Argal ASTRA evo - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Operations & maintenance manual – ASTRA evo (DDE)
ARGALAIR | 2023 | Rev. 17
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Table of contents
0. GENERAL DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................................................................................... 4
0.1 PUMP IDENTIFICATION ................................................................................................................................................. 4
0.2 CONNECTIONS CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................................................ 4
0.3 PUMP LABELING ........................................................................................................................................................... 5
0.4 STANDARDS REFERENCE ............................................................................................................................................. 6
0.4.1 ENVIRONMENTS IN DANGER OF EXPLOSION - ATEX DIRECTIVE .................................................................... 6
0.4.2 FDA COMPLIANT ................................................................................................................................................... 8
0.4.3 MACHINERY DIRECTIVE 2006/42/EC .................................................................................................................. 8
0.5 MANUAL INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 10
0.6 GENERAL NOTES ......................................................................................................................................................... 11
0.6.1 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PUMPS.................................................................................................................... 11
0.6.2 AIR TREATMENT SYSTEM ...................................................................................................................................... 13
0.6.3 OPERATING PRINCIPLE ....................................................................................................................................... 15
1. SAFETY: WARNINGS FOR TRANSPORT – INSTALLATION – USE – STOP OF THE PUMP .............................................. 16
1.0 TRANSPORT .................................................................................................................................................................. 16
1.1 RECEIVING INSPECTION ............................................................................................................................................ 17
1.2 STORAGE ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17
1.3 FOUNDATION .............................................................................................................................................................. 18
1.3.1 POSSIBLE INSTALLATIONS ................................................................................................................................... 18
1.4 BEFORE INSTALLING THE PUMP................................................................................................................................. 18
1.5 SUCTION AND DISCHARGE PIPING ......................................................................................................................... 19
1.5.1 CONNECTION OF SUCTION PIPE ...................................................................................................................... 19
1.5.2 CONNECTION OF DISCHARGE PIPE ................................................................................................................ 19
1.5.3 AIR CONNECTION .............................................................................................................................................. 20
1.6 RECOMMENDED INSTALLATION ............................................................................................................................. 20
1.7 FIRST START UP ............................................................................................................................................................. 22
1.8 OPERATION ................................................................................................................................................................. 23
1.9 STOP OF THE PUMP .................................................................................................................................................... 24
2. SAFETY RISKS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 24
2.1 GENERAL PRESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................................... 24
3. MAINTENANCE .................................................................................................................................................................. 28
3.1 OPERATORS FOR INSTALLATION AND START-UP .................................................................................................... 28
3.2 OPERATORS FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ............................................................................................ 28
3.3 OPERATORS FOR REPAIR ........................................................................................................................................... 29