Shipco® Pumps : VirtualPump™ 2.0

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Acknowledgments

As overall project manager and program designer, I want to acknowledge the following individuals whose contributions made VirtualPump™ possible. Mike Ewan, Fred Collier, Earl Baer, Jim Brookens, and Wilbur Valentine shared their technical expertise and insights on the basic sequence of operations for the Shipco® products. Their patience with my constant questions and their guidance enabled me to create storyboards of how the products work. The resulting storyboards served as the fundamental building blocks for the animations.

A very special thanks is due to Jim Robinson, a recent computer science graduate of Shippensburg University, who had the right combination of programming and artistic skills to convert my storyboard drawings into computer simulations.

Finally I need to thank Duaine Collier for supporting the decision to develop this program and for making the appropriate resources available.

Dale H. Myers, Shipco® Regional Sales Manager

Objective

Leveraging the power of internet-based software tools, VirtualPump™ was created as a learning tool to help people acquire an understanding of how many of the major products within the steam industry function.

Discussions with people within the industry indicate that it often takes 5-10 years for people to gain a sound understanding of how many of the products work. It is our hope that this learning curve can be significantly reduced through use of these animations. We also believe the program will enhance the ability of sales representatives and engineers to explain the steam product to potential end users.

Target Audience

While we believe the program will be beneficial to both novice and experienced people working within the steam industry, we have targeted the program for the following categories of people associated with the steam industry:

Engineers responsible for designing steam systems
Sales and marketing representatives of steam products
End users, including operations and maintenance personnel

Learning Strategy

The simulations build upon each other. Therefore some of more basic "sequence operation steps" shown on the simpler products are not repeated in the more complex products. This means the optimal learning strategy is to begin with the simulations from simpler products (e.g., pump/motors and condensates units) and progress to the more complex products (e.g., vacuum and deaeration units) to get a comprehensive understanding of all the various pump operations.

Disclaimer

The simulations are intended as learning aids to help a viewer understand the fundamental internal, sequence of pump operations. As a result, the images are simplified (and usually time-lapsed) illustrations of internal pump operations—they are not intended as precise representations of a product. Also, elements of the illustrations are not necessarily drawn to scale in order to enhance user readability.

A time-lapsed, self-repeating demonstration of VirtualPump™ for use at trade shows and other events. The demonstration is not interactive and is intended for display only.

Launch Demonstration

On the web at www.shipcopumps.com