BPMA News

BPMA MEMBERSHIP GROWS AS TRAINING EVOLVES

DUE TO THE CONTINUING DISRUPTION caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, the Association’s Pump Fundamentals training course, originally developed as a one-day classroom-based session, is being conducted online as a live webinar for the foreseeable future.

Delivered over a series of three 3-hour sessions, the course is ideal for those who understand pumping basics and are looking to further enhance their technical knowledge and understanding.

The Association has also added a new course to its training programme addressing the increasingly important area of pump maintenance and repair. The content was developed with representatives from member companies comprising AESSEAL, Altecnic, Eriks, NOV, Secure Meters, Siemens, WEG, Wilo UK & Xylem UK.

The two-day course has been designed to provide attendees with the essential and generic knowledge of pump repairs and maintenance. It examines the implications of repair and replacing a part with a partial or complete overhaul and covers the importance of building in a scheduled or preventative maintenance routine that will help prolong a system’s life.

The course will be CPD approved, and its first delivery is scheduled for 23rd & 24th June 2021. Further information on this and other training from the Association is available from Steve Smith on 0121 601 6691 or by email at s.smith@bpma.org.uk.

NEW MEMBERS

Four new companies have signed up to become members of the BPMA in recent weeks.

Water Automation Technology is a UK based OEM manufacturer, importer, and distributor of innovative automation and IOT (telemetry) solutions designed to make water automation easy and less reliant on technicians.

Family-owned Maher is a longestablished steel stockholder and processor specialising in high-strength, high-performance alloys. Martin Sprocket and Gear UK manufactures power transmission components, material handling products and industrial hand tools with capabilities in machining, fabrication, forging, casting, powdered metal technology and injection moulded plastic.

Croydon-based GMT Electrical Services is a long-established service and repair business working in the key areas of pump repair and installation, motor rewind, single and three-phase electrical motor repair, gearbox repair and installation, along with a wide range of fan repair and installation activities.

And finally, the Government’s most recent announcements around the easing of Coronavirus restrictions have forced the postponement of the Association’s annual golf day. This popular event will now take place on September 2nd at the St.Pierre Marriott Hotel & Country Club in Chepstow, with further details available on the BPMA website www.bpma.org.uk.