5.4.08

Pressure -- Pump Pressure or System Pressure

A Senior Engineer asked me sometime ago ,why the pressure gauge only show 3 bar but you said your pump can go maximum 10 Bar ?
The gear pump is was for lubricating bearings with an open end outlet ,check and found the flow is in order .I tried explaining to him the system pressure is 3 bar ,therefore the working pressure is 3 bar unless the discharge line is blocked or there is obstruction . A shut off test was done ,and the pressure gauge registered 10 bar easily .A lot of explaining was done but he did not want to listen as he feel that he knows better . I just took back my pump

After that .I was told he get another 2 or 3 pumps from other suppliers and encountered the same problem .This is one of the common problems we always have to deal with
It is a simple issue ,unless people listen

1 comment:

Ong said...

Sad to heard this. Unless he was not Mechanical Eng back ground or he must be very arrogant. Should ask him to refer the his Thermo-dynamic text book.