Beer Pumps: The best application for any pump!

Beer has been one of the essential beverages in human history dating back to Ancient Egypt. Let’s be honest though, it gets around... sporting events, concerts, family cookouts, house parties, college dorm rooms, social gatherings, food recipes, tasting events, start-up offices, The White House, movies, movie sets, songs, desserts, E.T.… the list is virtually endless. Our founding fathers were even home brewers!


As technology has developed, the brewing process has become more simple—yet still an arduous process that requires time, ‘know-how’, and patience. Nevertheless, the influx in home breweries has spiked in the United States, in part to the technical advances overtime. Today there are currently over 37,000 members of the American Homebrewers Association and it is estimated that 1 million people homebrew at least once during a given year. Moreover, Mississippi and Alabama were the last states to have legalized homebrewing in 2013. Mississippi’s law went into effect July 1, 2013.  Great data for the US beer market for sure!


Part of the technology that has made the homebrew process simpler is beer pumps. The utility of using a beer pump allows brewers to use a flat brewing area that pumps from one vessel to another, rather than using gravity to transfer liquids. Ideally, all you have to do is flip a switch saving time and energy. Magnetic driven pumps, like the Chugg and March beer pumps, allows users to adjust the flow of liquid transfer by including a ball valve for pressure changes.

To get a better understanding of this process and how beer pumps tie into brewing, Gary Martin’s enthusiasm for this subject will guide you with more insight and detail. 

To shop for beer pumps, check out morebeer.com

Here's to you, homebrewer! Drink responsibly... CHEERS!!!

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The PUMP Fake

Successful NFL teams are typically commanded by successful quarterbacks. His duty is simple: score touchdowns and manage the clock. Sounds easy, right? Of course not! Being slightly flippant, we all know that the challenges faced by an NFL quarterback are immense—even if none of us has ever actually played at that level.

In coordination with his arsenal of weapons (i.e. receivers and running backs), a quarterback must be able to read the situation and defensive formation carefully on every snap. Upon the snap, he—and his teammates—must execute the designed play in order to fluidly move the ball up field. One of those designed plays is the PUMP FAKE. Used during the right moments, the pump fake opens the flood gate for a team’s #1 receiver down field by making a defense’s secondary pinch on a short route. With many applications, the pump fake can be readily available even when a play breaks down and the QB is forced to improvise or ad lib. (Reference Peyton on that one)

Industrial pumps, like those handled by experts at DeltaElectro Power, are in a similar situation of execution to that of the pump fake.  Industrial pumps are designed to move fluids through commercial and industrial applications with effectiveness; much like the fluid movements of the football up field.

Each industrial application often requires a certain type of pump like centrifugal pumps, sump pumps, or vertical turbine pumps. Like the pump fake, an industrial pump can be a designed feature for an industrial application, or be installed when the application breaks down. It’s up to the experts to read the situation and execute the designed play to effectively get the fluids moving again. 

Baseball Playoffs, Pitching Machines, and Delta Electro Power.

Fenway Park: Home of the Boston Red Sox

Photo Credit: Ryan Szepan - http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterstops/4129722438/

It's October! Baseball playoffs are in full swing and fans all over are sitting at the edge of their seats anxiously anticipating the release of every pitch. It’s been said that the most difficult task to accomplish in professional sports is the ability to hit a Major League fastball. Players batting with a .300 average are considered to be above average hitters even though they are failing 7 out of 10 times to achieve their goal.  Learning the craft of baseball is anything but instant gratification. It takes time, commitment, moments of frustration and streakiness, endless groundballs on the diamond, and hours of ripping line drives in the cage (after beginning with two or three bunts to warm up.)


So where does this all begin for a professional baseball player, or any player for that matter? Well, before a father takes his child to the cages, it starts with companies like Delta Electro Power. The complexity of a standard pitching machine and the motor that runs it is often overlooked by coaches and ball players alike. Understandably because we’d much rather work on ‘seeing the ball long’ on an outside fastball rather than discuss the intricacies of a pitching machine. Nevertheless, motor experts, like those at Delta Electro Power, spend time understanding the complex details of electric motors so players like David Ortiz can work on pulling an inside fastball 450 feet for a home run. 

A pitching machine’s most valuable component is its DC (direct current) electric motor. In its most basic application, both AC and DC motors convert electrical energy into mechanical energy.  The DC motor featured on pitching machines uses an AC-to-DC power converter or drive. This is because the speed of a DC motor is controlled by fluctuating the armature winding’s voltage which creates variable speed adjustments. Thus, allowing baseball players to adjust the speeds on a pitching machine by simply turning the dial. 

                                Photo credit: www.cvel.clemson.edu

If you feel the agony of your team being eliminated, chances are those players could use an extra swing or two in the cages.  So the next time you take your child to the cages or see Dustin Pedroia warming up before the ALCS, remember that time you read a cool blog about pitching machines and how they contributed to your enjoyment as a baseball enthusiast.

GO SOX!!!