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HEC News Flow
When I started HEC in April of 1994, HEC had a very short line sheet. GIW Industries from Grovetown, GA gave me the opportunity
to represent their line of slurry pumps and HEC was in business. For the first couple of years, I traveled my territory of Louisiana,
Mississippi and Jamaica trying to find anyone interested in a well engineered, end suction centrifugal, slurry pump that would give
me 5 minutes of their time.
In the past 12 years, HEC has expanded it's product offering to include Krebs hydrocyclones, Tyco Valves, Brawn Mixers, and Essco, Roper,
and Pitbull Pumps. Each of these products have one thing in common...they are built to handle slurries.
Webster defines slurry as a watery mixture containing an insoluble solid such as mud, lime, or sand with a liquid such as water. I commonly
use the explanation to customers of slurries being a mixture of liquids and solids from cement to chocolate milk.
The handling of slurries require special equipment. It is this equipment that HEC has been built around. Our pumps handle abrasive
solids, large particles, viscous materials, and long stringy matter. Our valves isolate and throttle slurry flows. Our mixers put liquids
and solids into suspension, and our cyclones take solids out of suspension.
We consider ourselves to be an authority on the handling of this special niche market. HEC has concentrated on this small segment of the
equipment business because it is a unique area of expertise. It requires special materials to handle abrasion and the effects that solids
in suspension have on the equipment they come into contact with.
If slurries are a part of your process, let us show you our expertise. HEC represents and distributes equipment and manufacturers with a wealth
of experience and knowledge in this special market. Let us work with you to solve your unique requirements.
At Hunter Equipment Company, Inc. ---we know slurry.
David S. Pratt, President
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Customer Service Corner
Where is my order? That's a question you won't have to ask when you order from HEC. Our experienced Customer Service staff
begins tracking your order just as soon as it is placed. We then communicate this information to you. You will know the expected
delivery dates before you have to ask.
If you need new equipment or replacement parts, call today. We stock many common parts and equipment in our Baton Rouge distribution
facility. If we don't have your part, we can get it and stock it as well. Let our Customer Service Experts help solve your logistics
problems.
At HEC, we know that the last thing you need to worry about is a delivery time. Let us take the headache out of your procurement procedure.
Our Customer Service department opens each business day at 7:00am and is staffed until 5:00pm. Call Shannon or Sandy to discuss what HEC can
do for you.
Customer Service
(225) 929-6546
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Brawn Mixers from an Operators View
As an operator in today's industrial plants, you are called to be a true jack-of-all-trades. The effective operator
must have multiple skills, advanced knowledge of equipment, an understanding of several mechanical principles, and a bit of chemistry thrown in for good measure.
It's no wonder that an experienced operator in today's plant is one of the most important people in the company.
Let's look at a common application...Mixing...From your point of view.
It is common to have batch mixing operations in which dry solids are added to a tank containing liquids to produce a
homogenous blend or slurry to be used in a process. An example of this would be adding sacks of dry polymer to a tank of water.
Unlike some materials that quickly go into suspension, some polymers must be agitated in order to sufficiently
"wet out" the powder into a soluble solution. From an operator's vantage point, this usually means that he or she is looking down at the top
of the tanks liquid surface. Since most slurries are not clear, the surface of the liquid is all that the operator can see.
It is a common misconception that an actively rolling surface = a well mixed tank. On the contrary, the presence of excessive
surface action is an indication that the mixer is in the wrong position for effective mixing. Also the presence of a vortex or
tornado like activity on the surface of the tank means that air is being sucked into the impeller and is keeping
the liquid and solid from being effectively mixed. We have a unique video available to all of our customers in which the
operators can learn the correct positioning of a mixer in a tank in order to make their job much easier. Give us a call or email
us @ info@hunterequipmentco.com and we will send it directly to you.
Mixing is much more than placing a mixer in a tank and turning it on. Let us show you the difference in a quick and easy transfer of information.
You are the heart of the process. We can help you do a more effective job or improve an existing process. We look forward to hearing from you...
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GIW Slurry Pumps - Pulp and Paper
GIW Industries is a centrifugal slurry pump manufacturer based in Grovetown, GA. Since the inception of the company in 1891, their product focus has been the transport of solids using centrifugal pumps. From tar sands in southern Canada to the copper tailings in Chile, this company has revolutionized the handling of abrasive, settling solids in markets all around the world.
The pulp and paper process includes several areas of slurry pumping that are perfectly suited to the GIW LCC line of horizontal and vertical pumps. There are four main applications that fall into this category.
1. Causticizer GIW pumps are used in white liquor and green liquor underflow, lime mud transfer, lime sumps, dregs removal, and liquor transport services.
2. Boiler Ash GIW pumps handle fly ash, ash sluice, and ash pond reclaim applications.
3. Utilities area sludge In this part of the process, GIW pumps handle thickener underflow, sludge transfer, and sludge filter feed duties.
4. Log Washer In this service, GIW pumps feed sand removal cyclones and reclaim water.
The application focus of GIW slurry pumps is simple and straight forward. Pumps that are required to handle solids must be designed to accept large particles, abrasive materials, impact and sliding abrasion, and the elevated velocities required to maintain the solids in suspension throughout the pipeline.
The wet end components of GIW LCC pumps are cast in a proprietary 28% chrome white iron alloy that is perfectly suited for the services in the pulp and paper process applications listed above. Handling a pH range of 4-14 and maintaining a minimum hardness of 650 Brinell throughout the thickness of the wet end components ensure long wear life and lower pumping costs to the mill.
We are confident in the selection of GIW's LCC pump for your toughest applications. In fact, here is a performance guarantee to prove our claim:
We will guarantee in writing a minimum of 3 years wear life on the wet end (shell, impeller, and suction liner) of any GIW LCC pump sold into the pulp and paper market...100% money back if any of our parts wear out...No questions asked!!!
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HEC Employee Focus
Charlene Pratt started her industrial career while she was still attending High School. She began working for an industrial supply company in the afternoons after school when she was in the 9th grade. By the early seventies, Charlene was working full time and enjoying a successful industrial equipment sales career . In 1975, Charlene began to focus on mixers. Since then she has become an expert in the field of industrial mixing. Her years of experience and love of the industry make a perfect match. Charlene joined HEC in 1996 as Vice President.
In her free time, Charlene enjoys spending time with her family. She is married to David Pratt and has one son, Ryan, who is a Senior at Central High School. She and David recently celebrated their first wedding anniversary. Charlene is an avid snow skier and enjoys snorkeling when she gets a chance. She has plans to learn scuba diving. Charlene lives in the City of Central which is a suburb of Baton Rouge, LA.
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Thanksgiving History
In 1621, after a hard and devastating first year in the New World the Pilgrim's fall harvest was very successful and plentiful. There was corn, fruits, vegetables, along with fish which was packed in salt, and meat that was smoke cured over fires. They found they had enough food to put away for the winter.
The Pilgrims had beaten the odds. They built homes in the wilderness, they raised enough crops to keep them alive during the long coming winter, and they were at peace with their Indian neighbors. Their Governor, William Bradford, proclaimed a day of thanksgiving that was to be shared by all the colonists and the neighboring Native American Indians.
The custom of an annually celebrated thanksgiving, held after the harvest, continued through the years. During the American Revolution (late 1770's) a day of national thanksgiving was suggested by the Continental Congress.
In 1817 New York State adopted Thanksgiving Day as an annual custom. By the middle of the 19th century many other states also celebrated a Thanksgiving Day. In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln appointed a national day of thanksgiving. Since then each president has issued a Thanksgiving Day proclamation, usually designating the fourth Thursday of each November as the holiday.
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