Bombas Ideal, S.A.
7.- HANDLING
For handling the equipment appropriate lifting and transport systems complying with
safety norms should be used.
-Avoid instability which could be caused by wrongly positioning the product.
-The product should be handled with care and circumspection. Use suitable lifting
in compliance with the safety provisions in force. In particular:
-Use belts to harness the pump and line shaft sections, making sure that the load is stable
when lifted.
-To lift the electric motor, use the specific eye bolts prepared for that purpose
-When lifting and handling the engine, refer to the use and maintenance manual provided with it
TAKE NOTE
Never use the lifting points of the electric motor alone to move the machine, even when only
partially assembled.
8.- SET UP AND INSTALLATION
8.1.- Inspection
Knowing the place where the pump is to be set up shall enable us to assess the operating conditions which
its various parts are going to be subject to.
For drillings, both the inner diameter and a perfect uprightness are factors which shall enable the pump to
be hung on the head under identical conditions to those which are the case for an open well or tank.
Our standard pumps have been designed and constructed for lifting clean and cold water. Sand and mud
adversely affect the optimum performance of the installation and when these matters show up in a well, the
result is a premature wear down and even the destruction of the materials which they are in contact with, in
an incredibly short period of time.
Find out the well static and dynamic levels i.e. the water level with the pump being shutdown and the level
at which it is stabilized again when in operation. This shall enable us to assess the sinkability at which the
pump is operating and obviate any air intake when this level lowers to an insufficient height over the
strainer.
These levels are commonly measured by electric depth finders even though such other means as air
injection can be utilized. This consists of a previously set up small diameter tube which upper end is fitted
with both a pressure gauge and an air valve, which is in turn fed by an air pump.
Another quite indispensable operation to be carried out prior to assembly is just to ballast with a suitable
weight a rope and let it go down the well bottom. This way, the pump will be kept from getting into the mud.
The joists (6) which shall back up the assembly entirely, is to be anchored on a suitable foundation work.
Nevertheless, every care shall be taken to respect both its parallelism and levelling as accurately as
possible. This is an operation of paramount importance if a correct performance of the installation is to be
achieved.
Examine the lifting mechanism which should be provided for the assembly and disassembly of the pumps.
8.2. Tools and Accessories
The installation is assumed to be fitted with a lifting mechanism. It shall be rated with the necessary
capacity for the assembly and disassembly of the pumps (stationary or bridge crane, tripod or joist with
shroud, pulley block, etc.) as well as the following accessories and tools (These accessories are supplied
on request only) ;
Set of special clamps (see detail 5)
Set of braces (see detail 8)
Joists
Tools used for assembly
Star and flat spanners.
Allen and pipe wrenches.
Oil or grease for ball bearings.
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