PumpIQ

S5 System · Guided DIY · Perth, Western Australia

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How do you know a pump is cavitating if it still makes its flow?

You do not, and that is precisely why cavitation is expensive. A centrifugal pump that is cavitating still makes head and still makes flow, because the vapour bubbles collapse just past the impeller eye rather than stopping the machine. The damage is cumulative and quiet: the imp

2026-11-07