Heart and Pulse of Industry Awards

Mark Medlock, Reliability Engineering Manager has worked on numerous projects during his career at International Paper. Through the use of sound engineering and the latest ITT Goulds technology he has worked to improve the reliability, efficiency and performance of the mill's installed base and newly installed pumps.
 

Kimberly-Clark Corporation is an American multinational personal care corporation that produces mostly paper-based consumer products. Khanh Le, Facilities Service Team Leader has replaced old obsolete Buffalo split case pumps and Goulds 3405 pumps with new Goulds 3410 pumps to assure ease of future maintenance and reliability. Derek Matheson, Reliability Leader and Aaron Guydosh, Service/Maintenance Technician have championed the i-Alert 2 installation and implementation at Kimberly Clark on their pumps, tissue machine and other rotating equipment. More than 60 units have been installed.

Morning Star is one of the world's largest tomato processing companies, producing a full line of tomato ingredients. The Liberty Packing site in Los Banos, California has been working with Bornemann pumps for the past year to install twin screw pumps at their facility. Tomato processing must be accomplished within a short time period in the year due to the growing season. The facility installed Bornemann HCH300 (high capacity hygienic) pumps in their process. After the installation, they increased their production many fold. They replaced two pumps with this one pump, saving them operating cost. 0 downtime. 0 wear. No interruptions in the production due to pump issues. The Bornemann pumps processed 350 million pounds of tomato paste (175 million tons) within 85 days.

Schaeffler Bearin in Joplin, MO currently has 12 PS200's and PS220's operating with Goulds Pumps supplying and returning Machinery Coolant to CNC machines. An eight year process of improvement, which started by converting packed pumps to seals, then base grouting, alignment, and finally PumpSmart controls for level and pressure control has resulted in a $200,000 ROI just in electrical savings. Seal failures and warn impellers and casings have been all but eliminated, as well as a reduction in filter paper by increasing coolant filter efficiency. This Schaeffler facility is an excellent example of using quality Goulds Pumps and PumpSmart controllers to lower the cost of ownership and profitably make American made bearings.
 

The worldwide ITT Goulds Pumps, ITT Bornemann, and ITT PRO Services organizations and its distributors will show appreciation for industry-leading organizations with this award.

The Heart and Pulse of Industry Award recognizes an industrial operation and/or individuals for excellence in using pump technology to improve its processes over the past year. Specific criteria can include:

• Productivity gains from improved pump-system design
• Improving pump efficiency
• Lower operating costs achieved by purchasing or upgrading pumps
• Providing outstanding maintenance
• Effective application of smart pumping technologies
• Solving engineering or manufacturing challenges
• Reduced energy use through pump efficiency
• Outstanding performance in  environment, health and safety practices
• Higher uptime from enhanced maintenance processes
• Exceeding expectations and providing extra effort to keep equipment running
• Outstanding service provided to their customer(s) through extra effort or remarkable accomplishments in industrial processing

To view the past Heart of Industry award winners click here and the past Pulse of Industry award winners click here 

Is the Heart and Pulse of Your Organization Improving?
ITT Goulds Pumps, ITT Bornemann, and ITT PRO Services Distributors can choose one organization to receive a Heart and Pulse of Industry award on Pump Appreciation Day. If your organization is using these products or services to achieve better results, contact your ITT Goulds Pumps and ITT PRO Services distributor or your ITT Bornemann distributor to learn more.

Sherman Baxley, Storeroom manager for 3V Chemical has worked hard over the past 28 years to improve reliability and reduce downtime at his plant. As the previous maintenance manager and now storeroom manager, he has a keen insight about how to inventory parts to maintain plant up time. His maintenance background and tremendous knowledge of the plant operations makes him an invaluable resource at 3V Chemical and an asset to Tencarva and ITT Goulds Pumps. The plant has replaced many original pumps over the years standardizing on the ITT Goulds product. This standardization has reduced the company's cost for spare parts and potential downtime.

Manuel Caballero, Maintenance Manager at the American Sugar Refinery located in Baltimore, MD was instrumental in driving a project to replace older, heritage pumps with current state-of-the-art slurry pumps manufactured by ITT Goulds Pumps. The Model XHD slurry pump was chosen to provide improved reliability, reduce energy consumption and reduce seal water consumption. One Goulds Model XHD was able to replace the production of three existing pumps while maintaining the critical flow rate and pressure needed for this critical process in the Refinery.

Manuel was instrumental in engineering and managing this upgrade from conception to operation as part of a Florida Crystal Corporate mission to improve equipment reliability, reduce energy usage and to reduce water consumption in their refineries. The pump also uses a Goulds i-Alert2 condition monitor, which provides 24/7 vibration and temperature data to maintain trends on this critical piece of equipment. This one service is an example of how today's technology can improve both the reliability and reduce the cost of ownership in the process industry.

The American Sugar Refinery in Baltimore opened in 1922 and has been in continuous operation manufacturing various grades of cane sugar most notably under the Domino Sugar brand name on the east coast of the United States. The refinery is known in the region for the iconic red, solar powered neon Domino Sugar sign which proudly lights up evening sky in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor area. The 120 ft. x 70 ft. sign has been a landmark in Baltimore since April, 1951 welcoming visitors and unifying the many residents as a source of pride to all that live and work in the Baltimore region.

Ball Corporation is a global leader of metal packaging for food, beverage, and aerosol products. The Golden Colorado Metal Packaging facility produces millions of cans a day and they rely on ITT Goulds Pumps and  iME Solutions to make sure their production stays up and running. The facility has more than 40 3196 ANSI pumps and more than five 3796 self priming pumps. Therefore, having parts on their shelf and in iME Solutions inventory is imperative to their production.

Dennis Busser, Head Shop Mechanic for Ball Corporation, has put a large emphasis on streamlining the company's  inventory storeroom. He understands the importance of OEM parts and values the reputation and quality of the Goulds product line to keep their plant process running. Dennis has a commitment to exceeding industry standards and has worked with his team to create a strong maintenance program and stocked shelves to eliminate downtime on their production.

Dennis has also worked closely with iME Solutions by performing plant inventory surveys to help streamline their inventory. Ball is now stocking back pull out assemblies, which has helped eliminate downtime and enhance their maintenance process. By upgrading to the ITT Goulds Pumps Taper Bore Plus, i-Frame, and i-Alert 2 technologies, Ball’s maintenance and operations teams have shown a true commitment to improving their overall plant process. iME Solutions is proud to partner with Ball as part of their team.

Larry Bryant, Director of Reliability for Domtar has led a reliability culture transformation within his company. Larry has worked with OEM’s like ITT Goulds Pumps to improve reliability standards as a strategic supplier to Domtar Paper. Larry believes these changes will drive Domtar Paper costs down, making them a sustainable competitive manufacturer in their markets. He and his reliability team have worked diligently to perform personal audit assessments of OEM and local equipment repair shops, collaborating with those suppliers to implement quality repair standards that will consistently deliver reliable repaired pumps. The advances in pump reliability that are being incorporated by Domtar Paper as a result of Larry’s work is a best practice example in the industry.

John Gaines, Business Engineering Manager for Evonik Jayhawk Fine Chemicals has continued to make use of the best available technology. His site utilized more than 30 PS200 PumpSmart units for Goulds Pumps on utilities and process pumps, including cooling tower fans. The energy savings from the thirty PS200 units significantly reduced their total cost of ownership.

Jeff Baker and Brian Huggett with Graphic Packaging have worked to upgrade all pump systems at their facility. They recognize the benefit of the i-Alert2 and have been instrumental in all pump upgrades in terms of material selection and OEM parts.

Ray Fortner, Maintenance and Michael Jennings, Maintenance engineering for Ingevity have greatly improved plant reliability and maintenance over the last 28 years that Tencarva has been worked with them. They have standardized on ITT Goulds products in the plant, which has greatly minimized their inventory and spare parts cost and improved their overall reliability. They have worked passionately over the years to improve repairs and installations in the plant to save the company money, improve performance and reduce downtime.

Scott Parsons, Front line leader Power for International Paper has been an excellent partner over the years to improve equipment at the Georgetown mill. He has helped develop workscopes for repairs to improve reliability and reduce downtime on critical power house equipment. Scott has worked diligently to upgrade and standardize equipment to ITT Goulds. The standardization and improved repair process has helped to minimize inventories, reduce cost and maximize reliability throughout the power area.

Pete Skubal, Clean Room Maintenance at Kapstone Paper has tirelessly worked to maintain and repair Goulds pumps in the mill. He is often the go to person for after hours and emergency rebuilds. He is also a great resource of knowledge for others in the mill. Most important of all Pete really cares that the equipment is built correctly to minimize failures and downtime. Pete is a tremendous asset for Kapstone, ITT Goulds Pumps and Tencarva.

Kinder Morgan Terminal in Selma, NC has been a long time partner with Tencarva Machinery Company. That partnership continued and expanded during a recent Ethanol Railcar Offloading and Pipeline Project. The project consisted of offloading railcars offsite and transferring the product through a new pipeline via three Goulds 3700 pump packages. The pumps are controlled by a PumpSmart Triplex Engineered Panel to protect the pumps and increase reliability from upset process conditions. The ethanol is transferred to two of Kinder Morgan's Storage Terminals where they are again distributed to various locations for blending and tank transfer at other terminals with five Goulds 3196 pump packages. Alfredo Castano, Project Manager and Brian Pilkington, Terminal Superintendent at Kinder Morgan - Southeast Terminals worked closely with and Tencarva to specify the equipment. Tencarva looks forward to working with Kinder Morgan in the future on other terminal expansion projects in the Southeast US.

The Martin Beaumont Neches Terminal is a Storage Terminal for Anhydrous Ammonia, Asphalt, Sulfur, and Sulfur related products. James Alford, Terminal Manger and Tommy Broussard, Asst Terminal Manger have worked with Saladin Pump & Equipment to improve their overall pump reliability and incorporate pump best practices. Their most recent success was from standardizing on Goulds 3171 Sulfur Pumps for their Molten Sulfur unloading applications.

Jolean Somogyi, Process Engineer for Mosaic Potash sought assistance from Industrial Fluid Consultants to perform a full system and energy analysis on a disposal well with a ruptured well casing. The well is being fed by a Goulds model 3620 L 10x12-17S-C. This analysis provided Mosaic the cost savings of unnecessary retrofit costs.

Stephen Goodman, Reliability Engineer for Resolute Forest Products worked at a paper mill that was expanding into the tissue market. He was involved with the system design and was responsible for being on site when all 75+ pumps were commissioned. He worked 12 hour days for three months to get the pumps up and running. In the end, the pumps ran on their curve, no seals were lost, and vibration levels were low.
 

The ITT PumpSmart medium voltage variable speed pump solution implemented at the VOPAK Banyan terminal in Singapore is not only a showcase installation for ITT but also a great example of how our employees deliver a premier customer experience. The Commissioning of the three PumpSmart units and vertical turbine pumps required deep knowledge of pump operation and pump control. Having Roberto Divita, PRO Solutions Specialist (Monitoring &Control) and Robert Semidey (Chief Monitoring & Control Developer) on site was the perfect combination to address all the challenges that arose during commissioning. Roberto’s technical expertise with pump systems helped VOPAK optimize their pump operation. Roberto went above and beyond to make this a successful installation by helping with electrical rewiring, excellent project management and managing customer expectations extremely well. With Robert Semidey’s programming expertize they effectively customized the system on site to overcome many unexpected challenges that weren’t accounted for in the consultant’s design. One example is the integration of the custom flow control valve logic into the PumpSmart which maintains pump operation close to maximum efficiency. The programing took a large amount of site time and effort. Despite major set-backs along the way, Roberto and Robert were able to deliver the required solution. After learning what the system needed to do, they persisted under heavy customer pressure and delivered a solution unlikely to exist anywhere else in the world, all the while being adaptable to any site in the world. All this was achieved in very hot and humid conditions and challenging working conditions and not much pump liquid to test with. Roberto and Robert had to literally sweat it out to get there, putting in up to 14 -18 hours a day! An outstanding effort by these two individuals resulting in an outstanding solution and an extremely satisfied customer.

Chuck Gerbe, Vice President of Total Equipment Company consistently looks to provide complete solutions to our customers. He is constantly learning and teaching both at in-house seminars and at a local community college. He effectively uses all of the products we supply to meet customer's needs in the most efficient manner. He spends a great deal of time solving difficult process problems for the oil & gas industry. He provides exceptional service from pre-sale all the way through rebuilds years down the road. His work has paved the path for Total Equipment Company to be named "Industry Supplier of the Year" for the 3rd time in 5 years by the Northeast Oil & Gas Awards. Chuck has the Heart and Pulse of Industry.

Keith Santi, President of Trans Markets has been able to place four SLH-4G-6000 series pumps into an orange juice production line. The first 6000 series pump was installed over a year ago and replaced two competitor pumps, which means it was doing the job of two pumps. The pump is extremely smooth running, no pulsations, no pressure spikes, and what is best, it does not damage the pulp of the orange juice. Once the manufacturer realized how well the pump was running, they decided to add three more of these pumps to their systems. That means, in total, 4 Bornemann pumps have replaced 8 competitor pumps in the facility.

William Davis, Maintenance Manager, David Norris, Maintenance Supervisor, David Martin- Maintenance Supervisor, Steve Lester, Plant Manager, Deb Fedoronko, Purchasing Manager and Jim Frasier, Pump Repair Technician at the Rose Hill Division of Valley Proteins have long been a partner with Tencarva Machinery Company working together to solve demanding pumping applications. With a recent expansion of the Rose Hill facility, the throughput of sludge and grease were increased. Many new pumps were installed in very tough applications involving high temperature, abrasiveness, and corrosiveness. Tencarva Machinery Company and the hard working staff of Valley Proteins identified certain pumps that required material or performance upgrades to increase reliability and other pumps that could be commonized to reduce overall inventory and keep the plant running. The plant runs 24 hours a day and Goulds Pumps play an important role in keeping the facility at peak performance.