Burks Regenerative Turbine Pump
Model: 315CS5M-FE
This Burks Regenerative Turbine pump was pulled off a boiler
system when its performance started to decline.
Now that the backup pump is also starting to wear; it was brought in to
Salentine’s repair shop.
After opening it up, it was pretty obvious it’s been out of
use for awhile. Inside was full of rust,
and the gasket o-ring was coming off in chunks.
The impeller and raceway had become too worn to perform. The raceway was worn down past the level of
the impeller’s Monel blades which explained why it was taken off the line in
the first place, it wasn’t able to build enough pressure.
We stock Burks rebuild kits and had one handy for this pump
on our shelf, so we swapped out the seals, impeller, raceway, gaskets and
o-rings. We sandblasted the rust out of
the inner casing, and painted the outside to look like a brand new Burks!
Burks Regenerative Turbine pumps perform very efficiently in
high pressure, low capacity applications.
These pumps are designed to handle clear water and many other
non-abrasive, lower viscosity liquids. This
is the only turbine which allows readjustment of the impeller without having to
take the pump apart or disturb the piping.
If you are interested in sending your pump into our shop for
servicing, or for more information about the Burks Regenerative Turbine pump,
please contact me at brittany@salentinepump.com
and I can start you off with a competitive repair quote.
Brittany
Perry, EIT
Application
Engineer
Salentine Pump & Equipment
Office: 262-798-5000
Fax:
262-798-5444
