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SECTION I
INTRODUCTION
This manual contains instructions for installation, operation and maintenance for your
FLOWSERVE Centrifugal Pump. The instructions are written for the use of personnel with a
general training in the operation and maintenance of Centrifugal Pumps.
Your pump has been designed to provide safe and reliable service. However, it is both a pressure
vessel and a piece of rotating machinery so that operators must exercise good judgement and
observe correct safety practices to avoid damage to the equipment and surroundings and to
prevent personal injury.
The pump has been designed for the duty specified in the customers order. F.P.D should be
consulted prior to any significant change of duty.
1.1
Safety
It is assumed that your safety department has established a safety programme based upon a
thorough analysis of industrial hazards. Before installing and operating or performing maintenance
on the pump and associated components in this manual, it is suggested that the safety
programme be reviewed to ensure that it covers the hazards arising from high speed rotating
machinery.
It is also important that due consideration be given to those hazards which arise from the presence
of electrical power, hot oil, high pressure and temperature liquids, toxic liquids and gases,
flammable liquid and gases. Correct installation and care of protective guards, shut down devices
and over pressure protection equipment should also be considered an essential part of any safety
programme.
Also essential are special precautionary measures to prevent the possibility of applying power to
the equipment at any time when maintenance work is in progress. The prevention of rotation due
to reverse flow should not be overlooked.
In general, all personnel should be guided by all the basic rules of safety associated with the
equipment and the process.
1.2
Installation, Operation and Maintenance Safety Procedures
In the following safety procedures you will encounter the words
WARNING, CAUTION
and
NOTE
.
These are intended to emphasize certain areas in the interest of personal and satisfactory pump
operation and maintenance. The definitions are as follows:
WARNING
: An operating procedure, practice, etc, which if not correctly followed, could result in
personal injury, or loss of life.
CAUTION
:
An operating procedure, practice, etc, which, if not correctly observed, could result
in damage to, or destruction of equipment.
NOTE
:
An operating procedure, etc, which is essential to highlight.
These safety procedures are to be used in conjunction with the installation, operation and
maintenance instructions contained in the pump manual.