
27249‐SupplementaryOperatingManualforTypeKSP3208
SupplementaryOM/TypeKSP‐1‐ Version:27249‐v02
ThisoperatingmanualisonlyasupplementtotheZHoperatingmanual27224.
Pleasecarefullyreadthroughbothmanualsandobservetheinformation
containedinthem.
Self‐primingpumpKSP.AvariantoftheZH‐3208pump.
ZH3208isanormalmulti‐stagecentrifugalpumpwithseveralimpellersthatcanachieve
highpressures.Severalimpellers,so‐calledstages,arebuiltinarowonashaft.Howeverasa
centrifugalpump,theZHisnotself‐primingandalsodoesnothavedryrunprotection.
ByintegratingasuctionstageinourZHpump,additionalpropertiessuchasself‐primingand
dryrunprotectionareachieved.ThenewKSPpumpcanthenprimeliquidsfromatankthat
ispositionedlowerandisnotdamagedbyabriefdryrun.
Function:Thepumpconsistsoftwopumptypesthataremountedonadriveshaft.
Amulti‐stagecentrifugalpumpcanthenonlyoperatewhentheinsideofthepumpisalways
filledwithliquid.Thisworksverywellwhenthepumphasaninfloworthesuctionlineis
alwayscompletelyfilled.Forexample,thisispossiblebyusingafootvalve.Ifthepumphasa
suctionliftinsteadofaninflowandnofootvalvecanbeused,thepumpwillquicklyrundry
andcanthennolongerconveyanyliquidorbuilduppressure.Hereitmustfirstbeensured
thattheliquidcompletelyfillsthepumpandthecompletesuctionlineagain.
Anintegratedsuctionstageisusedhere.Thisispositionedonthesameshaftafterthe
centrifugalpumpstages.Whenpriming,themediumfromthesuctiontankistransported
throughthesuctionlineinthepump,throughallpumpstagesofthecentrifugalpumpand
finallythroughthesuctionstage.Thisarrangementofthestagesensuresthatthestagesof
thecentrifugalpumpareslowlyfilleduntilthepumpisfullyfilledwithliquid.