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KNF USA Donates to Children's Medical Center, Dallas, TX

MARCH 8, 2010

Please accept the heartfelt thanks of all at Children's Medical Center for the auction item(s) you so generously donated to the VWR International Denim and Diamonds Auction party held in Dallas, Texas earlier this year. Through the support of friends like you, Children's has provided remarkable medical care to the children of North Texas and beyond for nearly a century. Making quality health care available to all children makes a difference in their individual futures. Determined to do even more to make life better for children, our institution is driven by a sense of responsibility and a zeal for quality. Each day at Children's brings triumphs, challenges, and opportunities for discoveries that improve the lives and health of thousands of children and their families each year. Your gift of a Garmin Nuvi GPS device contributed to the $40,000 collected during the evening of the Denim and Diamonds live and silent auction. These funds have been directed to the needs of the Cancer and Blood Disorders department at Children's, one of the nation's premier pediatric specialty programs dealing exclusively with children who have cancer and hematologic disorders. Again, we thank you for supporting Children's mission and adding to the health and well being of our children. Your generous gift has made an impact on Children's, its employees and patients and families.

Sincerely,

Sheila Long
Development Coordinator
Office of Development

2009 Holiday Participation

On December 18, 2009, two of our employees drove to the Marines' Toys for Tots pickup center and delivered two large containers of toys and a brand-new bicycle donated by KNF's employees for their Toys for Tots program. The mission of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted. We would like to thank every employee who participates in this very worthwhile program every year.

KNF Invests Heavily in NJ Plant Expansion, Innovative Design and Manufacturing Techniques in 2009

November 2009 TRENTON - The newly expanded USA headquarters facility and manufacturing plant for KNF Neuberger, Inc. introduces key industry innovations in design and production enabling highly streamlined and efficient parts storage, material flow, and product assembly.  The facility in Hamilton Township, NJ (near Trenton) manufactures standard and custom diaphragm pumps for air, gases, and liquids as solutions for OEM, Process, and Laboratory applications.  The latest expansion increases the site’s total footprint by 56% to more than 50,000 sq. ft.
KNF constructed the facility in 1994 and has expanded four times in response to business growth.  Approximately 100 employees hold quality jobs at this location, and over 40% of them have been with the company 10 years or longer. All enjoy an excellent work environment, pay and benefits.
Among noteworthy innovations, a computerized “vertical parts storage” system minimizes required floor space and maximizes access with sophisticated software and controls; implementation of a lean manufacturing process flow for an array of individual product lines allows for customization; and a range of improvements in material flow contribute to enhanced inventory management and timely manufacturing.  A fully equipped machine shop, featuring several automated CNC machines, (left) ensures that the highest parts quality is maintained in-house.

KNF Neuberger, Inc. is a wholly-owned operating company of parent KNF Neuberger GmbH, whose world headquarters is in Germany’s Black Forest Region.  KNF pioneered the design of solid PTFE resin pumps to handle applications utilizing aggressive gases or liquids, owns more than 300 patents, and remains the technology leader in air, gas, and liquid pumps.

KNF Miniature Pumps Blast into Space On-Board NASA Students Rocket

Plantation High School (FL) qualifies for national contest

Plantation High School's Space Technologies and Engineering program has been accepted by NASA to participate in the 2009 Student Launch Initiative (SLI). In this event, teams must engineer and construct a reusable rocket that reaches an altitude of 1 mile (5,280 feet) while carrying an experimental payload.

The main objective of our experimental payload is to determine what kind of baffle system is the most effective in reducing sloshing by measuring the amount of water pumped through various systems, explains Adam Sheikh, Payload Lead for the project. The main theory is that sloshing reduces the efficiency of pumps by allowing air to be pumped rather than water. Therefore, less water moved can be equated to a less efficient baffle system. This is similar in concept to the liquid fuel rockets that NASA uses in actual Space Flight.

In order for the experiment to be considered successful, all pumps must initiate at the same time and the water must start flowing immediately. Additionally, each pump must not malfunction or pump a different volume than the others. Of the most importance, however, is the ability to clearly read and record the results of the experiment upon retrieval of the rocket.

In the experiment, the control will be in the form of a container with no baffle system at all. The variables will include a container with vertical baffles, and another container with a bladder-like baffle system. To measure the amount of fluid pumped through each system, each container's fluid will be pumped to a corresponding receptacle. The amount of fluid in each receptacle will determine the baffle systems' efficiency in comparison to the control, respectively.

South Plantation High School is now a NASA Explorer School – one of only 50 schools in the nation honored with the designation and one of only three high schools to be selected. The program will open many exciting opportunities for students, their parents and school staff by providing $17,500 in grant money and, more importantly, access to NASA resources. Students and teachers will have an opportunity to work side-by-side with top NASA engineers, scientists and astronauts. The goal of the program is to increase student interest in the STEM-G fields (science, technology, engineering, math and geography).

Update:

May 3, 2009 Davie, VA - The rocketry club recently beat out more than 500 teams nationwide to qualify for the national finals of the Team America Rocketry Challenge. They prepped backup rockets Saturday for the May 16 competition in The Plains, Va.

Project students asked for KNF support to donate some small pumps to use for the experiment on-board their rocket.

http://www.sphsengineering.com

http://www.rocketcontest.org

THE TEAM: Adam Sheikh - Assistant Project Manager, Payload Lead, Construction Assistant, Steven Gilmore - Safety Manager
Ahmed Sheikh - Assistant Payload Manager, Tai Van - Chief Project Manager, Scott Holman - Assistant Construction Lead, Welton Golaub - Assistant Safety Manager, Construction Assistant, Jonathan Grant - Outreach Lead, Michael McKay - Construction Lead

Another KNF Laboratory Pump pressed into Service at the Annual NJIT Chemistry Olympics

A new KNF filtration pump, model N816.3KTP was donated to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) for use at their Annual New Jersey Chemistry Olympics, held on May 21, 2008. The New Jersey Chemistry Olympics was established with the goal of improving the quality of chemistry education through the introduction of high-level problem solving and expanded laboratory experiences.

"The students in the competition were asked to measure the vapor pressures of various liquids and with physical property data had to determine which liquid they had been given. The pump was very useful for evacuating the system and equalizing levels in a u-tube to establish the vapor pressure. The teachers had not seen a pump like this and were impressed with its performance. Once again thank you for the generous donation to the competition", according to Reginald PT Tomkins, PhD, department head. " After the Olympics event, the chemistry department will put the pump to good use in the chemistry lab."

KNF USA Celebrates Building Our 1,000,000 Pump

Pictured left to right: Eric Pepe, Manager, Sales & Marketing, Don Sakiey, Assistant Machine Shop Supervisor,
Juergen Strauss, Production Manager, Jim Kelly, Shipping, Tom Kelly, Production Supervisor,
Jutti Parekh, Production Supervisor. All are 20+ year veterans at KNF Inc.

August 7, 2007 marks a momentous day in the history of KNF Neuberger, Inc. as it builds its one-millionth pump – the N813.4. This milestone pump was built with an advanced, KNF-built brushless DC motor, which features compact size, minimal EMI/RFI, and has no brushes to wear. It also includes a custom motor controller that features remote speed and on/off control, which allows an instrument’s logic circuits to determine pump performance. This pump is installed in KNF’s customers’ portable medical instruments, analyzers, or wherever compact performance and low-maintenance is required.“Reaching this milestone in 30 years shows the excellent response by our customers to the innovation and values that KNF has to offer”, says Eric Pepe, Sales & Marketing Manager.

“Our customers told us that they need both the highest quality and responsive customer support to meet their roadmap to higher product efficiency and lower cost of ownership. With a recently-expanded, full-service production facility, including the installation of our fourth CNC machine, we can provide proven quality products with applications assistance and technical support, avoiding the quality problems associated with outsourcing. Whether the customer is deciding to do business with us for the first time or is making a repeat purchase, we guarantee they will receive the highest quality, most innovative products, backed by the best possible after-sales support.”