Pumps & Systems Annual Professional Excellence Awards

Success Story of the Year Award

Success Story of the Year 2009 Winner and Finalists

Finalists:
	Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
	Corrosion Fluid Products Corp.
	The Gorman Rupp Co.

Pump users are the lifeblood of our magazine, and we want to recognize their hard work and creativity. By combining knowledge and experience with old and new technology, pump users have made many advancements and improvements in the field. The Pumps & Systems editorial team, along with the help of its Editorial Advisory Board, recognizes the achievements of pump users with its Success Story of the Year Award.

A pump success story is a positive account of a pump or pumping system improvement that saves time and/or money for the organization through improved process efficiency or reliability. Some examples of a pump success story include improving a pump's failure rate, improving the failure rate of a sealing device, reducing energy costs by installing a VFD or other equipment, reducing vibration or pulsation levels on a pump or improving pump controls.

The inaugural Success Story of the Year Award in 2009 went to International Paper (Courtland, Ala.), who used root cause failure analysis to determine why a white water pump on a paper machine was showing high vibration levels since it was installed in the late 1970s. The 2009 finalists also recognized for their superior solutions in the field were Hitachi America Ltd. (Tarrytown, N.Y.), Corrosion Fluid Products Corp. (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and the Gorman Rupp Company (Mansfield, Ohio).

We are now accepting entries for the 2010 Success Story of the Year Award. Entries can include indivi

dual or team accomplishments and must include statistical proof of the success (including the economic data is optional). The winner and finalists will be featured in our July 2010 issue. Deadline for Nominations: April 16, 2010. Click here for complete rules and criteria, and to complete a nomination form.

Product Innovation of the Year Award

The Product Innovation of the Year Award recognizes and highlights the most innovative new products in the market. With the help of our expert Editorial Advisory Board, the editorial team accepts nominations and chooses the winner and finalists to be featured in the December issue.

The inaugural Product Innovation of the Year Award 2009 was awarded to Grundfos Pumps Corporation for its Multi-Stage CR-H, a retrofit alternative to traditional ANSI pumps.

Second place went to Retroflo, Ltd.'s RPC_2000 Pump Control System, a system that monitors the whole pump station.

Baldor received third place for its RPMAC PM Direct Drive Cooling Tower Motor and VS1CTD Drive, which replaces the existing motor, jack shaft and gearbox in wet cooling towers.

Finish Thompson earned fourth place for the SP22, a self-priming, magnetic drive centrifugal pump.

ITT Goulds Pumps received fifth place for its 3196 iFRAME Intelligent Pump, which performs continuous temperature and vibration monitoring.

Reliability Center, Inc.'s PROACT Logic Tree Knowledge Management Templates and Lewa's Intellidrive both received honorable mentions.

For the 2010 award, products for consideration must be introduced to the market from September 1, 2009 to August 31, 2010 with proof that it is an improvement over current technology based on actual use in the field. Testimony from an end user must also be supplied. The deadline for nominations is October 1, 2010. Winners and finalists will be announced in the December 2010 issue. Check back here soon for the nomination form.