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The document discusses pump impeller dynamic balancing which must be done according to API 610 and ISO 1940-1 standards. It provides an example of witnessing a double plane balancing test at 1800 RPM where the impeller initially showed unbalances over the 0.001 oz-in acceptance criteria but after grinding was balanced to within the limits. It also explains how pump designers calculate the permissible unbalance value based on the impeller weight and rotation speed according to the balancing grade.

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For Impeller Balancing

The document discusses pump impeller dynamic balancing which must be done according to API 610 and ISO 1940-1 standards. It provides an example of witnessing a double plane balancing test at 1800 RPM where the impeller initially showed unbalances over the 0.001 oz-in acceptance criteria but after grinding was balanced to within the limits. It also explains how pump designers calculate the permissible unbalance value based on the impeller weight and rotation speed according to the balancing grade.

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  • Pump Impeller Dynamic Balancing: Introduces dynamic balancing of pump impellers according to API standards and outlines criteria for acceptable balancing.
  • Example for Pump Impeller Dynamic Balancing: Provides a detailed example process of dynamic balancing, including screen readouts and adjustments required for balance optimization.
  • Additional Balancing Images: Contains images depicting machinery and equipment used in the dynamic balancing process.

Pump Impeller Dynamic Balancing

The pump impeller dynamic balancing is done based on API 610 requirements. The
standard requires the balancing be performed based on ISO 1940-1 to the Grade
G2.5

Some calculation needed to be performed to determine the acceptance criteria, but


these are done by pump manufacturer design engineer. The inspector shall verify the
approved balancing test procedure and identify following information:

 Is it the single plane or Double plane balancing?


 Arbour Speed (RPM)?
 Acceptance Criteria?

With above information, you will be able to witness the test and verify test report. Let's
start with an example.

Example for Pump Impeller Dynamic Balancing


You are attending to the pump manufacturer to witness an impeller dynamic
balancing test. You review approved test procedure and find the following
information.

 It is Double Plane Balancing


 The Arbour Speed is 1800 RPM (the impeller mounted in the Arbour)
 Acceptance Criteria is 0.001 oz-in

The balancing technician mounts the impeller in the arbour and place them on the
balancing machine. The machine starts running and spinning the impeller at 1800
RPM. (Revelation per Minute)

You see the following information on the screen:

Run 1
Left -183 mg at 217° unbalance 367 mg-in (0.0129 oz-in)

Right -190 mg at 295° unbalance 286 mg-in (0.0100 oz-in)

As you see, the amount of unbalance in both left and right planes are more than
acceptance unbalance value (0.001 oz-in)
So the technician works on the impeller by grinding and removing some weight from
certain area to reach the amount of unbalance to the 0.001 oz-in

He stops grinding and runs the machine to measure the amount of unbalance. The
result is as following:

Run 10
Left -7.32 mg at 296° unbalance 14.6 mg-in (0.00051 oz-in)

Right -10.7 mg at 75° unbalance 16.0 mg-in (0.00056 oz-in)

So this time the amount of unbalance in both planes are less than 0.001 oz-in and
pump impeller dynamic balancing can be approved.

Now let see how pump design engineer calculates the acceptance criteria (the
permissible unbalance amount)

Permissible Unbalance (g-mm) = (1000 x balance grade value x weight of impeller in


(Kg)/ angular velocity (rad/S)

For example, if you have an impeller with 2 Kg weight and with rotor rpm of 3000
RPM, then permissible unbalance will be as following:

Permissible Unbalance = (1000 x 2.5 x 2) / 314.2 = 15.91 g-mm ( 0.022 oz-in)

The 2.5 is the "grade of balance" is taken from ISO 1940-1 and required by API 610
to be 2.5. The unit for 2.5 is mm/s

The 314.2 is angular velocity of shaft speed. We divided 3000 RPM to 9.54 to obtain
speed in rad/s

The inspector does not need to perform this calculation since the calculated value is
provided in the approved procedure.

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