By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Describe the operation of centrifugal and positive displacement pumps, including pump design aspects, laws, performance comparisons, characteristic curves, and performance testing.
Test rotary pump performance and apply maintenance and troubleshooting techniques accordingly.
Identify reciprocating pump types and perform reciprocating pump maintenance and troubleshooting.
Determine centrifugal pump problems and perform centrifugal pump maintenance and troubleshooting.
Identify compressor types, understand their operation, recognize common problems, and apply troubleshooting techniques.
Apply various methods of pump alignment such as visual, straight edge and feeler gauge, rim and face, reverse dial indication, cross dialing, and laser alignment.