Blackmer News

Blackmer has released Performance Curve Documents for all our Internal Gear Pump Models - E Series, G Series, and V Series.

We’re excited to announce the newest addition to our selection of product offerings – Blackmer® Integrated Unit Assemblies, developed to save you time and money while simplifying the ordering process.

The grand opening caps off a nearly two-year-long construction and renovation project that added 56,000 square feet of new manufacturing, office, and R&D space. The new building and renovated facility also feature energy-efficient lighting, heating, air conditioning and manufacturing systems.

Kauchak joins Blackmer from Dimplex Thermal Solutions, where she served as the company’s president, overseeing its industrial chiller business in the United States, Canada and Latin America.

Blackmer® G Series Internal Gear Pumps are renowned for their dependability, reliability and efficiency. Blackmer® maintenance parts and service kits are no different.

Mechanical seals are an essential component within Blackmer manufacturing operations. Used in every external bearing vane pump, Blackmer mechanical seals are critical to ensuring rotary vane pump reliability in tough environments.

Quick quiz: how many seven-letter words in the English language consecutively use the letters “phth” in their construction?

Advances in sliding vane and internal gear seal-less pump technologies can make them a better choice than centrifugal pumps or more well-known positive displacement pump options

Both pump technologies share strengths and benefits when used in fluid-handling applications.

When manufacturing or handling dangerous and hazardous chemicals, full product containment is necessary and seal-less pumps can improve safety, and optimize maintenance and operational costs

Reducing your plastic landfill waste is no small feat, especially if one of your key product components is plastic. But the Blackmer team at the PSG Grand Rapids facility has developed a new manufacturing method that reduces plastic waste by 5,000 lbs per year.

Sliding vane pumps’ ability to handle multiple liquids with different viscosities, as well as their volumetric efficiency and consistency with several raw materials, make them a reliable choice for soap manufacturing.

Blackmer® is going all in on blue! Beginning in June, Blackmer Centrifugal & Gear Pumps Changing to "Blackmer Blue."

We're pleased to announce that the Blackmer TLGLF3HD Sliding Vane Pump is a winner of the 2022 Canadian Propane Association (CPA) Innovation Award. This prestigious award recognizes the top new technologies for their contributions to advancing the propane industry in product innovation, process/technology, market development, or marketing.

You might be familiar with our revolutionary sliding vane technology, but how much do you know about our vane construction offerings? Blackmer® Sliding Vane Pumps are available in a variety of materials to better meet your unique application requirements. However, the vane composition itself must be taken into careful consideration, as the vane must be strong enough to withstand the stresses of pressure, centrifugal and mechanical forces. Each application also demands chemical compatibility and good wear properties to support a long life of vane performance.

Blackmer® is pleased to announce that Bob Lauson, General Manager of Blackmer, recently participated in the 2021 Annual Economic Development Report video for the Grand Rapids Office of Economic Development.

Lubricating liquids and petroleum products keep industries around the world functioning. To meet this global demand, operators require fluid transport solutions capable of optimizing loading and unloading. Two of the most used positive displacement (PD) pumping technologies for fuel offloading are external gear pumps and sliding vane pumps. While both pump designs have proven trustworthy in their own ways, there are multiple key performance parameters that may lead to sliding vane pumps being the better choice for liquid loading and unloading via truck. What are these key parameters? Find out by reading the complete white paper.

Blackmer®, part of PSG®, a Dover company, and the leading global provider of sliding vane, gear, regenerative turbine and centrifugal pump, and reciprocating compressor technologies for the transfer of liquids and gases, is pleased to announce the release of several new product brochures.

Blackmer®, part of PSG®, a Dover company, and a global leader in pump and compressor technologies, announced today the consolidation of all Grand Rapids-based PSG brands under the Blackmer brand name. As part of this change, EnviroGear® product line will be known as Blackmer Gear Pumps

Blackmer®, part of PSG®, a Dover company, and a global leader in rotating pumps and reciprocating compressor technologies, is excited to announce the beginning of a new chapter in its 118-year history, 96 of which have taken place at its 190,000-square-foot corporate headquarters at 1809 Century Avenue SW, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.

We’re excited to share the debut of this new digital tool for channel partners and end users. Available online at choice.psgdover.com, the Blackmer CHOICE platform is a web-based pump selection and quote tool that allows users to look up pump repair kits, search for pumps based on system conditions and access pump configuration options.

Connecting with a celebrated past is a precious thing. For businesses that have existed for over a century, it can be difficult – even rare – to maintain a direct association to their founders.

Common pump problems involving solids handling, vapor mixtures and the dangers of dry run have plagued fluid process operations forever. This is where Blackmer® stepped up. The arrival of the MAGNES Series Sliding Vane Magnetic Drive Pumps – an innovative design which combines sliding vane with the best advantages of magnetic drive – brings a solution that handles expensive, valuable and hazardous liquids in a leak-free fashion.

For Blackmer®, product performance, reliability and safety are paramount. When those products also provide resolutions to common issues and start winning awards because of that, it means the company has done something more than right. That’s exactly what happened with the introduction the Blackmer MAGNES Series.

Sliding vane pumps offer tank truck operators better functionality, reliability than gear pumps across many liquid-handling applications. When it comes to positive displacement (PD) pumping technologies, gear and sliding vane pumps always have stood out for their reliability and versatility in liquid-handling applications. These two factors alone have made them a popular choice for loading/unloading, transport and metering applications.

Die Leistung einer Pumpe lässt sich am besten anhand von Referenzwerten beurteilen. Sie helfen auch bei der Diagnose leistungsbezogener Probleme. Erstellt der Betreiber Leistungskennlinien, kann er langjährige Probleme beheben und Basiswissen und Referenzpunkte sammeln, um seine Pumpen auf optimale Leistung einzustellen. Damit lässt sich ein wirtschaftlicher, sicherer und zuverlässiger Betrieb der Pumpen über Jahre hinweg sicherstellen.

The performance of a pump can best be assessed using reference values. They also help to diagnose performance-related problems. If the operator creates performance curves, he can correct long-standing problems and gather basic knowledge and reference points to set his pumps to optimal performance.

Blackmer®, part of PSG®, a Dover company and a global leader in specialty pumps and reciprocating compressor technologies, is pleased to announce the availability of its new TLGLF3HD Sliding Vane Pump. Developed as a flange-mounted truck pump, the TLGLF3HD helps increase pump reliability and safety while optimizing the loading and unloading speeds of LPG products for bobtails and transport trucks.

Learn more about Blackmer System One Centrifugal Pumps as solutions in the following applications: Hot Oil Transfer/Tire Manufacture, Chemical & Polymer Plants - Phenol Handling, PowerPlants.

Chemical processing facilities use an array of flowing substances that must be processed, stored and transferred during manufacturing activities. The technology tasked with facilitating this liquid movement is the industrial pump. A number of competing technologies are positioning themselves to grab the attention—and capital investment dollars—of the world’s chemical processors.

Blackmer veteran keeps finger on the company's product pulse. COMPRESSORTECH2 spoke to Crouch about his time at Blackmer, where the company has been and where he sees it in the future.

Blackmer®, part of PSG®, a Dover company and a global leader in specialty pumps and reciprocating compressor technologies, is pleased to announce the launch of the Blackmer+ app. Available for free on iOS- and Android™-powered smart phones and tablets, the new app has been designed to help save time and money by offering timely support and assistance with efficient maintenance management for Blackmer pumps and compressors.

Blackmer® has launched the new Blackmer+ app to provide an enhanced experience for users of our pumps and compressors. Available now for free on iOS and Android-powered smartphones and tablets, the app can help in saving time and money by offering timely support and assistance with efficient maintenance management for Blackmer equipment.

Blackmer®, part of PSG®, a Dover company and a global leader in specialty pumps and reciprocating compressor technologies, is pleased to announce the launch of its new System One® High Temperature Series Centrifugal Pumps.

Systems used in liquid transfer and process applications work across a wide range of operating points. Pumps are often designed to operate at a single specified design point, but the disparity between the pumps and their full systems can be devastating to traditional pump technologies.

Cavitation can ruin internal pump components, and most pumps fail when operating under sustained cavitation, pumping liquid/vapor mixtures and carrying out poor Net Positive Suction Head (NPSH) applications.

All transfer and process pumps are tasked with handling some percentage of suspended solids, but not all pumps are up to this challenge. Weld slag, rust and sand are just a few examples of solids that can disrupt fluid flow in lesser pumps.

Catastrophic pump failure is possible in centrifugal and gear pumps due to dry run operation, and despite advances in preventing the failures associated with dry run, these pumps still are not as equipped to handle the issue as the Blackmer® MAGNES Series.

Blackmer®, part of PSG®, a Dover company and a global leader in specialty pumps and reciprocating compressor technologies, is proud to be the recipient of the annual Community Partner Outreach Award from Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative (ELNC).

As global demand for Autogas as an alternative motor fuel grows, there is a corresponding increase in the need for pumps that can optimize its handling. One technology that has risen to the fore in this realm is the Regenerative Turbine Pump, with PSG® brand Ebsray® the leading developer of this technology, which offers a level of efficiency, differential-pressure buildup and flow rates that centrifugal and side-channel pumps can’t match.

Explanation of various spare parts kits available for Blackmer Sliding Vane Pumps and Reciprocating Gas Compressors and where to find them on the website.

This latest article "Pump system analysis: Tanks, piping, hoses and everything in between" written by Geoff Vanleeuwen, Product Management Director for Blackmer, can be found in Processing Magazine.

Blackmer® a Dover company and a global leader in specialty pumps and reciprocating compressor technologies, is pleased to announce the availability of its new MAGNES Series Sliding Vane Magnetic Drive Pumps.

Now available for download, the newly redesigned HD Series Reciprocating Gas Compressor brochure.

Read an article on "Determining Overall Pump Lifecycle Costs" in Chemical Engineering, written by Geoff Vanleeuwen, Product Management Director for Blackmer.

This latest article "How Sealless Sliding Vane Pumps Work in Chemical Transfer" written by Geoff Vanleeuwen, Product Management Director for Blackmer, can be found in Pumps & Systems.

Download the brand new Blackmer LB Series Propane Compressor brochure.

Premier Automotive Paint Plant Selects EnviroGear E Series Pumps for WaterBorn White Dispersion Paint and Saves $42,282 in Maintenance Costs.

When manufacturing or handling dangerous and hazardous chemicals, full product containment is necessary and seal-less pumps can improve safety, and optimize maintenance and operational costs.

Design improvements enable Blackmer® Seal-Less Internal Gear Pumps to deliver on the leak-free promise of sealless-pump technology costs.