API Standard 610 / ISO 13709

As a guide, a pump is considered self-venting if the nozzle arrangement and the casing configuration permit sufficient venting of gases from the first-stage impeller and volute area to prevent loss of prime during the starting sequence. 5.4.3.11 All of the purchaser s connections shall be accessible for disassembly without requiring the pump, or any major part of the pump, to be moved.

5.5

External nozzle forces and moments

5.5.1 Steel and alloy steel horizontal pumps and their baseplates and vertically suspended pumps shall be designed for satisfactory performance if subjected to the forces and moments in Table 4. For horizontal pumps, two effects of nozzle loads are considered: Distortion of the pump casing (see 5.3.3 and 5.3.4) and misalignment of the pump and driver shafts (see 6.3.5). 5.5.2 Allowable forces and moments for vertical in-line pumps shall be twice the values in Table 4 for side nozzles. 5.5.3 For pump casings constructed of materials other than steel or alloy steel or for pumps with nozzles larger than DN 400 (NPS 16), the vendor shall submit allowable nozzle loads corresponding to the format in Table 4. Table 4 Nozzle loadings
SI units Nominal size of flange (DN) u 50 Each top nozzle FX FY FZ FR Each side nozzle FX FY FZ FR Each end nozzle FX FY FZ FR Each nozzle MX MY MZ MR 460 230 350 620 950 470 720 1 280 1 330 680 1 000 1 800 2 300 1 180 1 760 3 130 3 530 1 760 2 580 4 710 5 020 2 440 3 800 6 750 6 100 2 980 4 610 8 210 6 370 3 120 4 750 8 540 7 320 3 660 5 420 9 820 890 710 580 1 280 1 330 1 070 890 1 930 1 780 1 420 1 160 2 560 3 110 2 490 2 050 4 480 4 890 3 780 3 110 6 920 6 670 5 340 4 450 9 630 8 000 6 670 5 340 11 700 8 900 7 120 5 780 12 780 10 230 8 450 6 670 14 850 710 890 580 1 280 1 070 1 330 890 1 930 1 420 1 780 1 160 2 560 2 490 3 110 2 050 4 480 3 780 4 890 3 110 6 920 5 340 6 670 4 450 9 630 6 670 8 000 5 340 11 700 7 120 8 900 5 780 12 780 8 450 10 230 6 670 14 850 710 580 890 1 280 1 070 890 1 330 1 930 1 420 1 160 1 780 2 560 2 490 2 050 3 110 4 480 3 780 3 110 4 890 6 920 5 340 4 450 6 670 9 630 6 670 5 340 8 000 11 700 7 120 5 780 8 900 12 780 8 450 6 670 10 230 14 850 80 100 150 200 Forces (N) 250 300 350 400

Moments (N m)

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