Centrifugal Pump

Have you suddenly become a ships mechanic?

All of the questions you have asked are answered by the service manuals of the equipment in question.

We can't inject you with the knowledge to repair and maintain all the systems aboard ship.

if know the answer than kindly help me as this question mostly asked in Marine entrance exam and presently i do not have any service manual Regards, Partho :-) Have a nice day :-)

Now this sounds like homework.

I suggest that you use your time wisely and go to some pump sites and download the manuals. Goulds is one.

Tell me, when you have passed the exam and are on a ship and are faced with a real life emergency will you say, "wait a minute everybody, I have to go to CR4 and find out how to launch the life boats"?

You need to learn this stuff, not have it handed to you, without any effort on your part.

Now, go study.

manuals are available online and which Centrifugal pump manufacturers?

here's one

If you are preparing for the entrance exam and if it is only theoretical then you can refer any good books on centrifugal pumps basics. If you want any particular type of make then you need to understand the operation and maintenance manual supplied along with the pump. If you need practical experience you need to visit any of pump manufacturer or any factory and observe how it is being carried out by experts. All the best for your exam.

The procedure is to use the tools you have with you on the ship. Better yet, ask the ship engineer what you should. As a last resort you should consult the manual, either a hard copy while at sea or do a web search of the model number.

You are making me very nervous though with the questions you are asking here. People's lives rely on the parts of a ship to work. The questions you ask are much more appropriate to trade school instructions that require all members to be present. This question in particular makes me question if you are at all qualified to be on a ship as anything but a passenger.

All the above replies are good answers. Every facility that I have ever worked in, Machine shops, factories, and fire departments; maintain, and have available on site the operating and service manuals for every critical piece of equipment in use. I expect the same to be true for any well run ship.

Unless you are presenting yourself as an experienced mechanic, your answer on the examination should be: " Obtain the service manual for the pump, and follow the procedure given in the manual."

Well first you.......Hey, your not one of those pirates that hijacks a ship and then makes the crew walk the plank are you?

This is a question you are going to have to do some literature research on and then most importantly, get your hands dirty doing some of it!

Try this for the start of the research http://www.lightmypump.com/downloads-free.htm and then find yourself some old dead pumps and get very personal with them.

Good Luck, Old Salt

I don't know who voted this OT, but they should be shot! This is BS.

I give you a good answer because it is.

I'm with you on that one....probaly the best answer so far......^{spell check is not working is probaly spelt right.....I tried probally and proboly...and it passed......unless those are word also.}

Bin watching. Deserves a GA.

(_{(If y'hadn't OT'd yerself - y'd be up to 6 of the little treasured sparkly things for which we all must strive ) ^{I do take your point about why you did}}).