Device to shift structural resonance in a vertical long shaft pump

Abstract

A simple and cost-effective device to shift a structural resonance in a vertical long shaft pump is disclosed. T disclosed device comprising portion of a motor of the vertical pump by using a plurality of fasteners, and one an upper plate and a lower plate being adapted for fitment at a non-driving end or more annular plates adapted for fitment at the non-driving end portion of the motor between the upper plate and the lower. Each of the one or more annular plates comprises an annular central hole with splined grooves to engage with cooling fins of the motor. The device further comprises tie rods for fitment with flanges of a column pipe of the vertical pump using Bellville washers and bolts, and mass blocks with matching square internal threading for fitment with the tie rods to add mass at required location.

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