Tools; Installation Overview; Positioning The Product; Installing The Tank - Grundfos UNOLIFT Series Installation And Operating Instructions Manual

3.3 Tools

• Thread tape
• glue.
Not supplied with the product:
• drilling machine
drilling bits: ∅20, ∅25
•
hole saw: ∅40, ∅100
•
• deburring tool for polyethylene.

3.4 Installation overview

Depending on your product type, you must go
through different steps to install your lifting station.
You may need to go through additional steps if you
have ordered accessories.
Lifting station with pumps with float switches
1. Fix the tank to the floor.
2. Drill holes for the inlet pipes.
3. Connect the inlet pipes to the tank.
4. Fit the vent port and the cable glands.
5. Set the start levels by adjusting the cable length
of the float switch.
6. Install the pumps in the tank.
7. Fit the pump connecting pipes.
8. Connect the vent pipe.
9. Connect the outlet pipes.
Lifting station with controller
1. Fix the tank to the floor.
2. Drill holes for the inlet pipes.
3. Connect the inlet pipes to the tank.
4. Fit the vent port and the cable glands.
5. Install the pumps in the tank.
6. Fit the level sensor tube in the tank.
7. Fit the pump connecting pipes.
8. Connect the vent pipe.
9. Connect the outlet pipes.

3.5 Positioning the product

CAUTION
Back injury
Minor or moderate personal injury
- Get assistance from another person or
use lifting equipment to carry the
product.
CAUTION
Crushing of feet
Minor or moderate personal injury
- Wear safety shoes when moving the
product.
Position the tank so that all components are easily
accessible during operation and maintenance.
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3.6 Installing the tank

Fix the tank to the floor to prevent uplift and twist.
Use the mounting brackets to fix the tank with
screws.
Fig. 3 Fixing the tank to the floor

3.7 Drilling holes for the pipes

CAUTION
Sharp element
Minor or moderate personal injury
- Wear protective gloves.
The tank has three or four holes, ∅100, for the inlet
pipes, depending on the size. The tank also has a
hole, ∅40, for the diaphragm pump. See section
6.1 Product overview. These holes must be drilled to
be used.
Holes for the outlet pipes, the vent port and the
minimum required cable glands are open.
1. Determine which inlets you want to use. See
sections 3.2.1 Tank inlets
start levels.
2. Drill holes with a hole saw. The diameter of the
hole saw must be the same as the diameter of
the pipe.
Inlet:
Hole for diaphragm pump: ∅40
3. Deburr the holes.
Fig. 4 Drilling holes for pipes
and 7.1 Setting the
∅100