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Centrifugal Pumps Design and Application 2nd ed - Val S. Lobanoff, Robert R. Ross (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992)

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132 <strong>Centrifugal</strong> <strong>Pumps</strong>: <strong>Design</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Application</strong><br />

Figure 9-14. Vertical pump assemblies (courtesy BW/IP International, Inc.<br />

Pump Division, manufacturer of Byron Jackson/Unit<strong>ed</strong> <strong>Pumps</strong>).<br />

bricat<strong>ed</strong> <strong>and</strong> the other bearings lubricat<strong>ed</strong> by the pump<strong>ed</strong> liquid. This design<br />

lends itself well to smaller pumps with up to 18-inch bowl diameter<br />

<strong>and</strong> 2-inch shaft diameter. However, the following limitations must be<br />

not<strong>ed</strong>:<br />

* Taper collet mounting of impellers, depending on shaft diameter <strong>and</strong><br />

material combinations, is only recommend<strong>ed</strong> for h<strong>and</strong>ling liquids from<br />

0°F to 200°R The same temperature limitation applies to semi-open<br />

impellers.<br />

* A grease lubricat<strong>ed</strong> bottom bearing is only recommend<strong>ed</strong> for ambient<br />

temperature water service; otherwise, lubrication with the pump<strong>ed</strong> liquid<br />

should be us<strong>ed</strong> with filtration when requir<strong>ed</strong>.

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