THE SUBMERGED CARGO PUMP Cargo purging Pressure

connection transmitter

Local control
The Framo cargo pump is a vertical single stage centrifugal pump valve
The hydraulic high
powered by a hydraulic motor for safe and efficient operation. pressure pipe is located
inside the low pressure Speed torque
All our cargo pumps are made in stainless steel material and return oil pipe. control valve
designed with a smooth and easy-to-clean surface with a limited The entire hydraulic
section is separated Cargo
number of flanges which gives a superior ability to pump any liquid. from the cargo by discharge valve
a cofferdam ventilated
to atmosphere.
Stripping valve
The cargo pump has
a built-in hydraulic Top plate

motor connected to Resilient

Exhaust trap
the impeller by a short mounting

independent shaft.
Motor, shaft and Cofferdam Deck trunk
purging
bearings are lubricated
and cooled by the
hydraulic driving oil.
Cofferdam
check pipe

Cargo
Cofferdam
stripping pipe
pipe

Hydraulic
return pipe
Cargo pipe

Hydraulic
pressure pipe

Hydraulic
motor

Bearings

Design features
• Vertical single stage, single suction impeller, axially
balanced
• Robust hydraulic drive with short and stiff drive shaft
• Fail-safe design; Lubrication and cooling of pump
by the hydraulic driving oil medium
• Pump material stainless steel
• Concentric hydraulic pipes for maximum safety
• Cofferdam, ventilated to atmosphere, protecting
the entire pump
• Mechanical seal against hydraulic oil
• Double lip seal against cargo, only exposed to
static pressure
• Anti-rotation brake; loading through pump
• Smooth pump exterior; self draining and easy to clean
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Performance The pump design allows operation with Anti-rotation
The Framo cargo pump is easy to a minimum of liquid in the tank which brake
operate. The hydraulic drive provides saves time spent for drainage and tank Mechanical
for a remote and local stepless capacity cleaning. The Framo cargo pump has oil seal
Impeller
control through the Speed Torque a built-in efficient stripping system.
Control (STC) valve on the pump’s top Cargo seals
Volute
plate. The cargo pump can pump Condition based maintenance casing
Sleeve
anything liquid, regardless of specific Seal monitoring is performed from
Suction
weight or viscosity. the cargo pump top plate by purging well Wear rings
the cofferdam.
It is impossible to overload or to over-
speed the pump. The STC valve auto-­ Replacement of wear and tear parts
matically regulates hydraulic oil pressure is easily done from inside of the tank
and flow to the hydraulic motor according without interfering with the hydraulic
to the given discharge situation. section.