A Basic But Helpful Guide On Framo System

I recently met a 3rd officer. I had a conversation with him about less number of jobs these days for junior officers. He told me how he got the job just after clearing his exams while his friends were still waiting. You might ask what edge he had over his friends !!! Well, he had worked on ships (tankers) with Framo pumps. I was like.. what ??  Now Framo system helping to get the jobs on ships. Few seconds later when I got my breath back, I realised how Framo has captured the tanker market. Truth be told, Submersible pumps are the present and future of the tanker industry. This makes the knowledge of Submersible pumps and Framo system so much important. This post is about the basics of the Framo pump so let's start with that. How a centrifugal pump works ? Framo submersible pumps are centrifugal pumps. So before we discuss Framo pumps, we must know how a centrifugal pump works ? And this video might help in understanding of how a centrifugal pump works. I am not going in details of how a centrifugal pump works. But if you watch the above video, you would know that it has three main components Impeller Volute casing surrounding impeller, and A prime mover (source of energy) to move the impeller Prime mover provides the energy for the impeller to rotate. Impeller rotates and push...