Course Description

This 32 hour course offers intensive insight into industrial pump troubleshooting and repair. The participant will gain knowledge in pump maintenance, alignment and disassembly as well as predictive and preventive maintenance of industrial pumps. The workshop includes instructor led student labs on instructor's trainers as well as pumps provided by the participants from their plants.

Course Length

32 hours

Objectives

Persons successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Identify different types of pumps and the applications of each.
• Disassemble, troubleshoot, and repair a centrifugal pump.
• Perform basic pump alignment

Topical Outline

1. Positive Displacement Pumps
   1. Gear Pumps
   2. Lobe Pumps
   3. Piston Pumps
   4. Vane Pumps
   5. Diaphragm Pumps
   6. Non-Positive Displacement Pumps
2. Centrifugal Pumps
   1. Pump Laws of Operation
   2. What is Pump Head Pressure
   3. Sizing a pumps impeller
   4. Speed and diameter required to do the job
   5. Disassembly, troubleshooting and repair of centrifugal pumps

3. Correcting Pump Alignment