If you own a submersible pump, you have made a substantial investment in your fluid management operations. However, you must ensure to get the most out of it, and extend the benefits that accrue from it for as long as possible. For this, proper maintenance of your submersible pump is crucial. VEMC is the leading Kirloskar pump distributor based in Mumbai, and in this blog we talk about the maintenance of your borewell submersible pump.
Why pump maintenance is important
For starters, there are three main reasons why you must not neglect your pumps when it comes to regular and timely maintenance:
- Preventing downtime: A proactive preventive maintenance of all your pumps is necessary to avoid sudden breakdowns which can cause serious losses not in equipment, money and business terms, especially if a significant part of your operations directly depends on your pumps.
- Ensuring efficiency: Pumps that are maintained regularly tend to be more energy efficient. This means lower energy consumption, more savings and environment-friendly pumping operations.
- Extending lifespan: By maintaining your pump regularly you can extend its lifespan by a significant period of time. This means your pump will be in service longer, and will not require replacement sooner. This saves lump-sum costs for your business and bolsters your contribution to circular economy.
Key maintenance tasks
When it comes to maintaining your pump, have a checklist of the following important tasks ready:
- Check the pump overall for any leakages. In particular, check the gaskets and make sure they do not have any oil leakages.
- Check if the hydraulic governors are functioning properly.
- Clean the oil bulbs and level windows of the pump.
- Check if there has been any damage due to excessive pump vibrations.
- Inspect the suction, discharge and head of the pump.
- Do the overspeed test on the pump.
- Check the seal chamber for any pitting and scoring.
- Prevent corrosion by applying a rust-preventive coat.
- Inspect the axial float of the pump.
- Check the coupling alignment of the pump.
- Check the alignment of the pump shaft.
- Change oil in the bearing system.
Scheduling your pump maintenance
Some issues can be checked visually and resolved on a daily basis such as clearing debris on or around the pump or checking for leaks. However, pump maintenance must also take place over a longer time horizon, that is monthly, quarterly and yearly basis. Depending upon the conditions in which your pumps operate, make a checklist of daily, monthly, quarterly and yearly maintenance tasks for your pumps. This will balance out the cost and effectiveness of your maintenance effort.
Maintaining your pump by carrying out scheduled tasks could seem quite complicated. To gain more clarity about issues related to pump maintenance, feel free to get in touch with us by calling on 022 43436655 or emailing us at marketing@vemc.co.in. We at VEMC are a leading Kirloskar pump distributor based in Mumbai with over 70 years of rich experience in pumping.