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Acknowledgements

A project of this magnitude is never accomplished in a vacuum. The
knowlcdgc basc from which the information is drawn takes more than
one solitary career to acquire. I have been privileged to stand on the
shoulders of giants in the pump industry in order to bring you this
book.
During my career I have been reminded all too frequently that it is only
when you try to teach a concept to others that the depth of your own
ignorance becomes apparent. Throughout the years I have been
rescued from those depths by more people than either my memory
allows me to name, or sufficient space is available to identify here. They
arc the many thousands of associates, clients and students with whom I
have had the privilege of worldng, and who have challenged me and
kept me growing along the years.

I am especially grateful to those generous and brave souls who critiqued
various parts of this book and, in doing so, made it more accurate and
more complete. They are, Ed Avancc of Advanced Sealing, Darren
Bittick of International Paper, Brian Dahmer of MRC Bearing Services,
Kevin Dclancy of Kcvin Dclancy M.S., Dave Djuric of Alberta Pacific,
Neil Flanagan and Dave Mclochc of ProSpcc Technologies, Jerry
Hallam of BP Chemical, Dave Meister of Gorman-Rupp, Mike O'Neill
of Unilever and Mark Wcare of Weycrhacuser.
My thanks also goes out to The Hydraulic Institute and The American
Petroleum Institute for allowing us to incorporate a small portion of
the extensive reference material they work so hard at making available
through their own, more exhaustive publications.

For my ability to write what I mean and mean what I write (O.K., most
of the time) my thanks go out to my high school English teacher,
Jimmy Ross and, more recently, to Jane Alexander who has applied the
polish to most of my articles in recent years, and thus, much of this
book.

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