KSB Magnochem-Bloc, Installation & Operating Manual

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5 Installation at Site
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Magnochem-Bloc
5.4 Connecting the piping
5.4.1 Connecting the piping
DANGER
Impermissible loads acting on the pump nozzles
Danger to life from escaping hot, toxic, corrosive or flammable fluids!
▷ Do not use the pump as an anchorage point for the piping.
▷ Anchor the pipes in close proximity to the pump and connect them properly
without transmitting any stresses or strains.
▷ Observe the permissible forces and moments at the pump nozzles.
(
ð Section 5.4.2, Page 25)
▷ Take appropriate measures to compensate for thermal expansion of the piping.
CAUTION
Incorrect earthing during welding work at the piping
Destruction of rolling element bearings (pitting effect)!
▷
Never earth the electric welding equipment on the pump or baseplate.
▷ Prevent current flowing through the rolling element bearings.
NOTE
Installing check and shut-off elements in the system is recommended, depending on
the type of plant and pump. However, such elements must not obstruct proper
drainage or hinder disassembly of the pump.
ü Suction lift lines have been laid with a rising slope, suction head lines with a
downward slope towards the pump.
ü A flow stabilisation section having a length equivalent to at least twice the
diameter of the suction flange has been provided upstream of the suction flange.
ü The nominal diameters of the pipelines are at least equal to the nominal
diameters of the pump nozzles.
ü Adapters to larger diameters have a diffuser angle of approximately 8° to
prevent excessive pressure losses.
ü The pipelines have been anchored in close proximity to the pump and connected
without transmitting any stresses or strains.
CAUTION
Welding beads, scale and other impurities in the piping
Damage to the pump!
▷ Remove any impurities from the piping.
▷
If necessary, install a filter.
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Observe the information in ( ð Section 7.2.2.2, Page 48) .
1. Thoroughly clean, flush and blow through all vessels, pipelines and connections
(especially of new installations).
2. Before installing the pump in the piping, remove the flange covers on the
suction and discharge nozzles of the pump.
3. Check that the inside of the pump is free from any foreign objects. Remove any
foreign objects.