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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
Thank You
for purchasing a Gorman-Rupp
AirMate
T
Automatic Air Release Valve.
Read this
manual
carefully to learn how to safely install and
operate your equipment. Failure to do so could re-
sult in personal injury or damage to the pump.
This Installation, Operation, and Maintenance
manual is designed to help you achieve the best
performance and longest life from your Gorman-
Rupp Air Release Valve.
The Automatic Air Release Valve is designed to in-
crease the priming efficiency of your Gorman-
Rupp self-priming centrifugal pump by venting air
from the pump during the priming cycle. After the
pump is fully primed, the valve automatically
closes and remains closed until the pump stops,
then re-opens in preparation for the next priming
cycle.
The valves are compatible with a variety of liquids,
since the primary material of construction is glass-
reinforced polyester, with diaphragms and elasto-
mers available in Buna-N, EPDM and fluorocarbon
(DuPont Viton
r
or equivalent). The valves can be
applied in systems ranging from 3 to 400 feet of dis-
charge head.
If there are any questions regarding the pump or
its application which are not covered in this man-
ual or in other literature accompanying this unit,
please contact your Gorman-Rupp distributor or:
The Gorman-Rupp Company
P.O. Box 1217
Mansfield, Ohio 44901−1217
Phone: (419) 755−1011
or:
Gorman-Rupp of Canada Limited
70 Burwell Road
St. Thomas, Ontario N5P 3R7
Phone: (519) 631−2870
The following are used to alert maintenance per-
sonnel to procedures which require special atten-
tion, to those which could damage equipment, and
to those which could be dangerous to personnel:
Immediate hazards which WILL result in
severe personal injury or death. These
instructions describe the procedure re-
quired and the injury which will result
from failure to follow the procedure.
Hazards or unsafe practices which
COULD result in severe personal injury
or death. These instructions describe
the procedure required and the injury
which could result from failure to follow
the procedure.
Hazards or unsafe practices which COULD
result in minor personal injury or product
or property damage. These instructions
describe the requirements and the possi-
ble damage which could result from failure
to follow the procedure.
NOTE
Instructions to aid in installation, operation, and
maintenance or which clarify a procedure
.
