| CD-ROMs
and Software |
| Centrifugal
Pump Repair: Principles and Troubleshooting - This lesson
introduces the components and operating principles of a typical
centrifugal pump. Normal
operating conditions for the pump are described and guidelines for
troubleshooting excessive leakage, excessive temperature, and loss of
capacity/loss of head are provided. |
| Centrifugal
Pump Repair: Disassembly, Inspection, and Reassembly - This lesson demonstrates
how to disassemble, inspect, and reassemble
a typical end-suction pump. The locations
and functions of pump components are
described as well as procedures for
measuring and inspecting pump parts,
and the steps for checking impeller
clearance. General
guidelines for installing a mechanical
seal are also provided. |
| Industrial Hydraulic Power: Hydraulic
Pumps, Pumping Principles, and Accumulators - This CD-ROM
covers hydraulic pumps and accumulators. The
lesson
shows and explains the functions of
pumps in hydraulic systems and the
operating principles of different types of pumps. Common
maintenance procedures performed on pumps, procedures for inspecting
and monitoring pump efficiency, operating principles of different types
of accumulators,
and pre charging accumulators are also
covered. |
| Videos |
| Centrifugal Pumps - Video
covers centrifugal pumps, preoperational checks, valve
lineup and venting, start-up and loading,
graphing pump characteristics, cavatation,
air binding, and pump shutdown procedure. |
| Centrifugal Pumps, Part 1 -
First video
in this set provides students a pump
description and information on pump
maintenance, disassembling the casing,
removing the rotating element, inspecting
the casing, and disassembling the
rotor. |
| Centrifugal Pumps, Part 2 -
Part two covers measuring packing sleeves, measuring
impellers and wearing rings, measuring
the shaft, inspecting seal and bearing
parts, and measuring bearing oil clearance. |
| Centrifugal Pumps, Part 3 -
Part three
covers assembling the rotor, installing
the rotor, measuring sleeve bearing
oil clearance, and assembling the
bearings. |
| Centrifugal Pumps, Part 4 -
This final
part covers assembling the casing,
tightening casing studs and/or bolts,
installing packing, and test operating
the pump. |
| Packing and Seals, Part 1 -
Video will teach you how to remove conventional valve packing, install
valve packing, remove chevron packing, install preformed chevron
packing,
and how to perform graphite ring packing. |
| Packing and Seals, Part 2 -
The second video in this set covers fabricating graphite ring packing,
removing pump packing, installing pump packing, removing,
disassembling,
and inspecting a mechanical seal,
assembling and installing a mechanical
seal, and types of mechanical seals. |
| Positive Displacement Pumps -
Topics
include positive displacement pumps;
principles of operation; preoperational
checks; start-up; periodic checks;
shutdown; reciprocating pumps. |
| Pump and Compressor Maintenance Video Set
- This 13 tape series covers centrifugal pumps, air compressors and
blowers,
centrifugal air compressors, and packing
and seals. |
| Specialized Centrifugal Pumps
- Video
covers pump disassembly, shaft and
bearing removal, shaft and impeller
inspection, pump reassembly, setting
pump impeller clearance, mechanical seal installation, and setting
vertical pump impeller clearance. |
| Troubleshooting Centrifugal Pumps
- Video
covers troubleshooting steps and diagrams,
bearings, gland leakage, and pump
head and capacity. |
| Troubleshooting Positive Displacement
Pumps
- Covers seal failure, knocking, and
loss of capacity. |
| Vacuum Pumps, Air Ejectors,
Strainers, and Traps - Covers vacuum pump operation, starting
an air ejector, periodic checks and shutdowns, strainers, putting a
standby basket
into operation, cleaning the strainer
basket, and steam traps. |
| Training Aids |
| ANSI
Pump Cutaway - This sectioned industrial
centrifugal pump allows for convenient
classroom training in the operation,
construction and maintenance of this
common piece of process equipment. |
| Books |
|
Charge Pump Circuit Design -
The first-ever guide to
designing and implementing charge pumps for today's
low-cost, high-performance mobile devices.
|
|
A Millwright's Guide to Motor Pump Alignment
-
This second edition is
the result of over 38 years of hard work and many
thousands of hours of writing, testing, retesting, and
testing again the alignment related formulas the author
has developed on his own. |
|
Fluid Mechanics with Engineering Applications - This book is for civil
engineers that teach fluid mechanics both within their
discipline and as a service course to mechanical
engineering students. |
|
Handbook of Pumps and Pumping - Written by an
experienced engineer, this book contains practical
information on all aspects of pumps including
classifications, materials, seals, installation,
commissioning and maintenance. |
|
Incompressible Flow
Turbomachines - The primary
purpose of this book is to provide an integrated overview
of incompressible flow turbomachines and their design, in
this case pumps and turbines. |
|
Practical Pumping Handbook -
This book is a practical account of pumping,
piping and seals starting with basics and providing detailed but accessible
information on all aspects of the pumping process and what can go wrong with
it.
|
|
Predictive
Maintenance of Pumps Using Condition Monitoring -
This book shows how condition monitoring can be
applied to detect internal degradation in pumps so that appropriate
maintenance can be decided upon based on actual condition rather than
arbitrary time scales. |
|
Profile of the International
Pump Industry - The report includes a detailed five-year
review of mergers and acquisitions, and a Top 20 Table, ranking the
leading pump manufacturers by estimated pump sales. |
| Pump
Application Desk Book - This fully
updated guide will help you solve the
problems associated with all types of pump
applications. |
| Pump Handbook - A comprehensive
overview of the pump, the second most common machine in use today,
surpassed only by the electric motor. Newly revised, this is the one
and only reference book on the design, application, specification,
purchase, operation, and maintenance of pumps
of all kinds. |
|
Pumping Station Design - Written by 44 authors with expert input from
141 other contributors for manufacturers, utility managers, design engineers
environmental engineers and all involved in the design of pumping stations,
this book provides expert information. |
|
Slurry Systems Handbook -
Here is expert, comprehensive coverage of slurries
and slurry systems, covering everything from fluid mechanics and soil
classification, to pipeline, plant and pump design and materials selection
criteria for wear resistance. |
|
Stormwater
Collection Systems Design Handbook -
This handbook, written by
leading experts, is the most comprehensive,
state-of-the-art coverage on the design of storm water
collections systems.
|
|
Troubleshooting Centrifugal Pumps And Their
Systems -
This book guides the reader through diagnostic pathways leading to logical
explanations for the malfunctions and their correction. |
|
Water Pumps and Pumping Systems - This much-needed reference provides comprehensive,
detailed coverage of pump application and pumped water
systems as well as a sound working overview of pump
design.
|
|
Water Wells and Pumps -
A comprehensive guide to the
essential theory and design of ground water
structures, wells/tube wells, and pumps,
with particular emphasis on problem solving
and meeting the requirements of developing
nations. |
