Does your process piping have strainers located just upstream of the pump suction nozzles? Perhaps you are using them to protect pumps from unintended ingestion of tower packing, nuts, bolts and other..
Does your process piping have strainers located just upstream of the pump suction nozzles? Perhaps you are using them to protect pumps from unintended ingestion of tower packing, nuts, bolts and other debris. While it would be smart to investigate why this stuff shakes loose, we will confine our comment to common misunderstandings about strainers
Whenever strainers are used because the upstream equipment is flawed, be sure to understand the important requirements imposed on strainers by reliability-focused engineers. These engineers recognize, first and foremost, that a distinction is to be made between temporary and permanent strainers.
Temporary strainers are generally installed with t
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