Start Up Recommendations - TCS 700-30 Installation, Operation & Maintenence Manual

Start up Recommendations

Test equipment should be grounded to prevent a possible spark. Test area should have no ignition source. Operators should
wear personal protection and prevent any product exposure and environmental issues.
Start-up instruction for new installations or after maintenance and repairs:
1). Only properly trained personal should design, install, or operate metering system.
2). Remove plastic threaded plugs placed in meter for shipping protection. They are not to be used in
meter system because of the PVC plugs low rated pressure, compatibility, and sealing issues.
3). Place the meter in an area with ample workspace, secure from vibration, and pipe line stress. Mount
and bolt down on to a fixed stand or platform. This prevents meter stress, which will cause leakage
and metal fatigue.
4). Apply thread sealing compound and gasket materials that are compatible with product.
5). Do not weld to meter or accessories. This will weaken housings and cause o-ring and casting leaks
and potentially distort the critical tolerances within the flow meter.
6). Always wear personal safety protection equipment such as goggles, steel toed shoes, gloves and full
body clothing.
7). Be sure to install a pressure relief valve or expansion joint in the system to protect against thermal
expansion.
8). Make sure all system components are properly secured and tightened.
9). All meter assembly bolts and connections are tight.
10). Air eliminator vapor release is properly vented and piped into a reservoir container or back to the
supply tank.
11). Electrical connections are properly installed and start/stop switches are off and locked-out.
12). Flooded suction to the Pump. Fluid is available to system and will not starve or cavitate pump.
13). Slow flooding of system
Start up system with all shut off valves in the closed position. When a pump is turned on and a
valve opened in a new, dry system, tremendous liquid and air pressure can be built up in the piping
and forced through the meter. The high pressure and volume of air causes the meter to operate more
quickly than normal. When product reaches the meter, there is an abrupt slowing of the meter rotors,
which could cause damage to the register, rotor shafts, packing gear and/or blade, timing gears and
other components. The recommended method of starting any system is to flood the piping gradually.
This allows product to slowly force the air from the entire system.
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