Centrifugal pump manufacturer for agriculture, industrial, and municipal applications
Cornell Pump designs and manufactures centrifugal pumps across agriculture, industrial, mining, municipal, oil/gas, and rental sectors. The tech stack reveals a hardware-centric engineering operation—PLC, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Modbus, RS-485, and embedded systems (Assembly, C/C++, DSP)—paired with enterprise resource planning (Epicor, SAP) and emerging cloud SCADA integration. Active projects around cloud-based SCADA configuration and real-time reporting automation suggest a shift toward remote monitoring and operational visibility, while pain points around CAD processes, component obsolescence, and tariff management point to manufacturing complexity and supply-chain pressure.
Cornell Pump has manufactured centrifugal pumps since 1946, initially founded by five former Pacific Pump Company employees who built a service-focused operation. The company evolved from repair expertise into purpose-built irrigation pumps (Rain-O-Flow line, 1949) and now serves six major verticals: agriculture, industrial, mining, municipal, oil/gas, and equipment rental. With 201–500 employees based in Clackamas, Oregon, Cornell operates a vertically integrated model with in-house fabrication, service, and parts inventory. Current hiring is concentrated in customer support (7 roles) and engineering (3 roles), reflecting a customer-service-led business model alongside ongoing product development.
Engineering tools include AutoCAD, SolidWorks, and Inventor for design. Manufacturing and control uses PLC, SCADA, Modbus, RS-485, and embedded systems (Assembly, C/C++, DSP, ARM, x86). Operations rely on Epicor ERP, SAP, Power BI, and Excel.
Active projects include cloud-based SCADA platform integration for customer sites, real-time reporting automation, and high-value mechanical and manufacturing initiatives. Pain points suggest focus on improving CAD workflows, reducing component obsolescence, and enhancing field issue resolution.
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