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Pump Well Problem
Hello, I have been having a problem with the splines shearing on a shaft connecting a 2 hp motor to a pump. The pump is located in Brackish-salt water. It was suggested that I bring the forum to corrosion engineering and see what you materials guys can come up with. For full...- islandeng
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- Replies: 11
- Forum: Corrosion engineering
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Conception to company w/o experience
Hello, I am a recent grad just hopping around performing 'random' small engineering jobs. Basically, that just means I haven't been hired by any large engineering firms, and people that know me personally have been using my education and paying me for what I have learned. This has been...- islandeng
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- Replies: 20
- Forum: Engineer Business Practices and Issues
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Well Pump Problem
Hello all, I am an engineer for a small island in the southern West Indies (about 140 miles north of Venezuela). We have been having a continual problem pumping brackish water to our watermaker. The splines on the spline shaft shear off, allowing the motor to run at no-load speed until...- islandeng
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- Replies: 31
- Forum: Pump engineering
