The Sureflow Blog

We March With The Dog!

Here is another custom order of Cone Strainers being delivered for a start-up project in Kuwait. The largest Cone / Start-up / and sometimes people refer to these strainers as "witches' hats" / which we supplied was a 42-inch temporary strainer. As the Sure Flow...

Bowling for Business

At least that's the official justification for this extracurricular event! The first "Sure Flow vs Stritt & Priebe Bowling Tournament" held recently in Buffalo, NY was a striking success. As the teams laced up their bowling shoes and got down to business, great...

Our Annual Visitors

Every year our pair of Canadian Geese returns to our facility to start a new family. It's amazing, the instinct of animals that migrate to destinations like Florida and then return to the exact locations. It is as though they like our strainers and check valves, or is...

Fond Memories

I came across this photograph on the weekend. It's a picture of Mike Robinson and myself at an old fashioned barbecue in Mobile, Alabama about 10 years ago. We lost Mike to cancer on September 11, 2004. Mike was our Check Valve specialist. He worked with Wafer, or...

Ski Day 2008

Well, on February 22, 2008, we attended Ski Day at Craigleith Ski Club in Collingwood, Ontario. The weather was perfect and skiing couldn't have been better. In the photo, from left to right: Peter Luchowski, Joe Lawrence, John Zuber, Greg Brownstein, myself (nickname...

WHOC — World Heavy Oil Congress 2008 Show

Sure Flow Equipment Inc. is proud to be an exhibiter at this premier international technical and business conference and exhibition specializing in the heavy oil industry, featuring top executives and presentations from around the globe. Sure Flow Temporary Cone...

They Are Not Pretty Pictures!

But, we are not into good looks. When it comes to Cone Strainers, Temporary Strainers, Start-up Strainers, Basket Strainers, Plate Strainers or sometimes "Witches Hats" (I believe I have covered all the nomenclature), we maintain same day delivery on standard...

Best Advice Ever

Some thoughts to consider when you need a break from the world of pipeline valves and strainers: Best Advice Ever: A Dog's Purpose From A Six Year Old Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners,...

Bronze Wafer Check Valves

Not a normal stock item for Sure Flow, but for several decades, to fulfill special requirements, we will cast Aluminum Bronze Wafer or Dual Disc Check Valves. These valves are commonly used in the marine industry - Naval or offshore and are great for seawater...