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1. Troubleshooting
Maintenance
Trouble Cause Countermeasures
Motor stops
during operation.
•Wrongwiring
•Thermalprotectoroperatesdue
to over loaded motor.
•Earthleakagebreakeroperates
due to short circuit.
•Checkandcorrectwiring.
•Reduceviscosityofliquidor
discharge pressure.
•Checkandrepairorreplace.
Pump does not
discharge liquid
or capacity is low.
•Noliquidatsuctionsideand
pump runs dry.
•Airissuckedinfromsuction
side.
•Suctionsidehoseiscollapsed.
•Pressureatsuctionportis
below saturated vapor pressure
of pumped liquid.
•Viscosityofliquidistoohigh.
•Valveisclosed.
•Toolargepiperesistance.
•Worngear
•Fillliquidinsuctiontankor
open suction side valve.
•Checksuctionsidepipingand
correct it.
•Replacehosebystrongerone.
•Decreaseliquidtemperatureor
pipe resistance of suction
piping.
•Decreaseliquidviscosity.
• Openvalve.
•Correctpiping.
•Replacegear.
Magnet coupling
is disconnected.
•Noliquidatsuctionsideand
pump runs dry.
•Gearsarelockedbytheir
swelling.
•Gearsarelockedbytheir
expansion by heat.
•Foreignmattersadhereto
gears.
•Damagedgears.
•Magnetcapsuletouchesrear
casing.
•Valveisfullyclosed.
•Toolargepiperesistance.
•Wrongpumpisusedinviewof
chemical resistibility.
•Fillliquidinsuctiontankor
open suction side valve.
•Checkchemicalresistibilityof
gears.
•Bringdownliquid
temperature.
•Disassemblepumpandremove
foreign matters.
•Replacegears.
•Disassemblepumpandrepair
or replace parts.
•Openvalve.
•Correctpiping.
•Selectsuitablepump.
Trouble Cause Countermeasures
Motor does not
start.
•Powerisnotswitchedon.
•Wrongordisconnectedwiring.
•Failedmotororitswindingis
disconnected.
•Earthleakagebreakeroperates
due to short circuit.
•Earthleakagebreakeroperates
due to lack of power capacity.
•Switchonpower.
•Checkandcorrectwiring.
•Repairorreplacemotor.
•Checkandrepairorreplace.
•Employlargerpowercapacity.
Abnormal noise
or vibration
•Noliquidatsuctionsideand
pump runs dry.
•Foreignmattersongears.
•Damagedgear.
•Magnetcapsuletouchesrear
casing.
•Worngear.
•Fillliquidoropenvalveof
suction side.
•Disassemblepumpandremove
foreign matters.
•Replacegear.
•Disassemblepumpandrepair
or replace parts.
•Replacegear.
Liquid leaks. •DamagedOring.
•Loosenedbolts.
•Wrongpumpisselectedin
view of chemical resistibility.
•ReplaceOring.
•Tightenbolts.
•Usesuitablepump.
Pump does not
self-prime.
•Noliquidatsuctionsideand
pump runs dry.
•Airissuckedinfromsuction
side.
•Collapsedsuctionsidehose.
•Pumpinsideisdry.
•Pressureatsuctionportis
below saturated vapor pressure
of pumped liquid.
•Worngear.
•Toohighsuctionlift.
•Fillliquidinsuctiontankor
open valve at suction side.
•Checksuctionsidepipingand
correct.
•Replacebystrongerhose.
•Fillliquidfromsuctionor
discharge port.
•Bringdownliquidtemperature
or pipe resistance.
•Replacegear.
•Lowersuctionliftheight.