7.2.4 Pipe work
No stress must be imposed on the pump casing by
the pipe work; neither by the weight of the pipes
nor by the tightening of badly fitting pipes
(figure 6). All pipe worked attached to the pump
must be fully supported and the mating faces of
the pipe flanges must be parallel and all bolt holes
coinciding with each other. (see table of maximum
forces on flanges) It is important ,therefore, that
alignment of the pump and motor should be re-
checked after the pipes are finally fitted. Reset-
ting or supporting the pipes must correct any
deviation in the alignment.
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE FORCES & MOMENTS ON SCP PUMPS, FLANGES IN CAST IRON
Forces [N] and moments [Nm]
Nominal Sizes of Flanges
Forces (N) and Moments (Nm)
Flange size
50
[mm]
Each side
Fx
710
nozzle
Fy
890
Fz
580
Fr
1280
Each nozzle
Mx
460
My
230
Mz
350
Mr
620
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65
80
100
150
890
1070
1420
2490
1130
1330
1780
3110
710
890
1160
2050
1640
1920
2560
4480
690
950
1330
2300
435
470
680
1180
530
720
1000
1760
970
1280
1800
3130
Avoid stress on the pump casing
a: pump flange; b: pipe work
For difficult pumping on the suction side, to stabi-
lise the flow, a pipe length 15 times the diameter
of the suction branch should be installed before
the suction branch.
• The flow rate in the suction line or inflow line must
not exceed 2 - 3 m/s.
• Pipe velocity may need to be reduced further to
satisfy pump NPSH requirements and to control
suction pipe losses (refer figure 6).
200
250
300
350
3780
5340
6670
7120
4890
6670
8000
8900
3110
4450
5340
5780
9620
9630
11700
12780
3530
5020
6100
6370
1760
2440
2980
3120
2580
3800
4610
4750
4710
6750
8210
8540
English
400
450
500
8450
9335
10000
10230
1115
7780
6670
7335
7890
14850
16230
17650
7320
7675
7945
3660
3905
4175
5420
5725
6060
9820
10235
10775
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