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3- UNPACKING, HANDLING and STORAGE
3.1-
Unpacking
• Check whether the package has been damaged during transportation.
• Remove unpackaged pump and accessories (if any) carefully. Check whether they have been damaged
during transportation.
• If any damage has occurred during transportation, notify SERVICE DEPARTMENT,
STANDART
POMPA
and SHIPPING COMPANY about it immediately.
• Check whether all materials in the shipping list have been delivered. If there is any missing article,
advise SERVICE DEPARTMENT,
STANDART POMPA
.
• Remove the liquid inside the pump, for preventing corrosion due to transportation.
3.2- Handling
3.2.1- General warnings
• Follow the rules at work to prevent occurrence of any accidents.
• Wear gloves, steel-tooled shoes and helmet during handling.
• You may use forklift, crane or hoisting ropes to lower wooden crates, packages, pallets
or boxes depending on volume, weight and construction of them.
3.2.2- Lifting operation
- Total weight and centre of gravity,
- The largest outer dimensions, and
- Location of the lifting points.
• The load lifting capacity should comply with the weight of the pump or pump group.
• The pump or pump group should always be lifted and handled horizontally.
• Never stand under or near the load being lifted.
• Do not keep the load lifted longer than necessary.
• Accelerating and braking operations during the hoisting should not be performed in such a way that
may be dangerous for the working personnel.
The pump or pump group should be hoisted as shown in the
Figure 1a
or
Figure 1b
in order to avoid
from any deformation. (When the group is hoisted as a whole, never use the suspension hook of the
electric motor.
ATTENTION
• Determine the following points prior to lifting and handling the pump or pump and
motor group on the joint frame.
Fig 1b.
Pump and motor
Fig 1a.
Bare shaft pump
