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Although a centrifugal pump mounted on a pump foundation should not be used as an anchorage point to
connect pipelines, it must often cope with piping forces.

Even if pipes are connected to the pump suction and discharge nozzles without transmitting any stresses
or strains, there are still forces and moments in the piping, known as pump nozzle loads, which have to be
taken into account depending on the prevailing operating conditions (pressure, temperature). These can
lead to stresses and deformation of the pump casing and to coupling misalignment (see Coupling
alignment) which affect the smooth running of the centrifugal pump and compromise the service life of the
flexible elements in the shaft couplings. The permissible pump nozzle loads are therefore limited.

As the load profile for each pump nozzle is composed of three force and moment components each, it is
impossible to specify all conceivable combinations for the theoretical limits of pump nozzle loads. Two options
are therefore available: performing calculations to verify whether the specified system-side nozzle loads are
permissible, or applying greatly reduced limits suitable for any application. These limits are stipulated in
various technical codes, e. g. in the EUROPUMP guidelines on Permissible Forces and Moments on
Centrifugal Pump Flanges (1986) which apply to several pump types, or in the API STD 610 and ISO 5199
standards for single-stage chemical and refinery pumps). See Fig. 1 Pump nozzle load

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Fig. 1 Pump nozzle load: Permissible moments and forces

The example of a single-stage volute casing pump described in the EUROPUMP guidelines demonstrates
the difference between installation of the pump on a baseplate grouted with a grouting compound or
concrete (solid lines) and installation of the pump on a baseplate which is not grouted (dashed lines). The
permissible moments (Tmax = orange lines) in the flange plane and the permissible forces (FH, max in x, z
plane and FV, max in y direction) to ISO 5199 apply to single-stage volute casing pumps made of ferritic steel
or nodular cast iron to DIN 24256/ ISO 2858 at room temperature.

Lower values apply to austenitic cast steel or lamellar graphite cast iron, or for higher temperatures.

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