I show you a staple of heavy industry: the diaphragm pump. This is a small Ingersol Rand pump that'll handle anything from diesel fuel to wet sand. I appreciate your help making these shop VJOs. Patrons get early access here http://www.Patreon.com/AvE
If these industrial legos weren't so damned expensive I'd have one or two in the home shop for one purpose or another.
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A staple in the underground mining industry, 2 inch were common but also 3 inch and 4 inch versions.
mmm, wet slurry
I also put a smaller one in for window washer fluid, I did not ground it but it been several years no problem except the the exhaust muffler broke off and it is kinda loud
We have a couple at work for used oil, 1 is a standby:) luckily the check ball stuff is easily cleaned on these.
Sandpiper!
I worked in maintenance at a food chemical company for about 1.5 years, and rebuilt a couple of these. We used ones maybe 50% larger than this to pump I believe cocoa slurry and alcohol. Something about you going through this made it seem so much easier to take apart than the few DAYS it took us to rework them. Maybe ours were stickier, idk. But man does it blow when you test and it turns out you had something put on backwards…
ARO is the absolute best brand of diaphragm pumps for ease of use and/or ease of repair/rebuild. Crazy awesome Unit you have there!
Im from the future. The healing mat wont always look so nice, enjoy her while she still fits in them jeans.
a guy said that when you're loading large amounts of refrigerant into a system you have to ground the refrigerant tank, because the static of the propellant moving through the diaphragm of the ac pressure gauges can damage them.
Used these to transfer laundry chemicals from barrels to main feed tanks. Lots of caustic bases and the acids used to neutralize them. No lack of compressed air with our 50hp Sullair. I worked there 6 years and never had to service or replace the diaphragm pumps.
We called those wiz bangers, in the Navy. There was one at the local meat packing plant pumping blood 24 7.
These were indispensable in the oil field. It's unbelievable how much these can move and how quickly. Pumping out cellars, pits, cutting boxes, flooded pads, you name it. Tough enough for roughnecks, but also simple enough a roughneck can rebuild one. Well, some roughnecks.
I've used that to pump diesel for yrs. Only had to replace the seals 🦭
I've rebuilt probably a dozen or so of these in the couple years since I got promoted from partpusher to greasemonkey. Love em, fastest maintenance task we've got with no downtime, cause all our pumps are in tandem with one sitting idle. One pump starts leaking, throw over two hand valves and the other takes off, sealing the first off from flow to get removed, repaired, and reinstalled as soon as I finish my coffee. Rebuild is simple but keeps your hands moving, and you can't screw it up blindfolded.
We had some little units by the name of PIAB. The head engineer of the plant "outlawed" them because of their high air consumption. But, every good mechanic had one stashed away. Saved many a shift due to failed vacuum pumps that were not in stock in the storeroom….