YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO SUBMERSIBLE PUMP MAINTENANCE
Audex manufactures submersible pumps that last longer, for an energy-efficient, more productive lifetime than standard clean-water pumps generally do. However, like any heavy-duty equipment asset, correct installation and a planned maintenance program is essential to optimise the pump’s working life.Get more news about Submersible Pump Seals,you can vist our website!
When considering your company’s approach to maintenance, the cost of maintenance needs to be weighed against the cost of pump failure, and also the impact on daily energy costs. Pumps that are operating at their peak will be more cost-effective to run than those with heavily worn parts. Here, we seek to present an overview of best practice advice whilst identifying the most important elements of maintenance. It’s understandable that a pump that is only run now and then might not warrant as much attention as a process-critical pump that needs to continuously run. However, auxiliary or randomly used pumps will still need to be checked and tested at intervals to ensure they have not deteriorated over time.
Where a pumping operation is part of site safety (such as a mine), or critical to high-value output, it’s common to find more than one pump connected to the system to allow for redundancy, known as ‘duty standby’. In these cases, the pumps will run through a periodic cycle; one pump is running, whilst the other is being serviced or held ready to operate.
The Audex, SlurryPro, LSM and Toro pumps we supply are known for longevity and Atlantic Pumps are able to react quickly to service or replace pumps and their parts within a very short time period. Whether you choose to run a more reactive or a fully preventative program for any given pump, planning ahead is vital to prevent excessive downtime and an unexpected spike in costs.
Proper pump maintenance can significantly extend the lifetime of your submersible pump. Submersible pumps spend their working life submerged in water, often handling dirty, aggregate and sand-laden slurries - so regular inspections, oil changes and replacement of worn parts are very important.
The recommended weekly, monthly and annual maintenance tasks will depend on a few factors; mainly the working conditions, and the pump model. Check your pump’s operating manual, but generally you’ll want to consider inspecting following on a regular basis:
Submersibles are a complex type of pump, as they have to be sealed against water leakage into the motor, even at the greater pressure of water at down to 30m depth. For many duties, they more than compensate for the extra engineering involved through greater energy efficiency and ease of operational use.
If you are having problems with your submersible pump, check out this detailed troubleshooting guide from Audex.
Due to the aforementioned complexity of how a submersible works, full pump servicing and repair work often has to be carried out in a dedicated workshop. Such pump repair centres have the necessary equipment to change bearings and do other specialist pump refurbishments.
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