BFP DE Side Bearing Failure Aim towards zero failure-TPP
Aim towards
zero Failure
Fishbone diagram and
Why-Why analysis of BFP
DE Side Bearing
Temperature High
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BFP DE Side Bearing Failure Aim towards zero failure-TPP
Contents
BFP DE Side Bearing
What is DE Side Bearing?
Fishbone diagram of Bearing temperature high
Why-Why analysis of Bearing temperature high
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BFP DE Side Bearing Failure Aim towards zero failure-TPP
What is DE Side Bearing?
DE side bearing is the bearing of the BFP which provide static support to the
shaft space provided in between pump mechanical seal and coupling. In
generally a static bearing (Split type Journal bearing) is provided as DE side
bearing. Which means the bearing will not rotate with shaft, thus no rolling
element is provided with in the split type bearing enclosure i.e. bearing housing.
The Journal bearing partially dipped inside oil bath with in bearing housing and a
oil splash ring is provided for splashing the oil from oil bath in between the
bearing inner face and shaft. A layer of oil film is maintained in between the inner
face and shaft. The oil film resist the metal to metal contact in between the shaft
and inner face. Bearing inner face is coated with white metal or soft babit metal
layer. The purpose of soft metal coating is to sacrifice for the protection of shaft in
case of any oil film failure. The lubrication oil is cooled by external cooling water
pumped by auxiliary water pump with in the jacket provided in side bearing
housing. The oil level cup is provided on bearing housing body for visualizing the
oil level. Also a drain plug is provided on housing bottom for draining lube oil
during maintenance. 2nos Cooling water port inlet and outlet port is provided at
both side of the housing.
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Machine
Bearing housing damage
Method
Low pump RPM Oil splash ring
BFP DE Side Bearing Failure
damage
Low Deareator Shaft worn out
level
Low ACW
pressure Babbitt layer
damage
Pipe line damage
Improper lubrication
Improper
Impeller venting
Fishbone diagram of Bearing temperature high
degradation
Balancing disk Suction valve
throttling
erosion
Base bolt
Bearing life looseness
exhausted
Coupling miss-alignment
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Material
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BFP DE Side Bearing Failure Aim towards zero failure-TPP
Why-Why analysis of Bearing temperature high
Sl. Corrective
Reason Why 1 Why 2 Why 3 Why 4 Why 5 Root Cause
No. Action
Insufficient Low Quantity Rise lube
1
oil quantity of lube oil oil level
Rise
Improper oil Improper cooling
2
Bearing Lube oil cooling cooling water
Breakage Loss of oil
rubbing over pressure
of oil film viscosity
with shaft heating Lube oil
Lube oil Replace
3 contaminatio
contamination lube oil
n
High bearing Bearing Replace
4
clearance clearance high bearing
Mixing of
Lube oil Bearing Recoat
Abrasive Babbitt Breakage of
5 contaminati Babbitt layer Babbitt
High scrubbing material to Babbitt layer
on damage layer
friction oil
between Off centre
Axial or
bearing & Eccentric between Re Check
radial
6 shaft rotation of motor & Mis-alignment pump
misalignm
shaft pump alignment
ent
centre line
Improper Pump Tightened
Loose Base bolt
7 High vibration base bolt pump base
pump base Looseness
Vibration dumping looseness bolt
Vibration Pipe
Oscillation transfer Pipe line Vibration Improper Support not Install pipe
8
of pump from pipe strain not pipe support proper support
body line dumped
Pump part
Replace
rubbing Looseness Worn
9 Parts Damage damage
with each in parts parts
parts
other
Clearance
Excessive Improper Balancing Balancing Change
in Balancing disk
10 axial load rotor axial pressure is disk worn- balancing
balancing damage
on bearing thrust too high out disk
chamber
Shaft lifted
Excessive Rotor high
too much Pump radial lift Contact
11 radial load Radial
high during disturbed OEM
on bearing thrust
operation
Deposition Scale Clean
12 Un
Resonance of scale deposition impeller
balanced
build up in Degradatio
mass of Degradation of Change
13 impeller n of
impeller impeller impeller
material
Low
In sufficient Low ACW Low ACW
cooling Rise ACW
14 flow pump pump
water pressure
quantity pressure pressure
supply
Heat Chocking
Low lube Check for
transfer of cooling Impurities in Impurities in
15 oil water
from oil not water pipe water water
cooling Low Flow impurity
proper line
circulation restriction
Pressure
pressure to coolant
drop at Scale band Scale band Clean scale
16
scale chocking chocking band
band
Improper Restriction Locking of Wear of Wear of Replace
17
lubricatio to lube oil oil splash splash ring splash ring splash ring
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BFP DE Side Bearing Failure Aim towards zero failure-TPP
n circulation ring
Change in
Defective Damage
lube oil Replace
18 bearing Bearing
circulating housing
housing housing
profile
Loss of oil Change in Slurry Slurry Replace
19
viscosity oil density formation formation in oil lube oil
Rise
Low suction
20 Deareator
head
level
Suction Full open
Pressure
21 isolation valve suction
drop at
throttled valve
pump
Formation Water suction
of vapour
Clogged Clean
cavitation formation
22 suction suction
strainer strainer
Heat
Excessive
transfer Heating of Rise pump
heating of
from impeller Low pump Low pump speed as
23 water
shaft rotation rotation per Q-H
curve
Rise pump
Resistanc Low
Low discharge speed as
24 e to discharge
head per Q-H
discharge head
curve
Improper Release air
High back Formation
pipe venting Improper Air from
25 pressure of air
Or pump venting pumping
pocket
priming system
Pipe rough Replace
High pipe Rough internal
26 internal pipe & pipe
friction surface
surface fittings
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