's an o p e n invitation to visit the facilities, b u t do call first.
www.niagaragear.com
W Robinson Since p i c k i n g u p full marks for initiative for grabb i n g that w e b address, W Robinson scores midgrade for h o w it's capitalised o n it. Claiming to offer a w i d e selection o f p u m p s for d o m e s t i c and industrial applications, it spares us little detail a b o u t t h e m . T h e p a g e design is reasonable if uninspiring, b u t surely m o r e c o u l d have b e e n done.
www.pump.com
Sta-Rite A l t h o u g h r u n n i n g a close s e c o n d in the red-hotw e b - a d d r e s s stakes, it looks like Sta-Rite hasn't b u r d e n e d this fairly basic site w i t h an u p g r a d e since April 1996. There's s o m e d e p t h at least in t h e p o o l p u m p section, b u t b e t t e r to t u r n to its p r o p e r h o m e p a g e , www.starite.com, for links to its p a r e n t c o m p a n y Wicor, a n d its c o u s i n s Berkeley P u m p s and Shurflo Pumps.
www.pumps.com
WORLD PUMPS FEBRUARY1998