Pump/Motor
adapters
provide an innovative method to ensure positive shaft
alignment while also performing the function of a coupling
guard.
One end of the adapter is designed to bolt to
the pump body and the other to the motor. The adapter
slips over the shaft coupling mounted to both the pump and
motor shaft with the coupling sleeve locking the shafts
together.
In some cases, as illustrated above, both
the pump and motor are mounted to a baseplate.
Sometimes due to the difference in motor and pump size the
pump "hangs" from the motor via the adapter. Likewise
low pressure systems using small motors will sometimes
"hang" from the adapter and the pump will be mounted to the
baseplate.
The robust design of the pump/motor
adapter is designed to provide rigid support and maintain
proper shaft alignment.