Figure 14: Correct
Figure 15: Incorrect
2.
Use suction pipe one or two sizes larger than the pump suction, with a reducer at the suction
flange. Suction piping should never be of smaller diameter than the pump suction.
3.
Reducers should be eccentric at the pump suction flange with sloping side down and horizontal
side at the top (Fig. 16, 17, 18).
3.6 Piping
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