Modern testing devices now have more capability than ever. Modern test equipment has gained multi-function testing capability. They even package the tests into colorful professional reports. With that being said, do we still need single function equipment to accurately diagnose and perform high quality inspections on electromechanical equipment?

Los dispositivos de prueba modernos cuentan con más capacidades que nunca.  Los equipos de prueba modernos también han adquirido la capacidad de realizar pruebas multifunción. Incluso compilan el resultado de las pruebas en informes profesionales a todo color. Dicho esto, ¿seguimos necesitando equipos monofunción para diagnosticar con precisión y realizar inspecciones de alta calidad en equipos electromecánicos?

A special discounted collection of 8 webinar recordings focusing on various aspects of pump repair.

Just $40 for EASA members!

This presentation covers hHow to determine if a pump is operating properly and differentiating a pump problem from a system problem.

High vibration is a common problem for motors that are installed on top of vertical pumps. Its source can be a mechanical issue with the pump, motor or coupling or even hydraulic forces from the pump.

This presentation covers:

• Head & flow = volts & amps for pumps
• Testing pumps to their performance curves
• Troubleshooting pump performance
• What the pump curve tells you about cavitation 

This paper, presented by Mike Howell at the EASA Convention 2015, explores strategies for minimizing calibration costs for measuring and test equipment (M&TE) in service centers. Howell emphasizes the importance of inspection and testing activities, as well as controlling special processes like vacuum pressure impregnation and oven cycles. The goal is to minimize measurement error and ensure that measurement values are close to actual values, which necessitates the calibration of M&TE.

Service centers that provide field service for equipment removal and installation have little trouble handling most common horizontal pumps. However, vertical turbine pumps (and similarly mounted vertical pumps) present some additional challenges.

The pump repairs are completed! Now the pump needs to be tested. This presentation discusses the procedures for the basic tests that can be performed on pumps that have been repaired in the service center.

The repair of the various types of pumps represents an important segment of the service center repair market. Electric motors and pumps are the two most widely used industrial machine components.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Although there are two principle pump types (dynamic and positive displacement), this manual focuses on dynamic pumps and the fundamentals of dynamic pump repair. The information it contains will be helpful to both novice and experienced pump repair technicians, to supervisors and managers of pump repair operations, and to customer service and sales personnel who communicate with customers about pump repair issues.

This presentation focuses on:

• Types of submersible pumps
• Tips on seal arrangements
• Common repair procedures
• Cables and cable entries
• Testing submersibles in the service center

This paper covers how to get the vibration spectrum and what it means.

The paper "Vibration Testing in the Service Center" by Gene Vogel, presented at the EASA Convention 2010, provides a comprehensive overview of the importance, methods, and challenges of vibration testing for electric motors and generators in service centers. Vibration testing is crucial for assessing the condition of machines before and after repair, diagnosing vibration-related issues, and ensuring proper operation post-repair. The paper emphasizes the need for a solid understanding of vibration fundamentals, adequate instrumentation, documented acceptance criteria, proper mounting methods, and awareness of advanced analysis techniques.

Many EASA members perform service on pumps of some type and have had the customer return the pump or call back to say it leaks or it still will not pump. We solved this by making a very inexpensive test center for all types of pumps: flooded suction, immersion lube, submersible, centrifugal, deep well and many others. We purchased the material for less than $300 and it took less than half a day to install. The system we put together was based on an average size of the pumps we need to test most often.