Adapter
y
Conn
ects a
n
d alig
n
s the p
ow
er e
n
d
of
a
n
ANSI pump t
o
the
w
et e
n
d.A.N.S.I.
Sta
n
dard
y
America
n
Nati
on
al Sta
n
dards I
n
stitute. A set
of
speci
f
icati
on
s (e
nv
el
o
pe dime
n
si
on
s)
fo
r ce
n
tri
f
ugal pumps ma
n
u
f
actured i
n
the U
n
ited StatesA.P.I. gla
n
d
y
A seal gla
n
d that i
n
c
o
rp
o
rates a
non
sparki
n
g disaster bushi
n
g al
on
g
w
ith a
v
e
n
t a
n
d drai
n
c
onn
ecti
on
(que
n
ch), a
n
d a
f
lushi
n
g c
onn
ecti
on
.A.P.I. Speci
f
icati
on
s
y
America
n
Petr
o
leum I
n
stitute Speci
f
icati
on
s. Usually ad
o
pted by
o
il re
f
i
n
eries
fo
r petr
o
leum applicati
on
s. I
n
cludes seal gla
n
d a
n
d pipi
n
g rec
o
mme
n
dati
on
s.Abs
o
lute pressure
y
Atm
o
spheric pressure added t
o
gauge pressure.Acti
v
e metal
y
A c
o
rr
o
si
on
resista
n
t metal that has
no
t bee
n
passi
v
ated. The pr
o
tecti
v
e
ox
ide layer has
no
t
fo
rmed.A
ff
i
n
ity la
w
s
y
They predict h
ow
capacity, head a
n
d h
o
rsep
ow
er are a
ff
ected by cha
n
ges i
n
thece
n
tri
f
ugal pump impeller diameter
o
r sha
f
t speed.Air i
n
gesti
on
y
Air is c
o
mi
n
g i
n
t
o
the stu
ff
i
n
g b
ox
because
of
a
n
egati
v
e sucti
on
pressure.Alig
n
me
n
t
y
The ce
n
ter li
n
e
of
the pump is per
f
ectly alig
n
ed
w
ith the ce
n
terli
n
e
of
the dri
v
er (usuallya
n
electric m
o
t
o
r).Alpha si
n
tered
y
A type
of
silic
on
e carbide that d
o
es
no
t c
on
tai
n
silica.
Ambie
n
t heat/pressure
y
The heat
o
r pressure i
n
the area
w
here the equipme
n
t is l
o
cated.A
nn
eali
n
g
y
T
o
s
of
te
n
the metal by heati
n
g it t
o
a predetermi
n
ed temperature s
o
me
w
here bel
ow
itsmelti
n
g p
o
i
n
t.A
no
dize
y
A treatme
n
t used
on
alumi
n
um t
o
put a hea
v
y stable
f
ilm
of
ox
ide
on
the metal sur
f
ace.A
n
ti-
f
ricti
on
beari
n
g
y
Usually re
f
erri
n
g t
o
a ball
o
r r
o
ller beari
n
gApplicati
on
y
A descripti
on
of
the
f
luid a
n
d
o
perati
n
g c
on
diti
on
s that
w
e are tryi
n
g t
o
pump
o
r seal.Atm
o
spheric pressure
y
At sea le
v
el, atm
o
spheric pressure is 14.7 psi.AVS Sta
n
dard
y
A
n
o
ld,
o
bs
o
lete sta
n
dard that has bee
n
replaced by the A.N.S.I. sta
n
dard.
Back plate
y
Us
ed in
som
e centrifugal pu
m
p
s
t
o
p
os
iti
o
n the
s
tuffing b
ox
and pr
ov
ide an i
m
pellerwear
s
urface.
Back pull
o
ut pu
m
p
y
A
de
s
ign that all
o
w
s
the wet end
o
f the pu
m
p t
o
be left
o
n the piping when thep
o
wer end and adapter are re
mov
ed.
A
.N.S.I. pu
m
p
s
are de
s
igned thi
s
way.
Back t
o
back d
o
uble
s
eal
y
T
he r
o
tating
s
eal face
s
are facing in
o
pp
os
ite directi
o
n
s
.
T
he w
o
r
s
t p
oss
iblec
o
nfigurati
o
n. In the pa
s
t thi
s
ter
m
wa
s
u
s
ed t
o
de
s
cribe a higher barrier fluidpre
ss
ure between dual
m
echanical
s
eal
s
.
Balanced
s
eal
y
A
de
s
ign in which the
s
eal face cl
os
ing area i
s
reduced t
o
l
o
wer the cl
os
ing f
o
rce, andreduce the heat generati
o
n between the face
s
.
Balance Rati
o
y
A
70/30 balance rati
o
m
ean
s
that 70%
o
f the
s
eal face cl
os
ing area i
s
s
eeing the
s
tuffing b
ox
pre
ss
ure and 30% i
s
n
o
t
s
eeing the pre
ss
ure.
Ball bearing
y
C
o
n
s
i
s
t
s
o
f an inner race, an
o
uter race, and a
s
erie
s
o
f ball
s
between the
m
. Oftencalled a preci
s
i
o
n
o
r anti fricti
o
n bearing.
Bar
y
M
etric ter
m
f
o
r
o
ne at
mos
phere
o
f pre
ss
ure.
Barrier fluid
y
T
he high pre
ss
ure fluid that i
s
circulated between tw
o
m
echanical
s
eal
s
.
T
he fluid
s
h
o
uld enter the b
o
tt
om
and lea
v
e the t
o
p t
o
pre
v
ent air p
o
cket
s
.
Ba
s
e plate
y
T
he pu
m
p and
mo
t
o
r
mo
unt
o
n thi
s
unit.
T
he pu
m
p and
mo
t
o
r feet cl
os
e
s
t t
o
thec
o
upling
s
h
o
uld be d
o
weled t
o
the ba
s
e plate.
Bay
o
net
y
T
he
m
echanical
s
eal dri
v
e lug
s
wear int
o
the dri
v
e
s
l
o
t
s
and pre
v
ent the
s
eal face
s
fr
om
mov
ing f
o
rward t
o
c
om
pen
s
ate f
o
r wear.
Bearing
y
Supp
o
rt
s
the r
o
tating
s
haft and all
o
w
s
it t
o
turn with a
m
ini
m
u
m
a
mo
unt
o
f fricti
o
n.
C
o
uld be either
s
lee
v
e
o
r anti-fricti
o
n type
Bell
o
w
s
y
C
an be
m
anufactured fr
om
m
etal
o
r n
o
n
m
etallic
m
aterial
s
t
o
eli
m
inate fle
x
ing,r
o
lling
o
r
s
liding ela
s
t
om
er
s
in
m
echanical
s
eal de
s
ign
s
.
Bell
o
w
s
plate
y
A
thin,
s
ta
m
ped di
s
c.
T
w
o
are welded t
o
gether t
o
f
o
r
m
a c
o
n
vo
luti
o
n.
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