Looking for pump isolation feet
Looking for pump isolation feet
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I'm looking to mount some large equipment on a concrete pad and the owner wants to isolate the equipment vibration from the concrete so the concrete does not powder over the years. Any suggestions for existing vendors of such isolation or shock absorbing systems?





RE: Looking for pump isolation feet
You don't say what type of pump it is, or whats driving it, however what a company I worked for recently used to do
was mount the pump and driver onto a frame, which if required could have vibration isolation on the frame.
The frame was then bolted to the concrete floor with foundation bolts.
regards
desertfox
RE: Looking for pump isolation feet
http://www.barrycontrols.com/defenseandindustrial/
Ted
RE: Looking for pump isolation feet
RE: Looking for pump isolation feet
Well I found there website and they claim these pumps run with low vibration and noise.
Anyway if you go to this site it shows a picture of one of these pumps mounted on a frame with vibration isolators.
http://www.busch.co.uk/p-ContactFree-Cobra.asp
You could contact them and see if they can help, to my knowledge, I think you have to know how much vibration you have in terms of displacement and or frequency before you can match vibration mounts.
regards
desertfox
RE: Looking for pump isolation feet
That's a big piece of equipment to have essentially no foundation. I'll bet the torque pegs the feet every time it starts, or does the torque load its putting on the pipe hold it in place?
http://virtualpipeline.spaces.msn.com
"What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, its what we know for sure" - Mark Twain
RE: Looking for pump isolation feet
In my opinion, you client is best served by purchasing the "normal and customary" equipment mounting scheme offered by the equipment vendor.
If necessary, have the vendor contact the client directly, and have whatever performance guarantee is necessary developed by the client.
If the vendor has been mounting his equipment a certain way for decades and can show many examples of the proper mounting with long equipment life, you can perhaps get your client to agree or back down.
Also, investigate the cost of vibration monitoring equipment added as part of the package. Ensure that the equipment vendor can give you setpoints for normal, and emergencey levels of vibration.
My thoughts only..
-MJC