4th Annual Pumps Hands-on Maintenance and Reliability Conference

 (PumpTec-2008)

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Sponsored by U.S. Technology Center of Pumping Machinery in consortium with leading pump manufacturers

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

September 22-23, 2008

 

 EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

PUMPS

 

· Training on a variety of pump types, styles and makes

· Technical, lots of hands-on, and busy

· See the pumps at the internals, attend hands-on training sessions

· Assemble pumps, learn pumps troubleshooting methods

· Equipment reliability improvement techniques and life extension

· Efficiency improvements and energy savings methods

· Gain new skills, and leave having gained real knowledge, ready to implement at your facility and in your career

· 1.6 Continual Education Units (CEU) and a Pump Training Certificate of Attendance

 

Program Objective: to provide Plant Maintenance, Reliability and Engineering professionals working with pumps with a “rapid-deployment” -  hands-on training exercises, specifically designed to reinforce pump theory, applications and pump repair and maintenance techniques. Industries involved: power generation, water and wastewater, chemical and petrochemical plants, hydrocarbon processing, paper mills, marine and navy, and general industries. Practical and pragmatic training for a pump novice, and an excellent refresher for the old-timers.

 

Monday, September 22

 

8:00 – 11:30  Session #1 “Centrifugal Pumps”:    

·         End-Suction (Lev Nelik, Pumping Machinery, LLC)

o        Theory and hands-on, re-assembly of single-stage end suction ANSI centrifugal pumps. Learn to read and interpret pump performance curves, head-capacity, efficiency, power, impeller trim effect on performance, affinity laws NPSH, cavitation/recirculation issues. Design features evaluation, applications, troubleshooting methods, performance testing of two sample pumps operating in parallel mode and plotting performance curves

   

 

·         Double-Suction (Pete Noll, Peerless/LaBour Pump)              

o        Hands-on re-assembly of a double suction horizontally split case centrifugal pump. Rotor assembly, design variations and effects on reliability

 

·         Verticals (Rick Silcox, Peerless/LaBour Pump)  

o        Open versus enclosed lineshaft designs; repair techniques and upgrades; cavitation – how to avoid it and what to do about it if you can’t; reassembly of a small vertical pump and importance of impeller-to-case lift clearance for larger units; reverse engineering your pump installations for maximum reliability; bearing design configurations and materials for maximum reliability in “difficult” applications; OEM parts versus duplicates; materials selection for problem avoidance; common problems with vertical turbine pumps and what to do about them; sump design and submergence / turbulence considerations; register fits and clearances, lateral clearances and wear rings; foundation design and vibration – how to reduce

 

11:30 – 12:00 Lunch

 

12:00 – 3:00 Session #2 “Bearings and Lubrications” (Steve Young, MRC / SKF Bearings; Roy Forson, Alabama Power, and Norman Rice, Real Services)        

  • Bearing failure modes (skidding, preload, overheating)
  • Lubrication methods (grease, oil, mist).
  • Fundamentals of Lubrication
  • How lubricants work
  • Additives and what they do
  • Oil Analysis and Interpretation
  • EHL (Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication) and why it is important to bearings and gears
  • Synthetic Lubrication
  • Proper lubrication of bearings and couplings
  • Storage and Handling of lubricants

      

 

3:00 – 6:00 Sessions #3 “Alignment and Vibrations Fundamentals” (Mike Keohane, VibrAlign, and John Visotsky, Chairman of Vibration Institute, Atlanta Chapter)

·         Fundamentals of alignment: straight edge, dial indicators, laser

·         Pumping-to-pump alignment

·         Motor-to-pump alignment

·         Overall vibration level limits versus FFT spectral analysis; interpretation of amplitude-frequency versus amplitude-time wave form

·         Field case examples

 

Tuesday, September 23

 

8:00 – 12:00: Session #4 “Positive Displacement Rotary Pumps” (Jim Brennan, IMO, Colfax Pump Group); Reggie Light, Alweiler, Colfax Pump Group); and John Petersen, Viking (IDEX Pump Group)

·         3-screw pumps

·         progressing cavity pumps,

·         gear pumps: applications

·         design feature comparison and hands-on assembly work; viscous versus thin-fluid pumping; reliability and troubleshooting procedures

    

 

Luncheon Presentation (12:00 – 1:00):

The John Martin Story  - an Incredible Personal Story

John Martin, Maintenance & Engineering Training Coordinator, Equipment Reliability - Planning and Scheduling Practices and Impact on Safety

“My objective is to present ideas that change the way you think about safety” - John Martin

 

Studies have confirmed that there is a strong correlation between reactive maintenance and safety incidents. This presentation will discuss a case study on the importance of planning and scheduling work to avoid safety incidents. This is a true story about Attitudes, Behaviors & Consequences. John tells his story and shares the consequences of taking unnecessary risks on the job.

 

John Martin is a 35 year veteran of the construction and manufacturing industries. In 1984, John was seriously injured in an industrial accident and received chemical burns over 70% of his body and chemical burns to both eyes. Through medical technology and sheer determination, John has overcome his life changing injury. In recent years, John has earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Work Place Education from Southern Illinois University. In 1998, John was selected to guide the mill-wide implementation of the Aubrey Daniels’ Behavioral Based Safety process. John has presented at major companies and conferences to include BIC Corp., Rock Tenn, International Paper, Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Rohm and Haas, Colgate Palmolive, Behavioral Safety Now Conferences, Pulp and Paper Safety Association Conference, ASSE 2005 PDA in New Orleans, and the Mid South BBS Conference. His presentation topics include:

“Anatomy of an Accident/ THE JOHN MARTIN STORY”

“Moving Your Safety Process from a Reactive Program to a Preventive Process”

“Building Safety into Work Processes”

“Using Root Cause Analysis on Near-Miss Incidents”

 

1:00 – 4:00 Session #5 “Mechanical Seals versus Seal-Less Pumps” Wayne Boyd, Chesterton; Dan Pelon, (Mag-Drive) Sundyne Corporation Mag-Drive Pumps

·         Overview of mechanical seals and packings; actual hands-on exercise of setting of a component seal and comparing with a cartridge seal assembly procedures

·         Mag-drive pumps

·         Canned-motor pumps

 

                                                           

           

To register and for more information:

Attendee REGISTRATION FORM

 

Exhibitor/Presenter REGISTRATION FORM (6-foot tabletops will be available for your displays. Call Ann Gilbert at 770-242-5955 for shipping logistics (Ehibitor Equipment Shipping Form Details) of any bulky material. Setup time is after 7pm Sunday, September 23, and removal at 5pm Tuesday, September 25 upon conference conclusion. To view hotel information, conference rooms, including live video tour visit www.hisatlanta.com)

 

Phone: 770-310-0866

DrPump@PumpingMachinery.com

 

 

 

www.PumpingMachinery.com

 

Attendance Cost: $500 if registered before January 15, 2008;   $800 after January 15, 2008

Exhibitors Cost: $1500 before January 15, 2008;   $2500 after January 15, 2008

 

PumpTec-2008 Advisory Committee:

*       Dr. Lev Nelik, P.E., Pumping Machinery, LLC, Pump-Tec Conference Chairman

*       Danny Adams, Flygt Pumps – Submersible Pumps section

*       Jim Brennan, (retired) Imo Pump (Colfax Pump Group) – Rotary Screw Pumps section

*       Charlie Cappellino, Goulds Pump – Centrifugal Pumps section

*       Scott Champlin, Pumping Solutions, Inc. – Pump Distributors section

*       Jim Coryell, Inpro Seals – Bearings & Lubrication section

*       Tom Day, Milton Roy – Metering Pumps section

*       John Dunlap, Colonial Pipeline – End User Perspectives

*       Roy Forson, Alabama Power – Bearings & Lubrication

*       Mike Grant, Peerless Pump – Vertical Pumps section

*       Frank Huntington, John Crane Inc., - Mechanical Seals

*       Mike Koehane, VibrAlign – Vibrations & Alignment section

*       Jim Langley, Nikkiso Pumps – Seal-less (canned motor) Pumps section

*       John Martin, Safety Consultant – Safety section

*       Woody Nepa, Inpro Seals – Bearings & Lubrication section

*       Pete Noll, Peerless/LaBour Pump – Vertical Pumps and Split-Case Pumps section

*       Dan Pelon, Kontro Pumps (Sundyne Corporation) – Seal-less (mag-drive) Pumps section

*       John Petersen, Viking Pump (Idex) – Rotary Gear Pumps section

*       Pat Prayne, Goulds Pump – Centrifugal Pumps section

*       John Purcell, Roper Pump – Progressing Cavity Pumps section

*       Frank Resmondo, Georgia Power / Southern Companies – Power Generation section

*       Norman Rice, Real Services – Bearings & Lubrication section

*       Alexandra Ferretti, Pumps & Systems Magazine – Media section

*       Jim Siebolt, Allweiler (Colfax Pump Group) – Progressing Cavity Pumps section

*       John Visotsky – Vibrations & Alignment section

*       John Waddington, City of Atlanta Water and Waste Water Treatment – Municipal Sector section

*       Glenn Wetzel, Georgia Power / Southern Companies – Power Generation section

*       Steve Young, MRC/SKF Bearings – Bearings and Lubrication section