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API610
HomePumpStandardAPI610
RenrocGroup(Pumps&Engineering)hasseveralpumpmodelscompliantwithAmericanPetroleum
InstituteAPI610.Ourcustomersintheoilrefiningandpetrochemicalindustrieshaveforyearsturnedto
ourproductsfortheirhighhead,lowflowservicesandotherdifficultorhazardousapplications.
API610specifiesrequirementsforcentrifugalpumps,includingpumpsrunninginreverseashydraulic
powerrecoveryturbines,foruseinpetroleum,petrochemical,andgasindustryprocessservices.This
InternationalStandardisapplicabletooverhungpumps,betweenbearingpumps,andvertically
suspendedpumps.Clause9providesrequirementsapplicabletospecifictypesofpumps.Allother
clausesofthisInternationalStandardapplytoallpumptypes.Illustrationsareprovidedofthevarious
specificpumptypesandthedesignationsassignedtoeachspecificpumptype.Itdoesnotcoversealless
pumps.

Overhung(OH)Pumps
Overhungpumpscomeinavarietyofconfigurationsandaremanufacturedtoanumberofinternational
standardsincludingAPI,ANSIandISO.Pumpsrangeinsizefromsmallindustrial25mmendsuction
designstolargebetweenbearingAPI610compliantmachines.

OH1
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FootmountedsinglestageoverhungpumpsarereferredtoasOH1typepumps.(Thistypemeetsall
requirementsoftheInternationalStandardforANSIandISO).
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OH2
CentrelinemountedsinglestageoverhungpumpsarereferredtoasOH2typepumps.Theyhavea
singlebearinghousingtoabsorballforcesimposeduponthepumpshaftandmaintainrotorposition
duringoperation.Thepumpsaremountedonabaseplateandareflexiblycoupledtotheirdrivers.
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OH3
VerticalinlinesinglestageoverhungpumpswithseparatebearingbracketsarereferredtoasOH3type
pumps.Theyhaveabearinghousingintegralwiththepumptoabsorballpumploads.Thedriveris
mountedonasupportintegraltothepump.Thepumpsandtheirdriversareflexiblycoupled.
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OH4
RigidlycoupledverticalinlinesinglestageoverhungpumpsshallbedesignatedpumptypeOH4.
Rigidlycoupledpumpshavetheirshaftrigidlycoupledtothedrivershaft.(Thistypedoesnotmeetall
therequirementsofInternationalStandard).
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OH5
ClosecoupledverticalinlinesinglestageoverhungpumpsshallbedesignatedpumptypeOH5.Close
coupledpumpshavetheirimpellersmounteddirectlyonthedrivershaft.(Thistypedoesnotmeetallthe
requirementsofInternationalStandard).
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BetweenBearing(BB)Pumps
TheBetweenBearingpumpsaredesignedforheavyduty,highpressureandhightemperature
applicationsinindustrialandHPIservices.Applicationsrangefromlighthydrocarbonsatlow
temperatures,tocorrosivefluids,cokerfurnacecharge,vacuumbottomsandotherservicesathigh
temperatures.

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BB1
Axiallysplit1and2stagebetweenbearingspumpsshallbedesignatedpumptypeBB1.
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BB2
Radiallysplit1and2stagebetweenbearingspumpsshallbedesignatedpumptypeBB2.
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BB3
AxiallysplitmultistagebetweenbearingspumpsarereferredtoasBB3typepumps.
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BB4
SinglecasingradiallysplitmultistagebetweenbearingspumpsarereferredtoasBB4typepumps.
Thesepumpsarealsocalledringsectionpumps,segmentalringpumpsortierodpumps.
Thesepumpshaveapotentialleakagepathbetweeneachsegment.(Thistypedoesnotmeetallthe
requirementsofthisInternationalStandard)
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BB5
Doublecasingradiallysplitmultistagebetweenbearingspumps(barrelpumps)arereferredtoasBB5
typepumps.
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VerticalSuspended(VS)Pumps
VerticalSuspendedpumpsareforapplicationsrangingfromwastewatersumpdutiestohighly
specializedoffshorefirefightingapplications
Designconfigurationsincludesidedischargeunitsusingendsuctionpumphydraulicsinaverticalsump
pump.VerticalcanpumpscanbedesignedtoenablethepumpstooperateinlowNPSHasituations.

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VS1
Wetpit,verticallysuspended,singlecasingdiffuserpumpswithdischargethroughthecolumnare
referredtoaspumptypeVS1.
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VS2
Wetpit,verticallysuspendedsinglecasingvolutepumpswithdischargethroughthecolumnarereferred
toaspumptypeVS2.
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VS3
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Wetpit,verticallysuspended,singlecasingaxialflowpumpswithdischargethroughthecolumnshall
arereferredtoaspumptypeVS3.
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VS4
Verticallysuspended,singlecasingvolutelineshaftdrivensumppumpsarereferredtoasVS4type
pumps.
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VS5
VerticallysuspendedcantileversumppumpsshallbedesignatedpumptypeVS5.
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VS6
DoublecasingdiffuserverticallysuspendedpumpsarereferredtoasVS6typepumps.
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VS7
DoublecasingvoluteverticallysuspendedpumpsarereferredtoaspumptypeVS7.
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