Water Management Industry Services

Providing gearing solutions for more than a century.

Right angle vertical drive for Gulf Coast pumping station with complex lubrication system.

Right angle vertical drive for Gulf Coast pumping

station with complex lubrication system.

Philadelphia Gear has supplied drives for water management applications for over half a century, particularly in areas of the deep Southern United States, where the landscape is vulnerable to drainage problems. Power transmission equipment is typically used to drive horizontal or vertical pumps for the transportation, storage, or conditioning of treated or untreated water. Driver base speeds are not generally compatible for the direct driving of these pumps, especially in trying to obtain optimal performance levels. Philadelphia Gear speed reducing or increasing gears allow the pump to be designed for the most efficient operating conditions.

Shaft orientations may require the interface of horizontal drivers with vertical pumps or vice versa. Variable speed can be desirable if the viscosity or flow rates are subject to change. With extensive design
experience with helical or spiral bevel gearing in horizontal and vertical configurations, Philadelphia Gear manufactures, refurbishes, and upgrades standard and custom engineered drives to suit any ratio or configuration. When required, hydroviscous variable speed drives can be integrated into the same assembly. Philadelphia Gear's design practices have resulted in proven reliability in some of the harshest applications in the water management industry.

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Philadelphia Gear provides gearing and service for the following companies and/or municipalities:

Boston Dept. of Conservation (www.mass.gov/dcr)
Fairbanks Morse Pump (www.fairbanksmorsepump.com)
Flowserve (www.flowserve.com)
ITT Flygt (www.flygt.com)
L.A. County Sanitation (www.lacsd.org)
Las Vegas Valley Water (www.lvvwd.com)
Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (www.swbnola.org)
Passaic Valley Water (www.pvwc.com)
Patterson Pump (www.pattersonpumps.com)
South Florida Water Management (www.sfwmd.gov)

Vertical pump drive with quick disconnect clutch
assembly to allow for diesel engine warm-up.

Steam turbine driven pump drive used in refinery
application.

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