Pipestone is Going to Mount Everest

November Newsletter

2016

We have so many reasons to be thankful! Wishing you the best during this season as well.

Kay ler hails from a small farm

northwest of Goodland, Kansas. His ambitions were always greater than raising wheat and corn, so he pursued a degree in En gineering Physics at the Colorado School of Mines. After a brief stint in the sanitary food industry, Kayler met Dave through a series of coincidental events on his motorcycle.

Meandering on the off-road trails in the mountains, Kayler burned out a clutch while navigating some sand. Fortunately Dave was there to save the day and help Kayler load out his motorcycle. The rest is Pipestone history.

Tares Figueroa has lived in Arizona for eighteen years now, after serving in Tokyo and California with the U.S.A.F. He was born and raised in New York City, attended the New York Military Academy and studied Logistic War Planning in the U.S.A.F. Institute of Technology. His background includes material handling, for-profit Educati on, and high-tech industries. Tares is a father of four and married for many, many years to Greta. He came across Pipestone Equipment exactly one year ago and just fell in love with the industry and was equally intrigued with the people of Pipestone and their unique value proposition. In his spare time, he enjoys boating, sailing and the simple joys of family, now that all his children are grown and have lives of their own.

Pipestone is Going to Everest!

The President of Pipestone Equipment, Dave Buchwald will be heading to Nepal in March of 2017 to climb Mount Everest. Many of our readers are familiar with Dave's mountaineering adventures either directly or from stories featured in our newsletter. Of course, this one is the biggest climb to date with Mount Everest topping out at 29,035 feet above sea level.

For the next few months, we will provide updates on Dave's training and preparation. Photos of training climbs, statistics (remember he's an engineer) and a few good words can be found in the blog at weclimbbigmountains3.blogspot.com. Updates will be many and the schedule for posts will be irregular as time permits.

Many of our business partners have supported this expedition by sponsoring Dave. In alphabetical order, they are:

Many thanks to our sponsors for their friendship and financial support. Keep an eye on their websites for links to related articles and feature stories about the climb.

Hydraulic Control Valve Maintenance Program

Pipestone Equipment has launched a Hydraulic Control Valve Maintenance Program. The goal of this program is to proactively maintain and verify the functionality and serviceability of critical hydraulic control valve installations. It also includes upgrading equipment and adding features for reliable long-term monitoring and maintenance.

The initial visit includes a detailed vault survey which is used to create drawings of each installation. Having this information is critical to a utility so they know what to expect in each vault. If the case arises, these details can be referenced to design a retrofit for replacement of old equipment. Each Vault is assembled in 3D CAD so that critical details can be displayed and recovered at any time.

To see more click here .

2016 WEFTEC in New Orleans

Pipestone Equipment attended the 2016 WEFTEC in New Orleans and has some exciting updates and new products to report to our customers and associates.

Click here to read more about the products that ValMatic, Kinetrol, AUMA, Proco, ZAPS, and Uponor introduced this year.

Pipestone Technical Challenge - Solution

You might recognize this photo from our last newsletter...

A small water utility was using an 8" Singer pressure sustaining hydraulic control valve to maintain pressure on their upstream pump. The opening and closing of the valve was manipulated via the use of solenoid control. The problem is that this valve would not close completely under normal operating conditions. The utility replaced the pilot and solenoid but it still would not completely close to sustain upstream pressure. Why?

The check valve and associated piping line in the pilot system was added in the field to the factory delivered product. This field installed line bypassed the control pilot and let water off the bonnet to flow downstream, thereby keeping the valve open. Once this unnecessary retrofit line was removed restoring the valve to the proper schematic, it functioned properly. The valve closed completely when needed and the problem was solved.

Now for the new Technical Challenge

What is going on in this Singer Schematic # A-10642A1 ?

The Singer Valve schematic is for a 4" Singer Surge Anticipating Relief Valve that has both a High Pressure Relief set point as well as a Low Pressure Anticipating set point. So what does it do? Explain the two main functions of this valve.

Those of you with correct answers will be recognized in our next newsletter with the description of the solution. Send us your answer!

NMRWA Las Cruces 2016

Kira showing off the Singer cutaway at the demo classes at our booth. There was a great turnout at the show this fall!

Stock Valves available at Pipestone Equipment

We have expanded our Golden, CO stock to include up to 24" butterfly valves and 16" check valves as well as many other items. Click here to view our current inventory.