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Please click on the following links for technical information of your interest in the boiler and pump industries we serve:
Boiler Topics
Important ASME CODE Changes.
On January 1, 1999 ASME, Section I Power Boiler Code began requiring documentation
and hydrostatic testing of all external piping.
Do
You Maintain A Boiler Log?
A boiler log provides a written record of the boiler operating conditions
on a given day and at a given time. Download or print a free copy.
Energy
Saving Tip
Monitor your boiler stack temperature to ensure optimum efficiency and
reduce fuel costs.
Cleaver Brooks Service & Maintenance Library Archive Protecting your
boiler room investment means expert service and maintenance.
Cleaver
Brooks Service & Maintenance Library Archive
Protecting your boiler room investment means expert service and maintenance.
Technical
Literature from Cleaver Brooks
The Boiler Care Handbook is designed as a guide to reinforce the most
important aspects of your boiler manual. The Boiler Emissions Reference
Guide is a multi-purpose tool, which is intended to give you a clearer
understanding of how boilers fit into the clean air equation. The Efficiency
Facts Booklet is designed to clearly define boiler efficiency. The Boiler
Guide is the foremost guide on all aspects of boiler room equipment. Request
your free copy.
Preventive
Maintenance Steps For Your Boiler
Five preventive maintenance steps to keep your boiler room operating at
peak efficiency —eliminating avoidable emergencies that can lead to costly
downtime and increase your boiler's lifetime.
Pump Topics
Pump
Fundamentals Content Index
This is a reference from Goulds for pump fundamentals and applications,
mechanical and motor data, hydraulic data, properties of liquids, and
conversion factors.
Centrifugal
Pump Fundamentals
Introduces basic information on head, capacities, speeds, Affinity Laws,
Pump and System Curves
Pump
Application Guide
Information on material selection, piping design, field testing, vibration
analysis, Vertical and Self-priming pump guidelines
Water
Data
Water properties, resistance coefficients and steam data
Properties
of Liquid
Viscosity, solids and slurries and vapor pressure
Paper
Stock
Covers the special considerations involved in handling paper stock and
other fibrous suspensions
Mechanical
Data
Various dimensions, weights, capacities and comparisons
Motor
Data
Enclosures, speeds, frame data, currents, terms and conversion factors
Conversion Factors and Engineering Data Description
Pump Operation and Maintenance Description
- Safe Operation of Mag Drive Pumps
- Plain Bearings made with Silicon Carbide
- Centrifugal Pump Operation without NPSH Problems
- Fluoropolymers in Chemical Plant Construction.
Calculate
Total Dynamic Head & Net Positive Suction Head
The two most critical values that must be calculated for a pump system
are Total Dynamic Head (TDH) and Net Positive Suction Head (NPSH). A simple
guide to these calculations is provided.
Horizontal
End Suction ANSI Pumps, Foundation and Baseplate Issues
A summary of the issues surrounding the importance and criteria for properly
setting and installing pump baseplates and foundations is presented.
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