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check out. With pump manufacturers not exactly stampeding to facilitate online ordering, it’s good to see one not only taking the leap, but taking it with style and confidence.
www.warrenrupp.com
Vulcan Engineering The Vulcan team, suppliers of mechanical seals, packings and FEPs, have just launched this website, but it seems hard to believe this is their first effort. Watch as dynamic menus float gently into view, while mustard-and-navy coloured sidebars frame the action perfectly. It’s such a polished format that one might be tempted to copy the HTML code and modify it for one’s own purposes. But that, of course, would be wrong.. . Product detail is good, with fool-proof accessibility, and even the personnel photos are professional look-
tor. Using coded access, distributors and dealers can also track the status of orders and shipments. Berkeley Pumps’ customers never had it so good.
www.berkeleypumps.com
Ram Pumps
ing, rather than mug shots from an auto-booth. Vulcan’s latest developments range include the launch of a single spring mechanical seal, the construction of facilities in the Far East, and the departure of two staff from the commercial office on maternity leave.
Ram Pumps’ vision is possibly unique among pump suppliers: “We envision our customers all across the world becoming less dependent upon outside resources, as well as maintaining more cost-effective solutions for their food, water and energy resources.” It website operates then as an ode to the hydraulic ram water pump, describing it as “a piece ofAmericana that is as useful today as ever.” In essence, as is explained here, the pump uses the kinetic energy from flowing water to deliver water above a source with no other power provided. Because it’s more complicated to set up, it is generally used only where electricity is too expensive or unavailable, or
www.vulcan-eng.com
Berkeley
Pumps
The updated version of berkeleypumpscom is a dramatic improvement on its predecessor, being impressively thorough, and almost utilitarian but in a good way.The new site has expanded capabilities and more interactive features to assist Berkeley’s end-use customers, as well as distributors and dealers. Berkeley’s Electronic Catalog places complete pump specification, application and installation software at your fingertips. Other facilities cover repair parts, warranty information, product literature, utilities, company profile and news, contact information and frequently asked questions. A few extra utilities thrown in “for good measure” include a units converter and a total dynamic head calcula-
www.worldpumps.com
where the water source is too small to use a high-capacity pump.Those who order from the bookstore will also find themselves expert in building their own ram pump, small scale crayfish farming, and raising giant Australian freshwater crayfish.
www.rampumps.com
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