Ajax A1-1/2 Piston Pump Installation and Maintenance Manual

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Ajax Pumps Australia - Location
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AIl,i PUMP INSTALLATION
Locatign / Company History
INSTRUCTIONS
S the 25th of January 2OO7 the mpahy name ofilclally changed frcm KSB AJax tumps Ry Ltd to reB Australla fty Ltd.
reB Alax pumps Pty Ltd tn tustralta has been seilhg ausralla and the australian lndusry for mll owr seventy years. w6 employ
Uff ti sales, manuiaCudng, sgtn€edng and admlnGtr.don adlvlues thrcughout &stralla and Nw Zealand. We have lhe @Fclty
to est, macirhe and asserible iumphg equlpment for lo@l and expft mark$ whlle ale supPlylng dher 69 oP€ratlons ln the
&la Paclflc reglon,
The ForE€ manufadudng faclllty was also mwed to TotEnham.
LOCATION:
Manufatuing was moved b *ate of the aft premlses ln ToBenham. Melbournc.
l(SB Aax wrs formed bdnghg togdher KSB, me of the rcrld's large* Pump and valve manufadureB and AJax P!mF, the
Australlan oper.tlon.
*b*'dumeiruirirrhA fti ro*o co,rpuov, q(iil"ii"t:establilh;i d::igbil rt":'-r':i d :,
ffiO&iinne iii lp'i*ttr, Quensland, thia dant rpddld rn sMqdble €s9€ pumPs.
ne Alax
pumps Foundry was opened at Kyneton tn rural Vdorla. The bundry had a Gpacity in exces of one hundred tonnes per
month ln a varlety of ferrous and mn-ferrcus meEls.
4!x tump Works was esbllshed atTofrenham, vldorln,
l(SB was sbbltshed tn 1871 when thEe Gemans, Johannes Kleln, Fieddch Schanzlln, and August Becker declded to Gbblish a
@;pany ln Frankdthal, ermany, KSB and has grcm ow the past 13O yeaE to become a world leader ln the manufadure of
pumpa tnd valves.
lnstoll the Pump os neor fhe source of supply
Never exceed the recommended distonce qnd
the lowest level of fhe source of supply.
should be chosen for ihe inefollotion of o
Unit. Allow sufficient spqce oround fhe
rcpoirs to be corried out when necEssory.
os possible.
height from
A dry ploce
mofor-driven
Pump for
The verticol height from the Pump level to the lowEst
woter level should not exceed l5 ft. to 20 ft. ond the
suction pipe should be kept os short os possible. ll
the suction lift is neor the moximum, or fhe suction line is
o long one, obfoin our recommendotion before instolling.
FOUNDATION:
This should bc sufficiently substontiol to support the pump
ond prevent movcmeni"
PIPE SUPPORT:
All piping, should be supported indcpendenfly neor the pump.
Pipes must register with the Pump connecions without
being stroined into position.
SUCTION PIPE:
The suction pipe, in porticulor, must be kept oir tight,
os even o smol I leok moy impoir the operotion of the Pump.
The pipe should never be smoller thqn the Pump connecfion
ond moy, with odvontoge, be o size lorger. Avoid obrupt
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