Table of Contents
Model 3196 i-FRAME Installation, Operation, and Maintenance Manual2
Commissioning, Startup, Operation, and Shutdown ......................................................... 44
Preparation for startup .......................................................................................................... 44
Remove the coupling guard .................................................................................................. 45
Check the rotation - Frame Mounted ..................................................................................... 47
Impeller-clearance check ......................................................................................................47
Impeller clearances (3196 and HT 3196) ........................................................................... 48
Impeller-clearance setting ..................................................................................................... 48
Set the impeller clearance - dial indicator method (all except CV 3196) .............................48
Set the impeller clearance - feeler gauge method (all except CV 3196) ............................. 49
Couple the pump and driver .................................................................................................. 50
Install the coupling guard .................................................................................................... 51
Bearing lubrication .............................................................................................................. 55
Shaft-sealing options ............................................................................................................ 57
Mechanical seal options ..................................................................................................... 57
Connection of sealing liquid for mechanical seals .............................................................. 57
Packed stuffing box option ................................................................................................. 58
Connection of sealing liquid for a packed stuffing box ........................................................ 58
Dynamic-seal option ........................................................................................................... 58
Set an elastomeric face seal ............................................................................................... 59
Prime the pump with the suction supply above the pump ..................................................... 59
Prime the pump with the suction supply below the pump ...................................................... 60
Other methods of priming the pump ...................................................................................... 61
Start the pump ...................................................................................................................... 61
Activate the i-ALERT®Condition Monitor .............................................................................. 62
i-ALERT®Condition Monitor routine operation ...................................................................... 63
Pump operation precautions ................................................................................................. 63
Shut down the pump ............................................................................................................. 64
Deactivate the i-ALERT®Condition Monitor ..........................................................................64
Reset the i-ALERT®Condition Monitor ................................................................................. 65
Make the final alignment of the pump and driver ................................................................... 66
Maintenance ........................................................................................................................... 67
Maintenance schedule ..........................................................................................................67
Bearing maintenance ............................................................................................................68
Lubricating-oil requirements ............................................................................................... 68
Regrease the grease-lubricated bearings .......................................................................... 69
Lubricate the bearings after a shutdown period .................................................................. 70
Mechanical-seal maintenance .............................................................................................. 70
Packed stuffing-box maintenance .........................................................................................71
Dynamic-seal maintenance ................................................................................................... 72
Disassembly precautions ......................................................................................................72
Tools required .......................................................................................................................73
Drain the pump ..................................................................................................................... 73
Remove the coupling ............................................................................................................ 73
Remove the back pull-out assembly ..................................................................................... 74
Remove the coupling hub ..................................................................................................... 76
Impeller removal ................................................................................................................... 76
Remove the impeller (STi, MTi, and LTi) ............................................................................ 76
Remove the impeller (XLT-i, and i17) ................................................................................. 77
Seal-chamber cover removal ................................................................................................ 79
Remove the seal-chamber cover (3196, CV 3196, HT 3196, LF 3196, 3796) ....................... 79
Remove the stuffing-box cover (3196, CV 3196, HT 3196, LF 3196, 3796) .......................... 80
Remove the dynamic seal ..................................................................................................... 81
Remove the frame adapter (MTi, LTi, XLT-i, i17) .................................................................. 82
Remove the inboard labyrinth oil seal ................................................................................... 83
Disassemble the power end (STi, MTi) ................................................................................. 83
Disassemble the power end (STi and MTi with duplex bearings) .......................................... 85