Summer Edition News | August 5, 2021
News from Across the Ruthman Companies
Welcome to The Ruthman Reporter, bringing you the latest news and projects from Ruthman divisions around the globe.
New Leadership at Process Systems Inc.
There’s a new face at our Process Systems, Inc division. Chris Crawford has taken the helm as GM, following the move of longtime PSI employee Radu Paveluc to a new opportunity outside the pump industry.

Chris joined PSI in April, bringing extensive engineering experience in pumps, piping and process systems to the role from decades spent in the Refining/Petro-Chemical and Automotive industries.

Please join us in making Chris feel welcome as he leads PSI into its next phase of growth as a company. We're grateful to Radu for his years of service and leadership and wish him well on his next venture.

New Video Animation:
Deming Self-Seal Vertical Turbine Pumps Eliminate Seal and Packing Failures
Engineering Story: Wagner Repair Keeps Wine Flowing
AODD pump at Kendall Jackson vineyard quickly returned to service

With an operation that produces more than five million cases of wine a year, Kendall Jackson’s facilities always need to be running in top form. So when one of their locations, Jackson Family Wines in Soledad, Ca., noticed that a key pump was running sluggishly, they called in the experts at Wagner Process Equipment to troubleshoot the pump.

The underperforming pump was a Wilden H800 high pressure Air Operated Double Diaphragm pump, used to push wine through a Diatomaceous Earth filter press prior to bottling. This pressure capability comes with more moving parts and functionality to consider when it comes to pump repair. With deep expertise in servicing all pump types and brands, Wagner was confident in its ability to handle what is considered one of the most complicated and frustrating AODD pumps to work on. 

We Want to Know What You Think!
Share your thoughts in the Gusher Customer Survey!

We're conducting a customer satisfaction survey and would appreciate your thoughts. It should take just a few minutes of your day to complete this short questionnaire.

This survey is for Gusher Pumps:
  • End users 
  • Distributor or resellers
  • Specifying engineers
  • OEMs 

Please do NOT complete the survey if you do not fall into one of the groups above OR if you have already received the survey via email and submitted a response.
Shopping for Replacement Pumps Made Easy
When a machine goes down due to a pump failure that can’t be repaired, you need to identify a replacement quickly to minimize downtime. The question is, among the various brands and hundreds of models out there, how do you quickly find the right one?

Exact replacement of brand and model may seem the easiest path but can often cost you more downtime and money than you want to part with. Shopping for an equivalent pump from RAE Pumps may get you up and running more quickly and bring you better value overall.

Download the equivalent chart pictured left as a printable PDF or request it in Magnet form.

Want more help selecting a replacement pump? This blog post goes into more detail on identifying the RAE Series and Model that will work for your application.
Engineering Story: Ruthmann Pumpen Ships Gusher Order for BMW UK
Close coupled pumps bound for engine building plant

Our German division Ruthmann Pumpen recently shipped these Gusher CL-CC pumps for BMW’s Hams Hall engine building plant in the United Kingdom.

Hams Hall supplies BMW and MINI vehicle building facilities around the world. Over a million components are turned, milled, drilled, polished and honed in its high tech machining halls. The Gusher pumps are part of new coolant cleaning systems on the plant’s machining equipment. 

Sales Team Welcomes Joe Hill
In April, pump industry veteran Joe Hill joined our Ruthman National Sales Team as Regional Manager, covering the Eastern US and Canada.

His decades of pump industry experience have already made a big impact working with customers and distributors across our Ruthman divisions.
Fulflo Website Redesigned
New site incorporates practical tools for hydraulic valve customers
Our Fulflo hydraulic relief valves division has launched a newly designed website at www.Fulflo.com to better serve you.

Improved content organization, updated product photography, and interactive valve configurators allow you to quickly find and specify the valve series and model for your application.
Ruthman Companies in the Media
White Paper – Protect Your Pumps and Systems With Guided Piston Valves
While changes in flow and pressure are often a normal part of process operations, over time this continual fluctuation can increase wear and drastically shorten pump life.

In this Fulflo white paper contributed to Pumps and Systems magazine, learn how the use of pressure relief valves, particularly guided piston valves, can modulate this system pressure and protect pumps from undue stress and damage.
Contributed Article –Tech Update: Indivisible: Pumps and Dyno Performance
Dynamometer testing provides critical data to fine-tune race car performance. Some of the most important components of a dyno system are its pumps.

In this PRI magazine article contributed by our Regional Sales Manager Gary Smith, learn how properly specifying the right intake and return pumps ensures reliable testing over a wide horsepower range, with long service life and minimal maintenance downtime.
Quick Pix
Our first Quick Pix comes to us from Wagner Process Equipment.

The Wagner Team got together for a special lunch celebrating a successful year in Gusher pump sales!

Thank you Wagner for your efforts and sharing your pix with us.

One of the best things about the easing of Covid travel restrictions is getting back out to see our customers!

Recently, our owner and Exec VP Tom G. Ruthman and RSM Gary Smith paid a visit to TTX Environmental and got to see our Gusher pumps going in on a large order of waste water treatment equipment.
We are always happy to see our distributors representing our brands.

The team at Davidson Sales & Engineering out in Utah is looking great in their Gusher gear!

Thank you Davidson for your support and sending us this great pix.
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