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Centrifugal
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Overhaul

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Rip Smith
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CENTRIFUGAL PUMP OVERHAUL

Loosening gland follower This interactive training unit is designed to familiarize trainees with basic procedures for overhauling a centrifugal pump

Holding rotor assembly

After completing this unit, trainees should be able to describe preparations for a centrifugal pump overhaul, procedures for disassembling a centrifugal pump and inspecting its parts, and procedures for reassembling the pump.  Wearing ring calculation

Objectives

Preliminary Steps

  • Describe general preparations for a centrifugal pump overhaul.
  • Describe safety precautions that should be taken as part of
    preparing to work on a centrifugal pump.
  • Describe a procedure for removing the upper half of a
    horizontally split centrifugal pump casing.
  • Describe a procedure for preliminary inspection of the internal
    parts of a centrifugal pump.

Disassembly and Assembly

  • Describe a procedure for disassembling the internal parts of a
    centrifugal pump.
  • Identify the parts of a centrifugal pump to be inspected and
    state what to look for in each part.
  • Describe how to measure the clearance between a casing
    wearing ring and an impeller.
  • Explain how to determine if casing wearing rings are round.
    Describe the procedure for performing a shaft runout test.

Reassembly

  • List steps that are commonly taken in preparing to reassemble
    a centrifugal pump.
  • Describe a procedure for reinstalling an impeller.
  • Describe a procedure for reassembling and reinstalling a rotor.
  • Describe a procedure for reassembling the casing of a
    centrifugal pump