Whilst in service on a plant in SA. This fluid coupling is situated between a Siemans three-phase motor and a 6”/8” 10 stage boiler feed pump. The unit was suffering from a large amount of vibration and was unable to adjust its speed....
The Re-Engineer of Case Wear Rings for Horizontal Split Case single Stage Double Suction Pump (CCW)....
One of our clients contacted us stating they were having major issues with one of their Peerless closed cooling water pumps, with the DE bearings failing....
Due to recent pump failures and the findings of both mechanical component and gasket / o-ring condition a change of seal type is recommended....
Failing of mechanical seals can have major implications on the performance of pumps. Here we look at a client whose power station has 12 booster pumps that feed their Sulzer HPT Pok30 boiler feed pumps where they have suffered numerous seal failures. ...
Swirl breaks are designed into high energy centrifugal pumps (especially modern Boiler Feed Pumps) to dampen vibrations especially at higher speeds caused by rotor dynamic forces....
Pump types come in two main categories - Centrifugal Pumps and Positive Displacement Pumps as classified according to the method of how the energy is imparted to the fluid - Kinetic Energy or Positive Displacement and again each of these categories having many pump types. Centrifugal...