Pumps and Standards since 1917: The Hydraulic Institute

<body LEFTMARGIN="0" TOPMARGIN="0" MARGINWIDTH="0" MARGINHEIGHT="0"> <p><a HREF="public/abouthi/home.htm">About HI</a> -- <a HREF="public/pump_resources/home.htm">Pumps</a> -- <a HREF="public/news/home.htm">News</a> -- <a HREF="public/e-store/home.htm">e-Store</a> -- <a HREF="public/membership/home.htm">Join HI</a> -- <a HREF="public/member_services/home.htm">Members</a> -- <a HREF="public/organization/home.htm">HI Org</a></p> <p>The mission of the Hydraulic Institute (HI) is to serve member companies and pump users by providing product standards and a forum for the exchange of industry information.</p> <p>Today, most major U.S. pump manufacturers are active members. Together they work through the Institute to assure that:</p> <p>HI is the industry's primary forum for the exchange of pump industry information for management decision-making.</p> <p>HI is an influential participant in the setting of domestic and international standards.</p> <p>HI is acknowledged worldwide as the spokesperson for the North American pump industry HI is financially sound.</p> <p>The Hydraulic Institute is a non-profit industry (trade) association established in 1917. HI and its members are dedicated to excellence in the engineering, manufacture, and application of pumping equipment.<br> The Institute has a leading role in the development of pump standards in North America and worldwide. HI standards are developed within guidelines established by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). HI members work through a number of technical committees to develop draft standards. The Institute uses the ANSI Canvass Method, involving pump users and other interested parties to reach consensus on published standards. HI standards are developed to define pump products, installation, operation, performance, testing, and pump life and quality. ANSI/HI standards are widely referenced in other standards such as those of API, AWWA, ANSI B73, and more and are accepted throughout North America and applied worldwide.<br> In the United States the Institute is the Secretariat for the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for ISO/TC-115, the international committee responsible for writing pump standards. HI, in this regard, is responsible for developing U.S. positions on draft international standards. The Institute also serves as Secretariat to ISO/TC-115 Subcommittee 3 (SC 3). SC 3 is responsible for Pump Installation and Operation, with an initial workgroup focus on Air Operated Pumps, Viscosity Correction and Pump-Piping Guidelines.<br> HI maintains formal relationships with a number of organizations, representing the interests of the pump industry.<br> HI has a formal relationship with Europump, an association of 18 national pump associations in Europe. The HI/Europump Mutual Cooperation Agreement was created to foster:<br> Sustained contacts among manufacturers and staff<br> Consistent communications with pump users on technical matters<br> Harmonization of worldwide statistical data on pumps and<br> Trans-Atlantic and transnational business relationships<br> HI and Europump are co-sponsoring the first International Pump Users Forum in Karlsruhe, Germany from October 10-12, 2000 with a theme focused on Life Cycle Costs of Pumps. Both organizations are working together to write a new Guide to Life Cycle Cost Analysis for Pumping Systems to be available in late 2000. Significant progress has been made on global harmonization of statistics, with Europump issuing its first Order Intake survey in early 2000 - consistent with similar HI statistical reports. HI and Europump members<br> The Hydraulic Institute has a long-standing relationship with the United States Department of Energy (DOE). HI was a Charter Partner of the Motor Challenge Program, focused on reducing industrial energy consumption and green house gasses. With support from the US DOE, the Institute developed a comprehensive educational program on Energy Reduction in Pumps and Pumping Systems. HI has supported user training programs and workshops, co-authored technical articles and industry sourcebooks and actively encouraged its members to become Allied Partners with Department of Energy Office of Industrial Technology (OIT). HI will become an Allied Partner with DOE OIT in May 2000.<br> HI has technical liaison relationships with a number of other organizations, including:<br> American Bearing Manufacturers Association (ABMA)<br> American Petroleum Institute (API)<br> American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)<br> American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)<br> American Waterworks Association (AWWA)<br> Fluid Sealing Association (FSA)<br> International Organization for Standardization (ISO)<br> National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)<br> National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)<br> Submersible Wastewater Pump Association (SWPA)<br> Past Presidents<br> Member of the Year Awards Recipients<br> HI Pump Standards<br> User Guide: Life Cycle Cost Analysis<br> HI Organization<br> HI Technical Committees<br> HI Meetings<br> HI/Europump Mutual Cooperation Agreement<br> International Pump Users Forum<br> <br> This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them. 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