Chock Blocks for Pump Baseplates
Chock Blocks for Pump Baseplates
(OP)
I am currently involved with a project that requires a new centrifugal pump / driver to be installed in one area short term, then re-located to a permanent location within a year. One of the project engineers was inquiring about using chock blocks for the initial install, so the removal and relocation is possible in the coming year. I have seen this type of grout & block technique advertised by Chockfast involving insdustrial diesel engine mounting, but I haven't seen this applied to an API pump. Has anyone done something like this? Do you have any guidelines? I've looked in API 610 for some guidance on this (including whether or not it would allowed), but I haven't been able to find anything. Any help is appreciated.





RE: Chock Blocks for Pump Baseplates
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"Pumping accounts for 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25-50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities."-DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
RE: Chock Blocks for Pump Baseplates
RE: Chock Blocks for Pump Baseplates
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"Pumping accounts for 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25-50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities."-DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
RE: Chock Blocks for Pump Baseplates
Johnny Pellin
RE: Chock Blocks for Pump Baseplates
Pipeline pumps are usually also skid mounted for easy transport to some pump station in never-never land, and then the larger permanently mounted ones are grouted under the rails right up to the engine and pump base plates (ask for groutfill & escape ports) with epoxy grout. We usually don't want the permanently placed units walking around much.
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"Pumping accounts for 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25-50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities."-DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/