ITT Goulds Pumps
VICR Type VS6 Vertically Suspended Can Radial Pumps
The VICR from ITT Goulds Pumps is a vertically suspended, can-mounted multistage pump built to API 610 as a VS6 type. Its radial impeller configuration is tailored to low-flow, high-head duties, delivering the pressure of many stages within a compact, small-footprint machine.
Product Benefits
- Fewer stages, shorter can: When a service needs high head at modest flow, radial impellers do the job with fewer stages, and the VICR turns that into a shorter can and a more compact installation.
- Dual-bearing shaft support: A patent-pending dual-bearing arrangement absorbs rotor up-thrust and keeps the shaft straight even under high suction pressure, a condition that troubles conventional vertical multistage pumps.
- Refinery-grade engineering: As a full API 610 / ISO 13709 design with cartridge mechanical seals per API 682 and pressure-containing parts engineered to recognized pressure-vessel practice, it brings refinery-grade engineering discipline to critical plant services.
Where It's Used
- Energy-market pedigree: The VICR was developed for energy-market services such as light hydrocarbons and boiler feed water.
- Pulp and paper duties: Fluindo offers it for pulp & paper mills, where its listed duties are boiler feed water and condensate.
- Demanding conditions: These services combine low flows, high heads and demanding suction conditions.
Good to Know
- Precision impellers: Impellers are investment-cast, individually keyed and staggered on the shaft, with integral wear rings.
- Double-walled casings: The double-walled, radially split pressure casings use metal-to-metal fits with controlled-compression gaskets.
- Materials and flanges: Material classes follow API 610 conventions, running from carbon steel through austenitic stainless to duplex and super duplex grades, and flanges follow the ASME pattern in several pressure classes.
- Installation flexibility: Short-set and deep-set configurations let the installation match the available NPSH and site layout.
