PUMP 2010 Seminar & Workshop Series is intended for all levels of designers and will cover the fundamentals of advanced pump design as well as the use of state-of-the-art tools to meet the high efficiency and reliability requirements of modern applications.

Each week-long session will consist of a 4-day Seminar and an optional 1-day Design Software Workshop (DSW). 

 
* The one-day DSW’s are available to all attendees at a minimal additional cost which will include a one-month trial license of Agile Engineering Design System® software that can be customized to fit your specific design needs.
 

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Gain a Better Understanding of the Fundamentals of Pump Design, Manufacture and Testing.

The two PUMP 2010 sessions are designed to teach and demonstrate the critical design philosophy and procedures required to develop high performance pump stages. The first session in May focuses on advanced impeller design techniques, application of diffusers in pump stages and volute design. During this session, two different impeller designs will be developed. The first impeller will be designed for application in a stage with a diffuser or return channel and the second, for use in a volute pump. Both stages will be subsequently manufactured and tested by CN. The results of this testing will be reviewed in the second session in October. Also during this second session, CN will utilize the two designs as the basis to explore enhanced suction performance and component matching. The redesigned stages will be retested for comparison and to evalutate the effects on performance. Attendees are encouraged to pursue their own designs during the sessions and CN design engineers will be available to provide input and review.

The optional one-day Design Software Workshop will focus on the use of CN’s design tools to solve problems similar to those discussed in the Seminar. DSW’s will be taught by CN’s regular training instructors, with support from staff engineers. Individual work sessions with CN engineers can be scheduled during the training to study specific cases provided by the attendees. Seminars will be led by Dr. David Japikse, the Owner and Founder of Concepts NREC. Dr. Japikse received his B.S. in Engineering from Case Institute of Technology and then his M.A. and Ph.D. Degrees in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. He has received extensive recognition for his work in the design of pumps, compressors and turbines, as well as the development of design tools. A recipient of the ASME’s Potter Gold Medal in Thermodynamics and the SAE 2008 Cliff Garrett Turbomachinery Engineering Award, he is also an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering. Dr. Japikse is also an author/editor of ten books and has written/presented 300+ reports on turbomachinery design and development. Other CN staff will also contribute as appropriate.