Created in collaboration with industry training organisations and a number of major pump vendors, this course provides detailed training for operators and maintenance personnel on all of the common types of pumps used in industry.  Completely narrated and packed with detailed illustrations, interactive graphics, animation and digital video.

Topics include the role of pumps, operating principles, pump operation, troubleshooting, couplings, maintenance and safe work practices. The course is divided into separate modules covering positive and non-positive displacement, centrifugal, multistage, rotary positive displacement and reciprocating pumps.

The Role of Pumps;

Pump categories and types;

Centrifugal force explained;

Positive displacement explained;

Properties and behaviour of fluids;

Preventive Maintenance.

Suitability to task;

The power pump;

The Duplex pump;

Plunger pump;

Diaphragm pumps;

Priming and starting;

Operation and troubleshooting.

Suitability to task;

Interactive centrifugal pump;

The volute casing;

Shaft seals and couplings;

Impeller Design;

Split case pump;

Submersible pumps.

The flexible coupling;

Misalignment: causes and effects;

Flexible disc coupling;

Crown pin coupling;

Jaw and spider coupling;

Rubber tyre coupling;

Grid coupling;

Gear coupling.

Pre-Start checks and priming;

Starting the centrifugal pump;

Mechanical noise: causes and effects;

Cavitation: causes and effects;

Vibration: causes and effects;

Coupling failure: causes and effects;

Shaft seal failure: causes and effects.

Suitability to task;

The gear pump;

The sliding vane pump;

The lobe pump;

The screw pump;

The progressing cavity pump;

Rotary pump operation;

Troubleshooting: common problems.