Marflex is a leading designer of electric-driven deepwell pumps on tankers (Crude, Products and Chemicals) and off shore platform used for cargo and ballast system onboard.

This course familiarizes participants giving a hands-on-experience on its construction, operation, maintenance of Marflex deepwell pumps and various Variable frequency Drives (VFDs) used.

Contents of the course

• Various types of deepwell pumps and its nomenclature.
• Construction and operation of pump deck arrangement, pipe stack and cargo pump head for deepwell pumps.
• Checks and precautions for starting and stopping, including stripping.
• Precautions for purging of cofferdams.
• Construction and working of ballast pump and aspirator system.
• Assembly and disassembly on MDPC-200 pump including oil draining and replishment.
• Introduction to variable frequency drive (VDF) and soft starter system used with Marflex pumps.
• Convertor System and power distribution matrix.
• Automatic operation of convertors using Power Management System.
• Controls for local, remote and HMI (Human Machine Interface).
• Hands-on-operation for controlling parameters of cargo and ballast pump.
• Change over controls between Local-Remote-HMI.
• Using HMI touch screen for checking, adjusting parameters, including alarms and resetting
  procedure.
• Fault finding in convertor system.
• Use of portable pumps for emergency use.
• Discussion of common problems faced with Marflex System.