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SUGGESTED SPECIFICATIONS FOR ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS:

Furnish and install as shown on plans a Type SC (or SSC) horizontally split case, single stage (or two-stage), centrifugal pump, Model ______, as manufactured by Federal Pump Corporation. Pump shall have a capacity of ______ G.P.M. against a Total Dynamic Head of ____ feet, and shall be flexibly-coupled to a ____ H.P., _____ Phase, ____ cycles, _____ volts, _____ R.P.M. drip-proof motor. Casing shall be of extra heavy cast iron, the upper half of which shall be removable without disconnecting suction or discharge piping.

Impeller(s) shall be enclosed, single-piece, cast bronze, of the double suction type, (single suction mounted back-to-back for two-stage pumps).

Pumps shall have renewable wearing rings. Shaft shall be of high grade alloy steel protected by renewable bronze sleeves.

Inboard and outboard bearings shall be mounted in dust and moisture-proof housings.

Pumps shall have deep stuffing boxes with adjustable glands (or mechanical shaft seals, if preferred)
Entire unit shall be mounted on common extra heavy steel bedplate.