The Sureflow Blog
Onshore – Offshore – Fixed – Floating, Always Ahead of the Technology Curve
If someone told you they worked for a company that made “industrial valves and strainers” what probably wouldn’t immediately come to mind is ‘high tech.’ Even with the image of our products being used in manufacturing processes, Sure Flow remains a vital part of a...
Velocity and Viscosity – The Reality of Pressure Drop with Strainers
Pressure drop is defined as the difference in total pressure between two points in a fluid carrying network. Pressure drop occurs when frictional forces, caused by the resistance to flow, act on a fluid as it flows through the pipe....
On the Road Again – If You Aren’t Challenging Your Suppliers, You Aren’t Trying Hard Enough
You have no doubt noticed that at Sure Flow we seem to talk a lot about some of our big fabrication projects. We also like to show photos of these products being fabricated, and being tested, and being loaded on to trucks. The reason is pretty simple. It’s because...
Providing Solutions Throughout the Globe – BWH150 Carbon Steel Strainer with Davit
Why are companies from other continents searching out products designed, engineered, fabricated, and tested by Sure Flow Equipment? I think the answer is obvious, clearly we’re exceling at what we do. No one makes industrial valves and strainers like Sure Flow! This...
Dispatches from the Skipper – Sure Flow Equipment’s CEO
Sure Flow Equipment Inc. was founded three decades ago and is both a U.S. and Canadian Corporation. Privately owned by me, John L. Wordsworth, and passionately encouraged by my team, Sure Flow Equipment continues to be the leader in the production of industrial valves...
How I Spent My Summer Vacation – In the Coolest Place Ever (The Sure Flow Fabrication Shop)
If you’re one of those people who likes being in a productive, industrial kind of setting, with forklifts whizzing around, sparks flying from grinders and the flashing light from welders, then Sure Flow Equipment is a wonderful, magical kind of place to be. Things are...
Doing Our Best to Eliminate All Those Variables
It’s that time of year! Lots of sunshine, lots of green, and the smell of fresh cut grass. Some of us who commute to our jobs even get to see farmers in the fields as they cut hay. Watching a farmer deal with the challenges of growing food can give you a real...
John Hamilton – It’s Always About the Team
When we interviewed John Hamilton for this employee profile, other employees kept getting in the way. First I had to hear about Sean Taylor and his progress over the years in the strainer fabrication department. Then I had to meet Lucas DaCosta and learn about his...
If It Ain’t Broke – Continuous Quality Improvement in the Sure Flow Machine Shop
Sure Flow Equipment has a two-pronged approach to our successful business model. The first is to provide customers with the highest quality valves and strainers for their production processes. Some of these are standard products that we have in our warehouse, ready to...
Sure Flow Equipment – Part of Many Communities
Sure Flow Equipment belongs to a lot of communities. We are part of the business community. We are a part of the industry that produces products to move liquids and steam, safely, in a variety of processes. And we don’t lose site of the fact that we are also part of...