hydronic pump piping
hydronic pump piping

Hydronic Expansion Joints: Flexible Connectors vs. Expansion Joints

RL DeppmannMonday Morning Minutes, Hydronic System Design, Vibration and Expansion Control, Expansion Joints, Vibration, Expansion and Noise Control, Expansion and Noise Control, Expansion Joints

William Shakespeare may not have known anything about hydronic engineering, but a small part of his play, Romeo and Juliet, could be renamed Flexible Connectors and Expansion …

Hydronic Pump Piping and Trim: Vibration Inertia Bases

RL DeppmannVibration and Expansion Control, Expansion and Noise Control, Installation, Vibration Bases, Vibration Bases, Monday Morning Minutes, Pumps

Oftentimes an engineer will specify a pump mounted on springs, vibration base, inertia base, or isolation base. Our industry tends to use a number of terms for the same …

flexible connector rubber
flexible connector rubber

Hydronic Pump Piping and Trim: Rubber Flexible Connectors

RL DeppmannMonday Morning Minutes, Flexible Connectors, Flexible Connectors, Hydronic System Design, Vibration and Expansion Control, Vibration, Expansion and Noise Control, Flexible Connectors, Expansion and Noise Control

This week we look at rubber flexible connectors and compare. The first thing the reader will notice in the photo are the words “expansion joints” …

Hydronic System Centrifugal Pump Trim: Flexible Connectors

RL DeppmannFlexible Connectors, Flexible Connectors, Monday Morning Minutes, Pumps, Piping and Installation, Vibration and Expansion Control, Expansion and Noise Control

Centrifugal pumps in hydronic systems normally have flexible connectors on the inlet and outlet piping at the pump. Why are they there? Do we need …

hydronic pump assembly
hydronic pump assembly

Hydronic Pump Piping and Trim: Why Use Flexible Connectors?

RL DeppmannHydronic System Design, Vibration and Expansion Control, Vibration, Expansion and Noise Control, Flexible Connectors, Flexible Connectors, Expansion and Noise Control, Monday Morning Minutes, Flexible Connectors, Flexible Connectors

The R. L. Deppmann Monday Morning Minutes will look at near pump piping over the next several weeks. This week, we want to spend some …