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The Premier Piping Systems eNewsletter
In This Issue
- Piping System Fundamentals Training
- PIPE-FLO Feature of the Month
- New Pump Catalogs Available for Download
- Spring 2008 FLO-MASTER Seminars
- ESI Around the Globe
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Piping System Fundamentals Training Courses Now Available
Engineered Software, Inc. is proud to introduce our latest product the Piping System Fundamentals training course. The two-day course has been developed for anyone needing to obtain a clear picture of the operation of the total fluid piping systems. Piping System Fundamentals training is designed to give you the skills needed to fully understand fluid piping systems and successfully troubleshoot changes or additions to any piping system situation. This course does not explain or include tutorials on particular software, but instead discusses meaningful principles that explain why and how piping systems physically work and operate.
The New Piping System Fundamentals course uses a minimum of math formulas with an emphasis on understanding the relationships between components making up a piping system. Attendees will receive a course workbook, a copy of CRANE’s TP410, and the new book Piping System Fundamentals: The Complete Guide to Gaining a Clear Picture of Your Piping System. The course is worth 1.4 Continuing Educational Units (CEU) or 14 Professional Development Hours.
If you just need a brush up on the basics or you are new to the
industry, you will learn something valuable from this class. This class
is applicable to:
• Design Engineers
• Plant Engineers
• Facility Managers
• Maintenance Technicians
• Mechanics
• Building Owners
• Plant Operators
• Safety Engineers
• Recent College Graduates
• Pump Sales Representatives
• Anyone who needs to select, specify, commission, install and/or
maintain liquid piping systems and pipelines.
To learn more about this new
Piping System Fundamentals Training class
click the link or go to:
http://www.eng-software.com/products/pstraining/
To View a Schedule of the spring courses for 2008 click the link or go
to:
http://www.eng-software.com/products/pstraining/schedule.aspx.
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PIPE-FLO Feature of the Month
You CAN Use PIPE-FLO to Design New HVAC Chilled Water Systems
After
talking with our customers at engineering firms serving the commercial
HVAC market, we discovered they use PIPE-FLO® primarily when adding to
or troubleshooting existing HVAC piping systems. Much to our surprise,
the majority of our customers in this market continue to use their
Excel® spreadsheets when designing new systems. We decided to
investigate a little further, why these users chose this route.
When asked why they did not use PIPE-FLO on new systems, the most common
response was they did not want to enter the entire piping system only to
find the most hydraulically remote circuit needed for pump sizing. With
a spreadsheet, they only enter the pipelines going to and returning from
the most hydraulically remote circuit, eliminating the need to enter all
the pipelines in the system.
Once we discovered more about the way these customers were using
electronic spreadsheets in determining the head loss for their most
hydraulically remote circuit, we came up with a method for using
PIPE-FLO to quickly build a model rivaling the simplicity of the
spreadsheet method. The remainder of this article describes the process.
Click Here to read the full white paper Using PIPE-FLO to Design New HVAC Chilled Water Systems or visit http://www.eng-software.com/resources/whitepapers/Using%20PIPE-FLO%20to%20Design%20New%20HVAC%20Chilled%20Water%20Systems.pdf .
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New Pump Catalogs Available for Download
Two new pump manufacturers’ catalogs are now live and ready for download
on the Engineered Software Website. TACO pumps and
Pioneer Pumps both
have new catalogs available for download with PIPE-FLO and PUMP-FLO.
These two companies have chosen to work with Engineered Software to
provide their catalogs for use by our software users.
These new additions increase the catalog count to 94 catalogs available
online through the downloadable catalog page at the
Engineered Software
Website. Pump catalogs are a central feature of the PUMP-FLO, PIPE-FLO®
and Flow of Fluids software programs.
The creation of an Electronic PUMP-FLO Catalog is a team effort between
Engineered Software and the pump manufacturer. If you would like to see
a manufacturers' catalog added to our list, please email
info@eng-software.com or call 800-786-8545.
Don’t be afraid to ask your
pump manufacturer about when they will be available for selection with
the PIPE-FLO, Flow of Fluids, and PUMP-FLO programs.
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Spring 2008 FLO-MASTER Seminars
February kicks off the new FLO-Master season. Our first FLO-Master class
is in Las Vegas and by popular demand has been expanded, but there are
only three seats left!
Our next FLO-Master in March will be located in Orlando, Florida, the
prime time to visit with average temperatures in the upper 70s. Spaces
are already filling up for the Orlando class and you don’t want to miss
out.
Contact us today to reserve your space in one of our first two
FLO-Master classes of 2008! Call 800-786-8545 or email
sales@eng-software.com.
The seminars are two days, with the second day completely focused on
real-world examples and hands-on use of the PIPE-FLO program. Examples
will include advanced pump selection, variable frequency drive analysis,
advanced controls, balancing a system, system expansion and building a
system from scratch.
2008 FLO-MASTER Schedule:
Las Vegas, NV ● February 7-8
Orlando, FL ● March 6-7
Houston, TX ● April 17-18
Cincinnati, OH ● May 8-9
If you find that these dates and locations will not work for you, we
also provide onsite training opportunities. For more information about
onsite training or the course outline for our FLO-Master seminars, visit
our website at
http://www.eng-software.com/products/flomaster.aspx or call (800)
786-8545.
All FLO-Master seminars qualify for 15 Professional Development Hours
needed to fulfill Professional Engineers’ continuing education
requirements in many states.
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Woo HOO!
ESI Representatives will once again be in New York for the AHR Expo 2008
this month. Ray Hardee, P.E. will be accepting our Honorable Mention in
the 2008 Innovation Awards, given by AHR Expo and its sponsors, ASHRAE
and ARI. Engineered Software was selected as one of the most innovative
products among the thousands to be displayed at the exposition in New
York City.
Engineered Software will be at the Javits Convention Center for the 2008
AHR EXPO and representatives will be on hand displaying their entire
product line at Booth# 7108 on Level 1 in the Software Center.
Ray Hardee as well as other ESI Representatives will be demonstrating
the PIPE-FLO and PUMP-FLO product lines during the show. If you are
interested in meeting with one of our representatives or with Ray
Hardee, call us at (800)-786-8545 or email us at
sales@eng-software.com.
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