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Discussion Groups

Piping & fluid mechanics engineering forum at Eng-Tips (Piping & fluid mechanics engineering technical support forum and mutual help system for engineering professionals. Selling and recruiting forbidden)

Engineers Edge Physics Forums - Engineering List of Forums Civil Engineering Forum Civil Engineers Forum Basic Civil Engineering Chemical Engineering Resources Hydrology and River Hydraulics NFPA fire protection forum

You can always ask us a question here at LMNO Engineering:  LMNO@LMNOeng.com

Manufacturers/Suppliers

Flumes, Weirs: OpenChannelFlow TRACOM (flumes, weirs) PlastiFab (flumes) Baski (flumes)
Other:
ACCA Pumps
North Ridge Pumps
Pump Piping and Instrument Diagram Symbols
control.com - Flow measurement and control
Motion control hardware - linear and rotary stage tools, motion control systems
Sewer Camera - Sewer camera inspections for homeowners and sewer camera equipment, rentals and repairs for sewer camera contractors from sewer camera dealers at SewerCamera.com
Tri-state manufacturers - directory for manufacturing companies in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. Die casting, milling, drilling, fabrication, injection mold, CNC machining
UK and European supplier of flow metering equipment including ultra sonic and variable area
Geothermal Heat Pumps - twisted pipes for better heat transfer
QUA - Membrane products
Proflow - Process control instruments and factory automation
Flowmfg.com - U.S. manufacturer of flow tubes, orifices plates, venturi meters, plate holders, flange unions, multistage orifice assemblies, manifold valves, spectacle blinds, bleed rings, straightening vanes, and custom parts
US RADAR, Inc. - Ground penetrating radar technology for utility location, geotech analysis, environmental hazard detection, structural assessment
Leak Detection - Leak detection services for water leaks, gas leaks, pool leaks, and leak detection equipment
Berkshire Corporation - clean room and controlled environment consumable lab products to help minimize contamination risks
JED Alliance Group mixers and concrete pump equipment sales
Cole and Lambert concrete pumps and trucks
Recycling and waste disposal
Diaper Recycling Technology
Dalton hydraulic cylinders for hydraulic fracturing, farming, forestry, manufacturing
Oilfield tools - design, manufacturing, and delivery
Alliance concrete pumps
FLEXIM - Non-intrusive clamp-on ultrasonic flow meters
Alloy Valve Stockist distributor of super duplex, alloy 20, monel, inconel, incoloy, hastelloy, titanium, 904L, and other exotic alloy valves for corrosive, petrochemical applications)
Drain Cleaning (drain cleaning service, sewer drain, storm drain, tools, and products)
valtorc.com (butterfly valves, ball valve, many types of valves, actuators)
systematiccontrols.com (control valves, valve automation, transducers, RTDs, thermocouples, temperature controls, scalder panels)
TigerSupplies.com (surveying equipment, engineering supplies, stream gauges, measuring wheels)
Shenitech.com - Portable water flow meters, digital flow meters, ultrasonic flow meters, thermal heat meters, flow measurement products
Culvert Cleaning Machine - cimcor.net
Imperial Flange and Fittings (orifice plates, venturi tubes, nozzles. Ben Moradian, owner. Mention LMNO Engineering)
SprinklerMart - Irrigation and sprinkler parts. Sprinklers, controllers, valves, backflow preventers, fertilizer systems, rain/freeze sensors, pipe fittings, tubing
Flowmeters.nl (flow meters - electromagnetic, thermal, coriolis, differential pressure, vortex, PD, ultrasonic, turbine, VA)
G Instruments (sensors, digital signal processing)
HACH air and liquid particle counters
Deltrol Controls (Relays, solenoids, and dispensing valves)
BakerPerkins - Biscuit, fruit snack, confectionary production and manufacturing equipment; extruders, moulders, wire-cutting machines
CULTEC - Stormwater and Wastewater Systems (chambers, headers, filters)
CIH Equipment Company (flow calibration equipment, air, particle ventilation, gas monitoring)
Universal Flow Monitors (flowmeters.com)
Stan-Cor ANSI Centrifugal Pumps - Wanner Engineering (also peristaltic and diaphragm pumps)
Superior Products (flow measurement devices such as orifice plates, venturis, nozzles. Good diagrams and explanations)
Vector Pumps (peristaltic pumps)
FlowTech Energy (industrial drilling equipment)
RS Hydro Flowmeter Consultants - Europe and UK (open channel flow meters and instrumentation)
HydraCell Industrial Pumps
Motion Control Resource (motioncontrolresource.com) - Product, service, and information directory
Rieker (inclinometers, accelerometers and tilt indication devices)
Accepta (water and wastewater treatment chemicals, water analysis equipment, laboratory testing, water test kits, pumps, dosing)
Instruments Direct (flowmeters, level control)
Centrifugal Pumps and Centrifugal Pump Manufacturers
AEP Valve Boxes - Landscape Irrigation, Golf Course Irrigation, Municipal Water, CATV, Plumbing, Telephone, and Electrical Transmission
Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic Tanks (Belding Tank Technologies)
Solenoids - Rotary and Linear Solenoids from Ledex and Dormeyer
Preso Flowmeters (pitot, wedge, venturi meters)
ValveDirectory.com (find valve suppliers and manufacturers)
Australian Dynamic Technologies (personal breath testers, coal mine gas analysis instrumentation, air pollution and breath alcohol analysis equipment)
ABM Sensor Technology (ultrasonic transducers, probes, flowmeters, pulse radars, force sensors)
Yokota Manufacturing (fluid control, liquid-gas separation, anti-corrosion)
AquaStream (Water well rehabilitation; sand suction flow control device for pumping)
Process Industries Suppliers Register (supplier directory for process and energy industries)
Pump-Flo (internet pump selection)
Hach/Marsh-McBirney (depth and velocity instruments)
Global Water Instrumentation
FlowMeterDirectory.com (flowmeter mfg's and suppliers)
Pump-Manufacturers.com (pump types, suppliers, manufacturers)
EngineerSupply.com (supplies for drafting, surveying, measuring, marking)
Master Pumps and Equipment
Lambda Square (flow meter mfg)
U.S. Pipe (ductile iron pipe)
Crane Co.
Collins Pipe and Supply
Summit Valve supplier
CONTECH Engineered Solutions (bridges, erosion control, pipe, retaining walls)
Guardian Services (fire protection)
Fluid Flow (measurement, control, and instrumentation)
FlowHow (orifice, nozzle, venturi meters - Finnish company)
Unified Machine and Design (specialty fabrication. New Jersey)
vectorpump.com (Wanner Engineering for industrial and process applications)
stancorpump.com (Wanner Engineering Hydra-Cell pumps for industrial and process applications)
parkermotion.com (Parker Hannifin motion control systems)
cleanairproducts.com (Clean Air Products - cleanrooms and cleanroom equipment)
midsouthchemical.com (water treatment chemicals for boiler, cooling, waste, and potable water products)
Wastewater Treatment (AguaChem)
ThermoWell Supply (New Zealand - temperature instrumentation for natural gas and liquids)
Spray Nozzles (China - Changyuan Spraying & Purification Tech.Co., Ltd.)
Aerotech (motion control)
engineerwarehouse.com - Engineering supplies. Surveying, drafting, construction equipment and tools
Bullseye Scale (weighing and counting equipment)

Engineering/Science Search Engines

Environment Resources GeoIndex WaterOnLine HotVsNot.com web directory OilSurvey.com (the independent oil and gas information center)

Lots of Links

Eng-Tips Forums (Technical support forums and mutual help system for engineering professionals. Selling and recruiting forbidden.)

1stEngineers.com GlobalSpec.com Kumar Links to Hydrology Resources Metal Resources Directory Water Conservation Links

Shareware

Shareware WinZip

On-line Calculators

Groundwater drawdown Theis method Omni hydraulic gradient US EPA groundwater gradient Open channel flow calculator Groundwater calculators Normal and critical depth; hydraulic jump Hydrology calculators Kaeser pressure drop with fittings Washington State Univ pipeline pressure loss Copely pressure drop TLV pressure loss, pipe sizing, velocity Pressure drop calculator Lenntech-water treatment calculators Engineers Edge Engineers Edge calculators Tank Draining (enter vessel and pipe data) Unit conversions Diameter of gas pipe for methane or ethane Kinematic Viscosity of Oils, Fuels, Liquids Oil and Gas unit conversions Pipe flow calculations Probability functions (normal, Student t, Chi Square, Fisher F) Saline water density ConvertPlus unit conversions Rigzone unit conversions Lots of unit conversions More unit conversions (calculators.org) Variety of calculators - math, science, technology Torque, springs, metals weight, finance, statistics
Hose Monster Company fire hydrant pump test hose calculator
National Weather Service normal depth from cross-section data points
Water waste calculator - enter drips or time to compute faucet leak rate
San Diego State University - hydraulics, weirs, spillways, pipes, sediment, scour, hydrology
Aerospace web Isentropic flow, normal shock, and oblique shock calculators
Binary converter, magnetic units, resistor color codes, electrical units

Useful Information

Flood safety and preparedness guide
Fix leaking toilet
CNC Machining Master Class
Technical Safety Services Certificate and Accreditation
Glossary of sensor terminology
Engineering Motion (engineering and technology videos)
PipingDesign.com (comprehensive site for all piping issues)
LightMyPump (formerly FluideDesign.com, excellent for pump information)
Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab (science experiments)
Air Dispersion forumulas and unit conversions (air-dispersion.com)
CivilDesigner.com (integrated data gathering, drawing, surface modeling and design system for civil engineering infrastructure)
ChE Plus (chemical engineering resources: spec sheets, library, spreadsheets, calculations. Enter referrer: LMNO)
List of on-line engineering programs
Home Emergency and Disaster Safety
efluids.com (fluids and flow engineering) SewerConnection Pump-Magazine.com GeoCHEM StuffInTheAir.com (air quality) Science Clarified

Commercial Engineering/Science Software

HEC-RAS (free from Corps of Engineers) HEC-HMS (free from Corps of Engineers)
Applied Flow Technology (pipe system modeling for incompressible, compressible, water hammer, steam)
PipeFlow.co.uk (Pipe flow software. If you decide to buy their software, enter Promotion Code "LMNOENG" to receive 10% discount)
Geotech Computer Systems (data management and graphics)
Production Scheduling and Production Planning Software
Piping Analysis Software for Professionals (SST Systems)
Interactive chemistry/equilibrium calculations (JESS-Australia)
SoilVision (geotechnical, geo-environmental, and soil sciences data)
Fire Flow Software (OptiWater) Fire sprinkler software ABZ Inc (pipe  networks) UKTN orifice, nozzle, venturi flowmeter software hydroxpert.com (environmental software and consulting) Pressure-Drop.com FluidFlowInfo (Resources and Software for fluid flow) Currency, time, finance, and other useful conversions G&P Engineering (Chemical Engineering Software) megaConverter (lots of interactive unit conversions) GAEA Software for geoscience and engineering KYPIPE Water Distribution Program Eagle Point HydroModel Data-Surge HydroCAD Stormwater Modeling Scientific Software MINTEQ (geochemistry software) Hydrocomp (hydrologic simulation software) Remote Data Systems (instrumentation, sensors) allyCAD.com (professional CAD package)

Science Education/Alternative Energy

Generatorguide.net (electric generators) PicoTurbine (great site for small renewable energy and educational products) HowStuffWorks.com (great site!)

Government Sites

USBR Water Measurement Manual USEPA National Climatic Data Center USDA USGS

Research Institutes

International Assn of Hydraulic Research Florida Institute for Phosphate Research

Organizations/Resources

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) ISO ASTM The Engineers' Club - On-line Services Chemical Engineers' Resource Page Ductile Iron Pipe Research Assn American Geophysical Union American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers American Society of Civil Engineers American Society for Engineering Education American Water Resources Association American Water Works Association Association of Water Technologies Canadian Water Resources Association Groundwater Foundation International Association for Environmental Hydrology National Ground Water Association Nature Conservancy Soil & Water Conservation Society Water Environment Federation The Water Page by Water Policy International (especially Africa) How to become a mechanical engineer - careers High Tech Design Safety Meniscus (process engineering, England) Heritage HVAC Contractor in New Hampshire Technalysis Engineering Software (CAE‑CFD consulting and software)

Degree Programs

Columbia Southern University. On-line programs in environmental management

Arizona State University. On-line master's degree in environmental management

Ohio University on-line masters degree in civil engineering

New Jersey Institute of Technology on-line masters degree in civil engineering

Engineering universities and degree programs.

Types of engineering degrees.

Guide to on-line engineering programs.

Another guide to on-line engineering programs.

University of Dayton, Master of Science in Renewable and Clean Energy

Fire Hydrants

FireHydrant.org Water Supply Information page at FireHydrant.org Fire hydrant links