Wilfley Industrial Pumps Blog
Rapid Turnaround for a Customer in Need
A local customer recently contacted Wilfley to order spare parts for a 25 year old K slurry pump. The pump had been running in a lime slurry application and had zero maintenance issues until now. The customer was in an emergency and wasn’t sure exactly which parts...
SolidLock™ Success in Lime Slurry
A longstanding Wilfley customer recently upgraded a K slurry pump to a new Kpro® and Wilfley took advantage of the opportunity to test out the brand new SolidLock™ static seal. The customer couldn’t have been happier with the results. Kpro® pump after upgrade The...
DryLock® 3 Success in Sulfuric Acid
Last year, Wilfley had the chance to test out the new DryLock® 3 static seal in a difficult sulfuric acid application and found great success. The customer has been so impressed that they are now looking to upgrade the rest of the A7 chemical pumps in their plant. The...
Wilfley is Proud to Release New SolidLock™ Static Seal
The SolidLock™ Static Seal is the latest innovation in static sealing for Wilfley slurry pumps. Combined with the Wilfley Dynamic Expeller Seal, it is the perfect sealing solution for any pumping application that contains solids. The SolidLock™ has already proven to...
DryLock® 3 Makes it Easier Than Ever to Upgrade
The DryLock® 3 static seal is the latest generation of the DryLock® series and has been designed exclusively for the A7 chemical pump. The seal has all of the state-of-the-art features of the DryLock® 2 loaded into an existing DryLock® 1 seal housing. These new...
Wilfley India Hosts Training Seminar
Last month, Wilfley India hosted a two day training seminar on pump maintenance and operation at their new manufacturing facility in Miraj, Dist. Sangli, India. Service engineers from all over India came to participate in the training and the feedback that was...
Wilfley’s New “Cutting Edge” Technology
Through some extremely innovative design and state-of-the-art technology, Wilfley has recently developed a new piece of machinery that provides six axis water jet cutting capability. What does someone do with a piece of machinery like this? The opportunities are...
Senior Engineer Carries Passion for Hydraulics into Retirement
It all stretches back to 1974, when Bill Short began his career in the pump industry. Working for some of the most storied names in the business – Byron Jackson, Bingham Willamette, Sundstrand and of course, A.R. Wilfley & Sons, Inc. – Bill found a passion for the...
Another Satisfied Customer
Wilfley India was given the opportunity to present Wilfley pumps and the Wilfley Dynamic Expeller Seal to engineers at the world’s largest producer of Viscose Staple Fibre (VSF). Everyone was excited as they were setting up a brand new green field project in India....
Wilfley Adds More Members to the Team
If Paul, JP, Manu, and Dan weren’t already enough, Wilfley recently added another two members to its growing team. Please join us in welcoming Martha Gonzalez-Beltran and Bernie Weil. Martha Gonzalez-Beltran Martha Gonzalez-Beltran is our newest team member in our...
Thurston Machine Inc. Open House & Centrifugal Pump School
Thurston Machine Inc., A.R. Wilfley Master Distributor for Canada, recently hosted a well received and attended Open House to celebrate their brand new facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The state-of-the-art building offers 6,000 ft2 office space and currently...
Wilfley Welcomes Dan Wright
The Wilfley Team is growing daily, and this month brought yet another new member to the fold. We welcome Dan Wright who will be our new Product Manager, working as a liaison between Engineering and Sales. He’ll be managing our products to ensure maximum benefit to our...