Sound-damping housing for a pump and for a drive motor for said pump

A sound-damping housing for a pump and a drive motor for said pump, comprising:

• a casing having a plurality of sides defining a space therein;
• a plurality of sound-damping panels disposed on one or more of said sides of said casing;
• a support device disposed within said space supporting the pump and the drive motor;
• a first door opening disposed in one of said sides and providing access to said space for successively placing into and removing from said space, the pump and the drive motor;
• a carriage carrying said pump and said drive motor;
• and
• at least one guide co-acting with said carriage and disposed on top of said support device transverse to said first door, wherein the pump and the drive motor carried on said carriage are guided into said space of the casing and supported on said support device by said carriage and said guide, wherein said carriage includes two longitudinal carriers and said guide includes two guide rails that extend parallel over said support device and which each co-act with a corresponding longitudinal carrier of said carriage and said longitudinal carriers correspond to respective tines of a forklift truck so said forklift truck can lift and place said pump and drive motor on said carriage into said casing.