Vick,

Consider mounting the pump on a spring base. See Goulds Pumps Manual GPM 9 page 267. The photograph is of a Goulds Pump/motor mounted on a spring base and looks very much like one of my installations for a circulating pump on a strong black liquor circuit in a pulp mill. The pump is NOT bolted to the base. It is free to "slide around" but it will not "slide around" excessively because the pump suction and discharge are bolted to some fairly rigid piping. The only movement will be due to thermal expansion of the piping connected to the pump suction and discharge. Again, the pump is free to move around to accommodate the thermal growth of the piping.

Pat LaPointe
patrick.lapointe@pcllengineeringltd.com