Hi again everyone,
Thanks for everyone's input on the case.
I posted this most of all to see if you agreed with me or not. We did of course start to negotiate with the supplier right away to find a solution. Luckily we have a contract which allows us to "force" through changes, but it's of...
Thanks for your reply LittleInch,
But I think you're making the same assumption as I think my supplier does. And at first I did the same.
I do not say that they have to run the pumps until the bearing temperatures are stable. That is a different test than I specified and I agree. We specified...
Dear fellow engineers,
I am delivering some pumps for the Norwegian Off shore market and my customer have requested a 4H mechanical run test according to API 610. The bearings are a ring oil-design according to the standard.
Now my pump supplier tells me that they will not measure the bearing...
