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It may be cold and rainy in the Northeast, but summer peak pumping season is around the corner. For Municipal Maintenance Co. , that means Vertical Turbine Season! Pat is offloading a couple of Peerless Pump Company VTP’s for our potable water customers today. Before installing these pumps, we’ll be hard at work finish coating these pumps with a Belzona NSF61 performance epoxy for potable water. First, we’ll brush blast the raw metal to ensure the coating adheres to the surface. Then, we’ll apply the 2-part ceramic epoxy coating. Did you know that MMC is a factory-trained, authorized Belzona coatings applicator? We are one of the few in the Philadelphia region. We take coatings seriously. Which is why we’ve invested in our own blast booth to ensure the highest quality control. The green color coating seen on the inside of the pumps is a 3M product called Scotchkote 134 – a fusion bonded baked on epoxy. We’ve pulled Peerless VTP’s with 20+ years of raw water service to find this coating still intact! (see last picture below). These coatings contribute to the longevity of pumps and keep our water companies pumping water. #Belzona #PeerlessPump #AWWA #3M #Coatings

Like Willie Nelson, yesterday we were On The Road Again. 🎵 🎸 We will drive this GRUNDFOS demo trailer from Cape May to the Poconos. Wherever there is a wastewater utility in need of pumping solutions, we will go. Come see us at the New Jersey Water Environment Association Conference May 6th-9th in Atlantic City, NJ. We'll have the trailer set up with Grundfos demo pumps and controls on display. If you can't make it to the conference, reach out to Daniel Hennessy, P.E. our in-house wastewater pumping guru. We'll bring the demo trailer to you. Dan can't wait to get on the road again. #NJWEA #Grundfos #Controls #Pumps #Solutions #ASCE

A growing trend in pumps is “lean manufacturing“ which results in less local stocking in the US.  Most submersible pump manufacturers are European based companies that manufacture in Europe and ship to the U.S.  The end result for our local customers - long lead times.   With one major exception – Municipal Maintenance Co. and GRUNDFOS! As a team we’ve made 3 major investments to ensure we have pumps available.     1. Grundfos has a 100,000SF warehouse in Allentown, PA stocked with hundreds of submersible wastewater pumps of all shapes and sizes ready for pickup.   2. Unlike some other manufacturers, Grundfos actually has manufacturing right here in the USA!  If a pump isn’t in stock, we can likely have one built in Texas in a matter of days or weeks – not months.   3. Locally at MMC in New Jersey, we stock dozens of Grundfos submersible pumps.  When you need a pump after hours – we’ve got you covered with our inventory and 24/7/365 emergency response team.   To learn more, reach out to your Account Rep or our Equipment Sales Team: 856-786-9434 Equipment Sales: Jack Wallace, PE, LEED AP Daniel Hennessy, P.E. Tim Schlindwein Northern NJ & Shore: Michael Provine Chris Hellings New Jersey Samantha Liccketto Pennsylvania Dan Pulcher Sean Butler Wayne Martin Commercial in NJ & PA Ryan Cotter

A little bit of everything showed up in our shop’s “drop zone” today. This mix of turbines, motors, valves, gearboxes, and submersibles will hit the shop floor in the next few days!

Last week, our Equipment Sales Division leads Jack Wallace, PE, LEED AP and Daniel Hennessy, P.E., had the opportunity to visit Budapest, Hungary with GRUNDFOS. As a member of the Grundfos Municipal Water Utility Distributor Council, Municipal Maintenance Co. was on hand in Hungary to see the unveiling of the expanded SE Dry-pit Submersible Pump Line! Headquartered in Denmark, GRUNDFOS is the largest pump manufacturer in the world and a leader in pumping innovation. In Hungary, the Grundfos engineering team has been hard at work to deliver a best-in-class dry-pit submersible pump. In the USA, Grundfos manufactures wastewater pumps in Brookshire, Texas the global headquarters of Grundfos’ Water Utility Division. Locally Municipal Maintenance Co. is the exclusive authorized Philadelphia area Grundfos Water Utility Distributor. Between our facility in New Jersey and at Grundfos in Allentown, PA, we stock 100s of submersible pumps ready for installation! #NJWEA #PAWEA #Grundfos

This week we commissioned a GRUNDFOS Hydro Multi-B booster pump system at a regional sewer authority. This system will provide spray wash water to keep the headworks screening system clean and operational. GRUNDFOS is the industry leader in packaged booster pump system innovation. This user friendly system was an easy startup out of the box.

Exciting times at WEG Electric Corp. (USA). Not only do they have arguably the largest domestic inventory of VFDs and Soft Starters, but now they can also offer custom built panels from their HQ in Georgia. We've installed many WEG drives and starters at water and wastewater facilities throughout the tri-state with great success. To learn more visit: https://lnkd.in/eCWvXxQ Or call us at 856-786-9434

This #EngineersWeek we are highlighting our two licensed Professional Engineers on staff - Jack Wallace, PE, LEED AP and Daniel Hennessy, P.E. Dan and Jack work in our Equipment Sales Division where they regularly assist consulting engineers with their pumping designs. In many instances they provide their engineering design expertise to customers in need of a thorough solution to a pumping problem. Those skills are just another tool in our toolbox that differentiates MMC. In total, we have 10 engineering school graduates on staff in various mechanical, sales, and project management roles. At its core, engineering is problem solving, and problem solving is what we do for our customers at Municipal Maintenance Co. Drexel University College of Engineering Rutgers University School of Engineering - Graduate & Professional Education #ASCE #ASME #Engineering #AWWA #NJWEA