Industry-Leading Education and Training

At Vaughan Company, we take pride in having extensive experience and insight in our industry. And we love to share this with our customers (current & future!). Below are our upcoming and past sessions. If you have a topic you'd like us to consider presenting, please drop us a line! We'd love to hear your ideas.


Available Courses:

BY-PASS THE COMPETITION: AVOIDING CLEAN-UPS WITH PORTABLE PUMPS

Portable pumps play a very important role in today’s waste water management. During this live webinar, you will learn how having a reliable pumping solution in your fleet can help you avoid many costly and messy cleanups.

Join the Vaughan team as we look at portable pumps in use across the country, talk through the number of offerings and configurations available to help in the field. We'll also save time for the popular Q&A session.

Here's what you'll learn:

  • System design considerations and applications for portable by-pass pumping
  • System components included in a Vaughan Dry Prime Portable Pump Package
  • How Vaughan Chopper Pumps can improve by-pass pumping operations

FOAMING AT THE MOUTH – A DISCUSSION ON THE CAUSES (AND SOLUTIONS) FOR COMMON FOAMING ISSUES

Foaming is a common and frustrating issue for many digesters, and diagnosing the cause can feel like an exercise in futility at times. During this 30-minute webinar, we discuss the different sources of foaming issues, common misconceptions and bad practices, and methods for foaming management. We also save time for live Q&A with process and product specialists to answer your questions.

Here's what you'll learn:

  • The different sources of foaming: Biological, Physical, and Operational
  • How common misconceptions and reactions can fail to treat the underlying cause
  • How foam suppression using Vaughan’s Foambuster® can alleviate foaming concerns

DEALING WITH INDIGESTION – HOW TO KEEP YOUR DIGESTER HAPPY AND HEALTHY

Maintaining a stable and healthy digestion process is key to maximizing the beneficial use of biosolids and keeping solids disposal costs low. Digester upsets can quickly become very costly, and both process design and operation play an important role in reducing 'indigestion'. During this 45-minute webinar, we discuss the digestion process, how mixing plays an important role in process stability and how to diagnose and treat common digester ailments.

Here's what you'll learn:

  • A deeper understanding of anaerobic digester biology and the digestion process
  • How to apply best practices to maximize digester performance and improve process stability
  • How proper mixing design plays an important role in the success of a digester

THAT’S NOT A DIGESTER! – HOW TO MIX BLEND TANKS, STORAGE TANKS, EQ BASINS, & MORE

Not all tanks are Digesters. Blend Tanks, Storage Tanks, EQ Basins, and others are all important but distinct in their use and design. Designing mixing for these applications needs to match the function of each tank. During this 45-minute webinar, we discuss the role and differences between the different tanks in a Solids Handling process, how these differences impact the design of the mixing system for each, and how to quantify the design requirements when specifying mixing capacity.

Here's what you'll learn:

  • How to characterize tanks within a solids handling process
  • The impact each type of tank has on the mixing system design
  • How to properly specify mixing system performance to ensure optimal operation

WIPES! DESIGNING FOR THE NEW SEWAGE REALITY

Modern sewage problems require modern pumping systems that can handle the new wave of wipes, trash, and other solids that bring havoc to collection systems and treatment plants.

During this 45 minute webinar, we discuss how to efficiently prepare for the future of waste and how to handle the challenges that come with the new sewage reality.

Here's what you'll learn:

  • How wastewater characteristics have changed in the age of WIPES and the impact on pump station design, maintenance, and operational resilience.
  • How to assess the true costs of current mitigation practices (capital costs, maintenance costs, impact on downstream operations and treatment efficiency).
  • How Vaughan Chopper pumps and accessories can improve lift station performance and reliability in this new era of wipes.

IT’S IN THE MIX! – MIXING IT UP WITH VAUGHAN ROTAMIX PROCESS MIXING SYSTEMS

Whether it’s a Digester, Sludge Storage Tank, CSO Basin, or FOG Tank, Vaughan Rotamix is your go-to process mixing system solution. Join the Rotamix team as we discuss the Rotamix mixing advantage, how heavy-duty construction and the Vaughan Chopper Pump ensure Unmatched Reliability, and how design flexibility can meet even the most challenging applications. With over 2500 systems installed worldwide, you can trust Rotamix: It’s in the Mix!

Here's what you'll learn:

  • How Vaughan Rotamix process mixing systems work
  • How superior constructions provides Unmatched Reliability
  • How experience and Computational Fluid Dynamics ensure mixing performance

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