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FLOTATION – Fun facts to float your boat

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Suction Bypass Valves

Booster Pumps

Booster Pumps
Booster Pump Location
Do You Really Need a Booster Pump
The Packing Gland
The Whistlepipe

Discharge Pipeline

An Introduction to The Discharge Pipeline
Discharge Pipeline Connections
Discharge Pipeline Inside Diameter
Discharge Pipeline Instruments
Dredge Size
How Far Can a Pump Pump?
Lift, Length & Wear
Pipeline Markers
Slurry Density
Steel or Plastic?
The Perpetually Parted Pipeline

Dredge Pumps

Dredge Pump Cavitation
Dynamic Head Tanks
Hullpump vs. Ladderpump
I Have a Ladderpump, Where is My Production?
Ladderpump Drive Systems
Priming The Pump
Pump Salesmen
Pump Speed
Shaft Seals
Static Head Tanks
The Packing Gland

Facts of Flotation

General Topics

Bibliography
Dredge History
Dredging Myths
Metamorphosis
Pond Dredging
The Fixed-Speed Pump
The Saga of the Naked Dredge
The Soaked Dredge

Linear Cutters (Chains)

Dynamic Head Tanks
Heeling-off
Shaft Seals
Static Head Tanks
The Full-Length Chain Ladder
The Modern Linear Cutter Dredge

Operation, Management & Safety

Dredge Cost Analysis
Dredge Insurance
Man Overboard
Measuring Solids Production
Survival Dredging
The Dredge Commandments
The Dredge Operator
What is Wrong With This Picture?
Why Dredge

Positioning & Maneuvering

3-Wire Positioning
5- Wire Positioning
Positioning Systems
Stiff-Pipeline Positioning

Random Observations

Keel Coolers
The Wall Came Tumbling Down
Two Types of Dredges

Rotary Cutters (Cutterheads)

Claymator Basket
Dynamic Head Tanks
Heeling-off
Open-Bladed Baskets
Plain Suction Dredges
Shaft Seals
Static Head Tanks

Service Water

Service Water
The Packing Gland

Suction Bypass Valves

CONVAC
CONVAC- Frequently Asked Questions
Suction Bypass Valves

Suction Pipes & Jet Assist

Suction Jet Assist
The Suction Pipe

Vacuum & Velocity

Controlling Pipeline Velocity
Every Dredge Needs a Velocity Meter
Speed Kills
The Velocity Meter As a Scale
Velocity
Vacuum

Winches, Blocks & Wire Rope

The Handy-Dandy Snake Grip
Winches
Winch Installation
Wire Rope

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