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C-Hero

C-Hero speci? c usage, such as its tank-mounted 855 Series and new

Carver Pump naval ship systems, for example. Many of Carver’s standard products can be highly customized for speci? c OEM ap- plications, such as parts-washing systems and boiler/heat- exchanger cleaning systems. Whether the challenge is pump ef? ciency, dif? cult suction conditions or extreme environ- ments, Carver Pump will engineer a solution to meet user goals for reliability, quality and performance.

Carver Pump

C-HERO

C-HERO produces man overboard recovery products, designed by a tugboat captain, speci? cally for the tugboat

C PARVER UMP

Carver Pump is headquartered in Muscatine, Iowa, industry. Its systems allow for an underway one-person re- where its pumps are engineered and manufactured. The covery of a helpless person from the water. The company’s company, now under third-generation family ownership founder and president, Shane Smith, was born into the and commitment to American manufacturing, has been tugboat business and never left. He brings to the company 30 years’ captain experience, a wealth of on deck knowl- recognized since its inception as one of the leading cen- edge, a passion for the water and saving lives and a desire to trifugal pump companies, building to the most demand- ing engineering speci? cations and military standards in the make a difference in MOB recovery. Smith had personally world. Carver Pump has been part of every major U.S. been involved in a failed man overboard rescue attempt, and the incident drove him to create a solution: C-Hero

Navy program since World War II.

Rescue Systems, a ? rm with the mission is to get crew back

The ? rm’s is addressing challenging performance require- ments using advanced design tools: the latest solid modeling on board should they ? nd themselves in the water.

The company started with the bitt mount rescue davit and software for analyzing structural problems, and exceptional hydraulic design capabilities. It has re? ned its expertise by has grown to offer a full product line for all vessels, including delivering tens of thousands of pumps into a wide variety land-based rescues. New in 2022, two new rescue davits join of applications, routinely developing new products for very the ? agship system providing for expanded levels of capabili- 58 | MN October 2022