HYDRAULICS 22 HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS June 2023 www.hpmag.co.uk When Rapid Solutions, the global provider of electrical, instrumentation, hydraulic and mechanical engineering services required some dedicated pump training for staff working on a project in Baku, Azerbaijan, the BPMA was quick to act. With local engineers already booked on to the maintenance project, flying them to the UK was not an option, and the e-learning offering did not quite provide the required content. However, on understanding the importance of providing the correct training modules ahead of the project work being undertaken, a bespoke training course was created, and then delivered by a BPMA lecturer in Baku. Specific to the eventual work being carried out, the specially configured course drew on elements contained in the BPMA’s established Pump Fundamentals, Testing and Systems, and Pump Repair courses, whilst also covering the presence and implications of viscosity on the behaviour and performance of rotodynamic machines, along with any system pipe losses. The training included modules that covered the classification and specification of machines for API 610 and 685. Details of the design changes that are expected in API compared to standard industrial and utility pumps were addressed, outlining where the design is more robust, whilst being able to maintain dimensional standards. Additionally, the importance and impact of critical machine clearances, how to maintain the clearances and the opportunities with new non-metallic materials to reduce the clearances and recover the efficiency and performance of the machines were also included. The course was designed and formatted inside two weeks, to accommodate the client’s requirement of commencing site work by the 1st May, with an added level of complexity caused by the staging of the Azerbaijan Formula 1 Grand Prix over the weekend of 28th30th April in Baku. Full details on the full programme of training courses offered by the BPMA can be found on its website: https://www.bpma.org.uk Framo orders FPSO-bound coolers Marine and offshore pumping system supplier Framo has contracted Hydroniq Coolers to deliver tube coolers for use in Framo’s hydraulic pump units that will be supplied to four newbuild FPSOs (floating, production, offloading and storage vessels). Under the contract, Hydroniq Coolers will supply eight large tube coolers – two for each of the four FPSO-bound hydraulic pump units. The coolers will be integrated with Framo’s pump skids and utilised to cool down the oil in the hydraulic pumps. Alfa Laval-owned Framo will supply the hydraulic pump skids to four undisclosed FPSO projects. Lars Elling Gloppholm, aftermarket sales manager at Hydroniq Coolers, commented: “We are delivering our standardised tube coolers that are certified for offshore use, with necessary documentation, test and certification requirements. We have extensive experience from supplying oil coolers for lube oils, hydraulic oils and thermal oils, and we look forward to supporting Framo on these projects.” Hydroniq Coolers will manufacture and assemble the eight tube coolers at the company’s headquarter at Ellingsøy outside Ålesund, Norway, and deliver them to the Framo Fusa manufacturing plant for marine pumping systems, located southeast of Bergen, Norway. Hydroniq Coolers has specialised its production of heat exchangers to enable customised solutions based on standard heat exchanger models. The company offers more than 200 standard models of shell and tube heat exchangers with cooling surfaces from 0.2 to 350 square metres. BPMA delivers bespoke pump training in Baku
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