Paper: Pumping Unit Safety Design Considerations

Pumping units, with their tremendous power, inertia, heavy moving components, and height have come under the scrutiny of safety departments for service companies and operators alike. Safe operation of this equipment is a matter of developing sound, strictly enforced, operational procedures and pumping unit design. This paper will examine several approaches by various manufacturers and after market companies to enhance the safe installation, maintenance, and operation of the pumping unit.