General Purpose Gear Units IP 10-10-2

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THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH NUMBERS REFER TO API-677,

FIRST EDITION, MARCH 1989, WHICH IS A PART OF THIS PRACTICE.

SECTION 1 - GENERAL
I 1.1 SCOPE
a. (Exception) This practice covers general-purpose, horizontal, enclosed-single and double-helical
one-and two-stage speed increasers and reducers of parallel-shaft design.
b. All requirements specified in this practice are additions to those of API-677 unless specifically
noted as exceptions. Paragraph numbers in this practice which do not appear in API-677 are
new paragraphs.
c. An asterisk () indicates that a decision by the Purchaser is required, or that additional
information is furnished by the Purchaser.
Note: A Bullet () is shown in API-677 indicating that a Purchaser's decision is required.
d. Vendor Qualification. General-purpose gear units shall be supplied by vendors qualified by
experience to manufacture the units proposed. To qualify, the vendor must have manufactured,
at the proposed point of manufacture, at least two gear units of comparable power and speed
rating, pinion speed, speed ratio, and pitch line velocity. These gear units must have been in
service for at least one year and be performing satisfactorily.
I 1.5 REFERENCED PUBLICATIONS
a. Table 1 lists the practices and standard which shall be used with this practice.
 b. Table 2 lists the standards which shall be used with this practice as specified by the Purchaser.

TABLE 1

PRACTICES

IP 2-1-1 Plant Noise Design Criteria

IP 20-1-1 Inspection of Equipment and Materials

STANDARD

API Standard
677 General-Purpose Gear Units for Refinery Service

TABLE 2

STANDARDS

ASTM Standards
B 111 / B 111M Copper and Copper-Alloy Seamless Condenser Tubes and Ferrule
Stock
B 169 / B 169M Aluminum Bronze Plate, Sheet, Strip and Rolled Bar
B 171 / B 171M Copper-Alloy Plate and Sheet for Pressure Vessels, Condensers
and Heat Exchangers
B584 Copper Alloy Sand Castings for General Applications
API Standard
671 Special Purpose Couplings for Refinery Services

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SECTION 2 - BASIC DESIGN

2.1 GENERAL
E 2.1.5 (Exception) Noise. Vendors shall furnish noise emission data for the quoted equipment with their
proposal per IP 2-1-1.
O,R  2.1.14 Gear units and auxiliaries shall be suitable for outdoor installation in the climatic zone specified.
R  2.1.18 When specified, spare rotors shall be furnished for and delivered with each gear unit. If the rotors of
two or more proposed gear units are duplicates, a single spare set will suffice.
R  2.1.19 When specified, a spare bearing set including thrust and radial bearings shall be furnished with each
gear unit. If two or more proposed gear units are duplicates, a single spare bearing set will suffice.
2.5 RATING
O,R  2.5.1.1 For electric motor drivers the gear unit shall also be rated to withstand momentary high torque
overloads equal to or exceeding four times gear power rating to provide for peak torque resulting
from reapplication of voltage after a power interruption. The suitability of this rating shall be
confirmed by the Purchaser after final system characteristics are defined.
In addition, for synchronous motor drives and variable frequency induction motor drives, the
gear unit including the gear teeth and bearing metal shall also be rated to withstand the peak
oscillatory torque values predicted by the system transient torsional analysis of the motor starting
without incurring fatigue damage or failure.
2.10 BEARINGS
2.10.3 THRUST BEARINGS
R 2.10.3.1 Proposed system arrangement for gear units without thrust bearings must be approved by the
Owner's Engineer.
2.12 LUBRICATION
R 2.12.10 d. Materials of construction for coolers in fresh water cooling service shall be carbon steel
with admiralty metal tubes and brass tubesheets. Materials for salt water cooling service
shall be as follows:

SHELL CHANNELS AND COVERS TUBESHEETS TUBES

Materials Specification Material Specification Material Specification

Carbon Steel Acid Resisting ASTM B584 Naval brass ASTM B171 Inhibited ASTM B111
Bronze Alloy C92200 Alloy C46400 Admiralty Alloy C44300
or C44400, or
Aluminum ASTM B169 C44500
Bronze Alloy C61400

SECTION 3 - ACCESSORIES
3.2 COUPLINGS AND GUARDS
R 3.2.4 The coupling to shaft juncture shall be capable of transmitting the peak torques due to
acceleration and re-acceleration referenced in Par. 2.5.1.1 above.

SECTION 4 - INSPECTION, TESTING, AND PREPARATION FOR SHIPMENT

4.3 TESTING
4.3.4 OPTIONAL TESTS
R  4.3.4.1 FULL-SPEED/FULL OR PART LOAD TEST
Unless otherwise specified, vibration limits shall not exceed those specified in Par. 2.9.3.
4.4 PREPARATION FOR SHIPMENT
M  4.4.3.1 (Exception) Painting of unmachined exterior surfaces for corrosive or marine atmospheres will be
specified.

SECTION 5 - VENDOR'S DATA

5.1 PROPOSALS

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O,R 5.1.1 p. Experience qualification information to comply with Par. 1.1d above.
5.2 CONTRACT DATA
5.2.3 DATA
R  5.2.3.2 g. If specified, the following additional data shall be provided to the Purchaser for review by the
Owner's Engineer.
1. Input and results of critical speed and rotor unbalance response study including bearing
and support stiffnesses and damping as a function of percent torque load and speed.
2. Dimensioned thrust bearing drawings.
3. Dimensioned radial bearing drawings.
4. Input and results of torsional critical speed analysis and transient torsional analysis.
5. Preliminary curves of allowable radial bearing load versus speed (RPM) for variable
frequency induction motor and synchronous electric motor drives.

Revision Memo
12/90 Revision 0 - Original Issue of Basic Practice
6/95 Revision 0 - Original Issue of International Practice
3/98 Revision 1
Deleted Old Pars. 1.2a, 2.10.2, 3.2.8, 4.4.3.2, and 5.1.1.q as adequately covered by API Standards.

 Exxon Research and Engineering Company, 1995, 1998

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