MSI News & Events
- Monday, March 15, 2010 - George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston TX 8:30 to 5:00
Dr. Edward Bennett will be teaching the one day short course entitled "Hydraulic Design and Analysis of Axial, Mixed Flow, and Centrifugal Pumps".
Eric Olson, Maki Onari, and Paul Boyadjis will be teaching the one day short course entitled "The Relationship of Vibration to Problems in Centrifugal Pumps".
For more information about the short courses or the International Pump Users Symposium, go to
26th International Pump Users Symposium Homepage
- March 16-18, 2010 - Visit MSI's booth (#318) at the 26th International Pump Users Symposium Homepage
- MSI case history of using Structural Analysis to Help Predict Vibration for Pumping Platforms has been posted on the ANSYS website focusing on the hurricane pumping stations in New Orleans. The case history is based on analysis work done by William J. Kelly, MSI Principal Engineer. The original MSI version of the case history is available by clicking here.
- The ASME Fluids Engineering Division, has selected MSI's Dr. Edward M. Bennett to receive the Sankaraiyer Gopalakrishnan-Flowserve Pump Technology Award..
Each year's Award is in keeping with "Gopal's" dedication that he had to the education of the next generation of expert pump engineers. Requirements for the award are that the nominee must demonstrate outstanding achievement in pump technology, documented through publications and testimonials of peers and co-workers.
The Award will be presented at the 2009 ASME Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, August 2-6, 2009, at the Vail Cascade Resort and Spa in Vail, Colorado.
- May 11, 2009 - Mechanical Solutions, Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Energy Reduction and Recovery Turbonetics and Foil Bearing Technologies from Foster-Miller
In keeping with the company’s commitment to improved energy efficiency, MSI has acquired the technology and tooling associated with the Foster-Miller (F-M) TEI (Turbonetics) Turbine / Generator set, and in a separate acquisition, the F-M Foil Bearing.
Foil Bearings:
The foil bearing technology will be integrated into MSI’s existing business of developing new turbomachinery for manufacturers. A type of air bearing, foil bearings are used primarily in aircraft auxiliary power units and other high-speed turbomachinery. In many new applications this technology is able to replace oil lubrication systems, while facilitating the additional key benefits of decreased energy usage, high temperature capability and reduced maintenance.
For further information, please contact Tom Walter at 973-326-9920, ext. 118.
Turbonetics (TEI) Turbine:
As part of this recent acquisition, MSI is establishing an office in Albany, NY and is expanding its corporate platform to include a new business unit that will support new equipment sales and installations of the Turbonetics Turbine / Generator sets, as well as replacement parts production and the servicing of current Turbonetics machines. Unique radial steam turbines which offer comparatively small size and high efficiency versus traditional steam turbine designs, Turbonetics machines already operate in a number of facilities today.
Each Turbonetics turbine / generator set will recover 1-3 Megawatts of electricity from otherwise wasted steam. Relatively inexpensive to install, these systems typically will result in a net positive economic return within one year after operation of the new set begins, and approximately $500,000 in annual savings thereafter through the typical continued operation of the Turbonetics set.
Widespread use of this machinery would have a substantial impact on energy consumption throughout the national electric power grid. Further, as Turbonetics machines already are operational, these significant benefits can be realized without the costly and time-consuming process of developing new technology.
For further information, please contact Charlie Prisco at 973-326-9920, ext. 119.
- MSI is pleased to announce a new relationship with CFTurbo - a developer of advanced software that facilitates the interactive design of turbomachinery. MSI will be responsible for the sales, service, and training for the CFTurbo software products in the United States. Please contact Ed Bennett or Eric Olson for more details.
- Dr. Edward M. Bennett, Director of Fluids Engineering at MSI, recently had his nomination as Associate Technical Editor for the Journal of Fluids Engineering approved by the Fluids Engineering Division Executive Committee and the Publications Board of ASME. The Journal of Fluids Engineering disseminates technical information in fluid mechanics of interest to researchers and designers in mechanical engineering. The journal publishes papers in the areas of aerodynamics, boundary layers, bubbly flows, cavitation, compressible flows, convective heat transfer, duet and pipe flows, free shear layers, flows in biological systems, fluid-structure interaction, fluid transients and wave motion jets, multiphase flows, naval hydrodynamics, sprays, stability and transition, turbulance, and wakes.
For more information, please see the Journal of Fluids Engineering
