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Preface Preface Dear customer, your new Liquid Ring Pump is the outcome of intensive development based on decades of experience as a supplier of vacuum pumps and compressors to the suction vehicle market. Advanced manufacturing methods in combination with highest quality standards and extensive testing ensure reliability, a high degree of availability and long life of your machine.
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Mode of operation, Design versions Mode of operation, Design versions Mode of operation Design versions Liquid compressor vacuum pumps, like rotary com- The design versions differ in their sense of rotation. pressor vacuum pumps, work on the displacement principle, providing uniform, low-pulsation flow. Type code: Single-shaft liquid ring machines have a housing with AQUALINE...
Air of maximum intake temperature of 60 °C. The machine number and other important machine data are given on the machine’s nameplate. Technical data Liquid ring pump Aqualine 1200 Rated operating vacuum (absolute) mbar Maximum gauge pressure in compressor barg...
Technical data Location of lubricating points View shaft top-down View shaft bottom-up Back-View Cover the lubrication fitting, the venting valves and the silencer for final painting! Two lubrication fittings, venting valves and silencers are provided! Fig. 1.2 Lubrication fittings (1), venting valve (2) and silencer (3) Operating fluid Drive The operating fluid is water or water-glycol mixture.
Safety instructions and hazard alerts Safety instructions and hazard alerts Safety instructions and hazard alerts Use for intended purpose This symbol indicates that no unauthorized persons must enter this area. The intended purpose of the liquid ring pump is to con- vey and compress filtered air.
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Safety instructions and hazard alerts ing work. It may be too late to refer to these Instructions when work has already started! ■ Operation and maintenance at the machine must only be carried out when the machine is not run- ning.
Transport Transport Transport Symbols on the packaging: Fragile Keep dry Transport Storage Avoid any use of force and load / unload the packages Store the machine in a dry and heated room until in- with care. stallation. Remove the covers on suction and pressure openings only at the time of actual installation.
Installation Installation Installation Figures 4.1 and 4.2 show a typical Aqualine liquid ring pump system completely installed. Other arrangement versions are also possible. System setup with cooler in main flow 17 15 2 Details see page 17 Liquid ring pump Pressure gauge 12 Vehicle tank 18 Vacuum gauge...
Installation System setup with cooler in side flow 19 9 Details see page 17 Liquid ring pump Thermometer 14 Water stop valve 21 Water inlet for filling system Vacuum filter Operating water tank 15 Drain valves (see Fig. 4.4) 22 Leak water return line to suc- Venting line 10 Four-way directional control 16 Safety bowl with float valve...
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Installation Details of Fig. 4.1 15a1 Drain valve for the liquid ring fluid 15a2 Drain valve for the liquid ring fluid Drain valve for the operating water cooler Optional leak water return line to suction side R 1/8” connection 15a2 15a1 Fig.
Installation Point of installation and fastening Aqualine 1200 R The point of installation on the vehicle must Serial No. 910 701 00 ■ be easy to access, Suction side Pressure side Connection Connection Top view ■ be protected from dirt, the impact of stones and...
Installation Protection against intake of dirt and residue 4.5.1 Suction line The pipe must be corrosion-resistant inside. Clean the pipe inside before installing it. Remove all welding beads, scale and rust. The suction line should be sufficiently large. The pipe diameter must at least meet the diam- eter specifications in chapter 4.4 ‘Connections and piping”.
Installation ⁄ ■ Thermometer install a pipe coupling R ". The immersion depth of the thermometers must be equivalent to one half the ■ Pressure gauge diameter of the pipe. ■ Bellows The indicating range of the thermometers must be 0 to 100°C.
If the piping has sufficiently low resistance (depending connected housing covers (see figure 1.1 ‘Dimensions on pipeline length and layout) no re-circulation pump of Aqualine 1200” ). may be needed for the operating water supply provid- ed the arrangement of the liquid ring pump is such that...
Installation The ventilation line needs a pipe internal diameter of We have already installed the half clutch on the com- Øi = 28 mm. The specified cross sections refer to pression side. After mounting the flange, the half clutch about 2.5 meters line length. The ventilation line must on the motor side must not transfer axial thrust on the be installed at an upward gradient and the connection liquid ring pump.
The belt pulleys in the table below can directly be in- stalled on the free shaft end. If the engine speed must be raised or reduced, Vee belt drive is recommended. Observe the rated speeds in chapter 1.1 "Machine data". Aqualine 1200 Vacuum service Pressure service Pressure range 200...10000 mbar to 0.5 bar...
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Installation The distance of 5 ... 8 mm between the Vee belt pul- leys and the end cover must be maintained (see Fig. 4.9) 5 - 8 mm Distance between first Vee belt pulley and housing Fig. 4.9 Fig. 4.11 Removing the Vee belt pulley Installing the Vee belt pulley with taper lock 2.
Start-up / Operation / Maintenance / Spare parts Start-up / Operation / Maintenance / Spare parts Start-up / Operation / Maintenance / Spare parts Information on start-up, operation, mainte- nance and replacement parts lists have been compiled in a separate operator manual. T-EA-5100-1-GB-07-08...
Index Index Index Isothermal ............. 6 Acceptance ............11 Air connection ............8 Aufbau der Anlage ........15 Liquid ring machines ..........6 Liquid Ring Pump ..........5 Lubricating points ..........9 Bellows .............. 21 Lubrication fittings ..........9 Belt profile ............23 Belt pulley ............
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Index Technical data ............7 Transport ............13 Transport safeguards ..........13 Type code ............. 6 Use for intended purpose ........11 Vacuum ..............7 Vacuum filter ..........19 Vacuum gauge ............ 20 Vee belt .............. 23 Vee belt tensioning ..........23 venting valve ............