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1. in each single column or look for any character strings in Selecti rin general Selection String Last update 20 11 2001 A K 2002 09 27 You can activate a filter in each column to ensure a 2002 09 30 clearly arranged data processing The selection can be 21 09 2000 done by entering character strings or by selecting Ah pan J already listed figures or texts as shown here Spi pek 23 03 2001 EH Ok X Cancel K This button in dialogue Filter data record cancels NEE activated filter function of the current column The same symbol in the dialogue Open project cancels all activated filters This button in dialogue Open deletes all unnecessary projects 60 Project Management fm Import project file Imports projects which have been set up with Spaix2 and saved as external files e g in CEF format For more information about data exchange formats see chapter Introduction Filetype Catalogue Exchange Format CEF sl Catalogue Exchange Format CEF paragraph Interfaces Choose the import Cabinet compressed file cab directory and the file Microsoft Excel xls type in the window je am being opened Hint It is impossible to import project files set up with Spaix1 Use option File SPAIX 1 conversion instead GC Export project file Projects can be exported either EN l as file or as an e mail As a Se Export Cl Ae file standard the programme CT As e mail suggests
2. Medium data Temperature fo Ss Goncentretian fico pH value fr content of solid bo Density fi 403 kom Viscosity fi mms Vapour pressure 54 kPa 16004 Density Vapour pressure r Le 37 Pump Selection Dialogue CURRENT CONFIGURATION Current configuration Besides the selectable features Duty chart S operating speed Stages Performance curve impeller size and Installation type this window shows all structural components of the chosen pump The Performance curve dialogue enables you to put up a suitable Mit manufacturer SIEMENS D pump configuration by selecting from Wo Sec ieafiglautermotoren additional components such as different Mrt fira7i054aa 22w zl motors base plates shaft seals etc perad punci Pe 22 Ikw Rated voltage SKS The picture shows a dialogue version Pegres of protection Iess rr a when the button Show all is ticked In Installation type Complete group sl case it is not ticked the dialogue will only materiais display variable pump components Sere aes Manufacturer of coupe ENEE If you change one component the coupling series programme will automatically update all w A N eupexnao F the other components that depend on the changed one E mit i eal materials Jace H you chose a different installation type oii an you should also activate the index card Dn i Dimensions on the left to be able to follow
3. Hem Quant Description tem no Group Unit pr EUR ADF Pressure switch 1 level ADF Press Vv Next E Back U Finish Cancel 7 Help Possibility 2 In case accessories are already listed in the data base the respective item can be chosen highlighted and added to the project via the search function and by clicking Select item 14 Settings and Data Transfer Receivers Administration Company Receiver Ee Xx fe l abllchenge M Add Delete Abwasserversorung Gmb BT 001 Himmelshause Bengelstraat 12 Abwasser Nord GmbH BT Orts Himmelspforte Engelstraat 45 C N TRALLI Madrid Carlos Tras Pump Company GmbH Avenue 5 Pumps AG Homeland Long street 13 Pumps AG Towerland Short street 2 VSX GmbH Dresden Robert Blum Str D wio o Oscherslebe Vyilo Oschersleben GmbH Oschersleben Anderslebener StreD Dept E mail Receiver Pump Company de E mail private Phone number 049 4714 This catalogue is at your disposal for the administration of customer data By clicking the ad button gg new customers receivers will be added Another window will be opened into which you enter the group of the new customer After that you can enter all necessary customer specific data into the other dialogue window Line 4 8 A The sorting function zt is only activated for highlighted columns of the table As to the search function Zi you have to choose the corresponding options The informatio
4. The current project will be sent as an e mail in the selected file format You can choose the same formats as in Export files 63 Project Management Data sheets in POF format Project data set in Catalogue Exchange Format Project data set in Catalogue Exchange XML Format Project data set in the Einhetsblatt YOMA 24275 format kW Export data sheets JM Compress as CAB files Receiver Pumps AG Dept Einkauf Contact E mail E mail private Prone number 056 456456 Fax Mo Project item Additional files Project ID ser Project Fou ER Created by Company So GmbH e Dept Phone number 0351 5995133 Fax No 0351 8995111 E mail bz S bzxiG vex de T If you export a project or several items of a project via e mail use index card Item in this dialogue the exported project files will be compressed as CAB file If you have an e mail service programme the connection to it will be established immediately and the e mail will be prepared The CAB file is already attached Attach Sy Attachments CAB 49 0 KB The requirements for this are 1 that in menu SETTINGS Options General item Do not send mails through MAPI is not ticked and 2 that in the above displayed dialogue Export item Compress as CAB files is ticked KM Save Saves changes of the current project If you want to save the project under a new name use dialogue Save as in the pull down menu
5. The line Floating number digit shows how many positions after the decimal point shall be rounded This might be useful when converting values to other units or when calculating fields After the conversion the value often has several positions after the decimal point and should therefore be rounded Explication Determine the number of positions that shall be rounded Example If you enter in line Floating number digit 3 and 43 19 as a concrete value the figure will be reduced to three positions 43 2 If you enter instead a value of 5434892 it will be rounded in the following way floating number digit 271 5430000 Only the first three figures will be shown and the remaining figures will be turned 0 positions after the decimal point will not be displayed As an alternative to line Floating number digit you can enter in line Numeric format a special format for the figures Formatting specification 0 Wild card for a figure In case the value that shall be formatted contains at this position a figure having 0 in the format sequence the figure will be copied to the output sequence Wild card for a figure In case the value that shall be formatted contains at this position a figure having in the format sequence the figure will be copied to the output sequence Otherwise no character will be saved in the output string at this position decimal separator thousand separator 85 E g format sequence 0 0 00 HHH
6. 0 00 E Clicking this button Performance chart of the pump will put the pump performance chart on the data sheet The selected and set pump performance chart will be inserted into the data sheet in the selection programme By means of the Inspector index card Graphic press right mouse button to open it you can determine size position scale width and scale height as well as special diagram settings Diagram settings The index card Colour enables you to set for instance ine style pen style and colour Open the list box Style to select the graphic elements of the performance chart you want to change Create and Edit Data Sheets 1234 0 5 1234 1 1234 00 0 50 1234 Le 1 234 00 0 50 Change x Axis Colour Grid net settings Pen style Full line Pen size Set standard EZ The Pump dimensions are inserted into the data sheet as a table You can determine the display mode of the dimension table in the Inspector press right mouse button and click object to open it The programme can display not only pump dimensons but also dimensions of several other assembly components open list box in line Dimensions 86 Create and Edit Data Sheets Inspector EN Pump dimensions sl Graphic Technical info Alignment Lett bottom Background color caption C 255 Background C Transparent Border calour g Arial 4 255 a Border L Mame Wert Base plate Coupling 100
7. For setting the graphic parameters proceed as described above see section Pump drawing Dimensions to the user defined page Clicking this button will insert the dimensions of the above described graph into the data sheet In the Inspector line Page number or name you can select the page that shall be shown If you do know the name of the user defined page to be found in the data base you should enter it here in order to unmistakably allocate the drawing to the page If you do not know the name just enter the page number 0 corresponds to the first user defined page For setting the graphic parameters proceed as described above see section Pump dimensions BR Ea Ei These buttons relate to the accessory You should display accessory data only on special accessory data sheets that are allocated to the corresponding accessory part in the data base As these data sheets are allocated to the corresponding accessory part in the Spaix data base programme it is not very helpful to set up accessory data sheets if you only dispose of the selection programme These buttons can be used in the same way as the pump buttons see Pump keys Pump dimensions and Pump drawing E Accessory keys 4 Dimensions of accessory fil Drawing from the accessory 91 Create and Edit Data Sheets 8 He B These buttons relate to spare parts You should display spare part data only on special spare part data sheets that are allocated to the corre
8. WE User Manual Pump Selection Programme Contents CONTENTS About This User Manual 5 ROTC EE 5 Beete 5 OMG giel CT 6 Idee el Deen 7 The Selection Programme 7 PIAS ie 8 SYSTEM Requirements nnennenennennenannnennnnaneannnnrnnnenrnrrnnnnnenrnnrnennrunrnnrnnrannnnnnnennnnnna 9 Metala lior EE 9 SIDAR E YIU E S et E E EE A E EAE E EE E meee 11 Settings and Data Transfer 11 ER E 11 Ment E E 14 Mnu SS ING S sasssa EE 18 Mant dE 26 Selten 28 Index Card Operating Data 29 WS i CA WEE E 31 Index Card Search Optons sirisser aeia Esie 32 EE ER PUMP Selection Browser 33 PUMP Selection Dialogue snnnnnnnennnnnnnannnnnnnnennnrnnnnnnesnnnnnnranrnnnnsrnnnnnrnrnnnnnnenrnnrnnennnao 34 Filtering and Sorting the PUMP LiSt cece ceecseecseeeseecseeeseeseeesseeseeeseeeseeess 35 Energy Costs RUNNING Cosi 36 Ratings Of FluidS ccccccssecssecsseesssesseeesseesseeseseesseecsaeesuessaeesseeseeeesseeeeaeesseeesaeeesaes 37 Current Confguratton 38 LELE eae oben sees ees E cto E AA casas cat duce beeen E E EE E AT 39 Sato ig DE 40 Base E 40 Index Card Dagoram 41 Index Card Product Description 47 Index Card Dmensions es nonenasnaonnnnenrnnnnnrnnsinsrnenrnnrnnrrnrinsrnnrnnrranrnsrnnrrnsrnerennne 48 imdex Gard Watt E 49 mdexcard Sbhalt Seal esenea 51 Index Card Print PDreview bnt 52 User defined Pages EE 53 Accessory Selection srice reien eeen iie Aaii 53 Spare parts SEIS CU OM aiciccciccncecsssec
9. Open the license file on the corresponding disk drive The type of this file is dat By opening this file the license data will be recorded in the programme 18 Settings and Data Transfer Units By clicking this button you can open the units dialogue in which you can set or convert international currencies and physical parameters You can select different measurement systems e g US units or define the parameters individually By clicking OK all physical values will be converted automatically to the adjusted unit Spaix Unit SC eC Units Currency conversion Type f Slunits E US units Ge User defined Units Head P D Flows te w Rated power Jan D Speed imin D Dimensions rmm T Temperature Ik D Density kom D Kin viscosity lemer D Pressure kPa e Electric voltage Iv D Electric current a D Weight kg e Moment of inertia ka Ti D Torque hm e Specitic heat Le Ri D Sound Dreszzurelevel dB e Area mm e Force fn D Specitic drain flow is bai D Discharge area ba e Velocty mis e olume l D Air flow L T Mass flow Ikat h Currency conversion In order to set the appropriate currency prices and the current value added tax rate for the project use the dialogue Currency conversion EUR Reference currency Choose the currency reference currency and the international currency code international or general one you wish to be used by the software IR International currency code The progra
10. Settings Options Names for projects Properties Values Sender keys E Concerning this feature the Inspector lists in Field sender data keys name address etc The selected key content will be displayed on the data sheet at the place you defined in index card Graphic Select in Show as field name No 96 Create and Edit Data Sheets If you select Yes you will create a display field in which the programme shows the current field name Hint You also have the possibility to determine the field name yourself See Menu Settings Options Names for projects Project data fields inspector Ge Pr eet data fields B Ss Silb Concerning this feature the Inspector LJ lists in Field project related keys e g date name of project revision number The selected key content will be Show as field name displayed on the data sheet at the place you defined in index card Graphic Units field G This button selects keys for physical units in line Unit type The selected key content will be displayed on the data sheet at the place you defined in index card Graphic In order to enter a physical value in combination with a unit into the data sheet proceed as follows Example Setting up an editable temperature field The button Toolbar Graphic inserts an entry field for floated values Select in the Inspector line Unit type Temperature Click the Units button and place the unit field next to the en
11. 315 125 380 200 125 80 315 125 80 400 150 125 315 150 125 400 200 150 250 200 150 315 200 150 400 250 200 315 250 200 450 300 250 315 300 250 315 300 250 450 300 250 450 300 250 500 get a better n sooo overview If you select a pump the corresponding performance chart Flow 31 mh Head 68 4 m will be highlighted In this way you can determine flow and head and adjust your defined hydraulic data The logarithmic diagram displays all performance charts in a clearly arranged way You can restart the selection after having defined new flow and head values The provisional hydraulic selection result displays all pumps that correspond to the defined search criteria The matching pumps and their most important characteristics will be listed in a table Configuration possibilities for the highlighted pump will be displayed in a clearly arranged way 32 Pump Selection Browser LAKE fede i nh ae Epam menace aa 1 Sta il Pr s DEO YT 6 derer re Pirat aai Pr o zept KE lh ee i g e Ege etndr reesen DES F Sar i Hpi E Perme oe RK renee i ter tegen Fee stra a Sie y Pine 8 ai VC PE oe HEN Explications concerning this dialogue will be specified in the next but one section gt Pump Selection dialogue PUMP SELECTION BROWSER This dialogue ensures a direct and specific selection of a preferred pump produced by a certain
12. Discharge size 100 Magnetic drives and transmizsion components LJ Transparent Motor design 1 Pump Solid line Shaft seal 5 25 Vertical Arial 3 Se Pump drawing This button inserts the pump drawing DXF WMF BMP or JPG format or a drawing of an assembly component into the data sheet Select in line Picture drawing Inspector the component of which a drawing shall be inserted Define the picture s position on the data sheet and its size Decide whether the drawing shall have a frame Su Company logo This button inserts the company logo into the data sheet The logo has to be saved as graphic file in directory Picture The file name is the manufacturer s name Often the company logo was already used at different places so it might already be saved in directory Picture Coordinates size frame etc can be determined in the Inspector 87 Create and Edit Data Sheets Product description table This button inserts into the data sheet a quotation table containing product description and prices Clicking line Existing columns in the Inspector Technical info will open a dialogue where you can add or delete columns and edit properties Inspector xi Product description table Di Graphic Technical info Settings xi Translate Alignment Visible Column Yes Left justified Yes Left justified Quant Yes Left justified Yes Description Hide unit prices in sum column No Show
13. File Hint To delete projects click button Open and Delete 64 Project Management EA change data sheet allocati ees To each project there are data sheets allocated in the data base If there are any other data sheets at choice concerning the technical pump date the hydraulic or the drawings you can also allocate these data sheets to the project To create and process your own data sheets see dialogue Data sheets Change data sheet allocation x Quotation YSA data sheet quotation 2 pages tem SERIES MG Please select an other data sheet for the pump data here Data sheet Change Data sheet technical data GN data sheet pump data 2 IS Ee Data sheet performance curve WSA data sheet hydraulic Data sheet dimensions VS data sheet dimension Data sheet energy cost EI Use these settings for all tems INDEX CARD PRICES There are two dialogues at your disposal Data sheet and Price Price The button E ci lists all project components and their corresponding prices 65 Project Management ee tem temno tem no eeh Quant Discount Unit pr ail ie Price alak Installation Complete group 0 00 0 00 Bearing bracket 1 Material design SiC Carb ft 38 H8000 Coupling N Eupex H 80 500 00 500 00 39 mm er er g 3 10 MAN DNB3 Manometer DNB3 0 0 00 0 00 Show all Show and charge price Alternative Price inclusive Remove price Price on request Text it
14. Pass piste gn I5 feast ron S the changes For the components Motor a Coupling iF and Base plate the programme will open additional small dialogues which display any available information about the structural components In case the desired coupling or motor is not available the E button enables you to enter project related couplings motors base plates etc of different manufacturers These data and the project will be saved together Hint This adding mode which is set in the data base is only available if you have a permission from the manufacturer Otherwise the button is invisible 38 Pump Selection Dialogue MOTOR The Motor button is visible if the selected pump installation type is delivered with motor All chnical motor information provided by the pump manufacturer will be visible in additional windows In case the desired motor is not available the E button enables you to enter it project related The data will be saved together with the project Hint This adding mode which is set in the data base is only available if you have a permission from the software producer Otherwise the button is invisible ann Motor Calculated shaft power 0 663 Ka Motor Minimax power 0 431 0 7 kvy Calculated shaft power 0 663 Ku Frequency 50 Hz Minimax power 0 431 0 7 KY oe oe Frequency 50 Hz Motor manufacturer ABB v Pole pairs 2 Motors M2BA 90 54 A 13 uni Se Motor design 3 win
15. The programme will suggest the ideal diameter between the minimum and maximum impeller diameter and respect the given duty point The optimised performance curve will be entered into the duty chart 45 Pump Selection Dialogue This button is not available if the manufacturer does not offer any impeller trimming By clicking Reset the standard settings will be reactivated By selecting Adapt speed the optimum speed will be suggested for the duty Ce Selected curve chart or the selected performance curve Put chart The speed limits are defined in the data base This button is not available if the manufacturer does not offer any speed adaptation gt gt Optimise 8 The motor button in this dialogue enables ele you to convert the speed to the speed of the Optimise motor Reset You also have the possibility to create a speed 1740 14min duty chart You can feed the frequency or the iS fi r40 a a transmission ratio into the table Ce Selected curve Additionally to the manufacturer s shell curves SE E you can add new curves with a constant Wine speed curves efficiency column ETA The reset button cancels all adaptations and displays the previous values of the highlighted reference performance curve As far as propeller pumps are concerned you can adapt these pumps to the duty point by Changing the vane angle The dialogue Throttling offers the possibility gt Optimise to regulate the rate o
16. automatically Furthermore you have the opportunity to reset the directory path for the master file External Transferdata xls which is necessary for the data exchange via the VDMA format External Transferdata xls is filed in the data directory The page Selection enables you to set different modes of display and conditions for the pump selection in advance 21 Settings and Data Transfer Options oe General Selection Discount Names for projects Resistance information W Show only resistant material combinations Show only resistant shaft seals Show only the sufficient motors Display in datasheet Caution motor power to less pump operation not possible Avoid oversized motors Show only suitable couplings Iw Show only suitable base plates Pump selection Ticking for instance Choose all series in hydraulic selection dialogue means that all intended series in a certain field of application will be marked and respected in the selection If you do not tick this option no series will be File for project transter VDMA chosen in advance You have to highlight one or Ek External Transterdata xls more intended series for the hydraulic selection yourself The dialogue Discount enables you to set or change the discount values for different product groups The allocation of the product groups has already been carried out in the Spaix Data Base in dialogue tem Options KEN General Selec
17. curves Draw motor power rating limitation Left justified RAight justified Centred Hide best efficiency point Show Dest efficiency pom amp Label best efficiency point Hide all best efficiency points Label all best efficiency points Hide _ Display system curve D Curve and rectangular duty point F Curve and triangular duty point O Rectangular duty point Triangular duty point Horizontal line Horizontal line and curve Vertical line 43 Pump Selection Dialogue Via the option Change curve name you can change the name of the selected and therefore coloured performance curve Furthermore the current performance curve name can be arranged in different ways via Text alignment You always have to open the dialogue Diagram options with the right mouse button for carrying out these two operations in order to determine the changes in the diagram part Q H values shaft power or NPSH values Save as graphics the following formats are possible WMF BMP or JPG Concerning the dialogue Copy as bitmap into clipboard you should note that the scaling of the diagram depends on the fact whether you have opened the whole window or just a normal window The best efficiency point is the point with the best efficiency It is displayed in form of a small square and shows the current efficiency if the option Label best efficiency point is activated Here you can also choose different display modes The
18. data texts You can create data sheets or sheet collections or change data sheet forms in menu Settings Data sheets see chapter DATA SHEETS 71 Create and Edit Data Sheets CREATE AND EDIT DATA SHEETS The dialogue for creating and editing data sheets can be found in the pull down menu Settings Data sheets Some general points Every single data sheet consists of several pages Each page is displayed individually on a separate index card The pages again are composed of several layers The layers can be processed individually They lay one on top of the other like transparent foils Only one of the layers is active at a time and which then can be edited Non active layer s are displayed faded out The advantage of subdividing documents into layers is that those layers can be linked to several documents without explicitly copying them Therefore the layers are saved in a central layer pool in order to have them available for use by several data sheet s MENU FILE New Creates a new data sheet form The previously activated data sheet will be closed after a safety query A new and empty sheet is at your disposal for editing Open Opens an existing data sheet Before opening a data sheet the programme will ask whether the changes of the presently activated sheets shall be Saved IN this p dialogue you have also the SX data sheet hydraulic 2002 11 28 possibility to delete data sheets En data sheet pump data 3 2
19. data with Spaix Online EN Internet Server Please select the Spaix Online server that should be used for the project data exchange process Destination INTERNET T1 spaix net el Subsidiary D Internet address Jatt Hspaix net Password lt Back Finish gt X Abort 2 Hydraulic Selection HYDRAULIC SELECTION Pumps can be chosen by different procedures In the Hydraulic Selection the suitable pump is selected considering the desired duty point manufacturer specific areas of application and fluids In the Product Selection Browser pumps can be selected directly from the pump series Si At the beginning you determine the frequency and the brand Make These options are only available if data of several pump manufacturers are saved in the data base During the selection the programme will consider all performance curves saved in the data base according to the activated frequency or that are intended for a conversion to 50Hz or 60Hz As a second step you enter the Area of application of the pump On the right hand side of the window the programme will display the Series available for the selected area of application Highlight the series you want to be selected By clicking the button Advanced see buttons below you can switch to a more comprehensive list of series parameters You now have the opportunity to let the programme select pumps used in totally different areas of application a
20. de Dimensions Dimension drawing Motors DES A 9054A 1 4 KW D e Dimension Value chess Sanaa a 140 Motor frame size 90 S f 175 Degree of protection IP IP 55 o 180 Insulation class F I g4 150 Temperature class hG 90 Explosion protection h7 150 Design according standard hd 240 Type of protection k 310 Weight g 21000 2 5030160 Moment of inertia kg mz 0 0025 F i 24 L2_6550160 70 Shaft diameter mm p 185 Length shaft end mm 0 s 10 Service factor 4 15 we 56 e No starts per hour Electric voltage Full name 400 VM bo u tiie E Min voltage Il 0 Dimensions Max voltage Il 0 Rated voltage Y starting V 400 Rated voltage D starting V 0 Rated current 4 26 Main cable direct starting Control cable direct starting Calculation factor for starting current 3 x me Technical data Dimensions 39 Pump Selection Dialogue COUPLING P The Coupling button is visible if the selected pump installation type is delivered with coupling All technical coupling information provided by the pump manufacturer will be visible in additional windows In case the desired motor is not available the S button enables you to enter it project related The data will be saved together with the project Hint This adding mode which is set in the data base is only available if you have a permission from the software producer Otherwise the button is invisible Add additional coupling
21. enables you to align fields and texts in lines as well as in columns very quickly and to format them exactly Coordinate values of all highlighted objects will be adjusted to the x y coordinate values of the first highlighted object after having pressed one of the alignment buttons see picture To highlight objects keep Shift button pressed while clicking the objects with the mouse The advantage of this option is that you align an object perfectly according to its coordinates Further objects will be adjusted by clicking once on the corresponding button To enter the coordinates for each single object with the Inspector becomes unnecessary fi ht rei a The arrows in the buttons indicate the direction to which the objects shall be adjusted You can also open this dialogue by pressing F10 79 Create and Edit Data Sheets Units This option enables you to define the physical parameters which can also be inserted from the pump selection programme Language Choose the language you want the programme to work with Grid settings Here you can define different layout settings e g page layout widths of grid lines space of adjustment lines etc In standard font style you can set the font for all text objects going to be created from now on Changing these features for each object individually becomes unnecessary LEFT TOOLBAR d Cuts the highlighted object You can mark and cut several objects A Di abe 100 sl si
22. help of the Inspector ine Text The respective dialogue will be opened The text format can be determined in line Type Or set the text format in Menu Tools Grid line settings for any other texts entered from now on A Page number Inserts a field for an automatic page numbering of the data sheets Use the Inspector for defining graphic settings on the data sheet such as position type etc 14 99 Create and Edit Data Sheets in Date field emit This button inserts the current date into the layer Use the Inspector for defining graphic settings on the data sheet such as position type update settings etc Circle Inserts a circle or an ellipse Apart from usual layout options such as pen size etc you can also define the exact height and length of the drawing and the x y coordinate gt Polyline Here you can define a drawing consisting of as many lines as you like You can define the values in the Inspector in Values You can set exact values for the coordinates In this way also frames for data sheets are created d open polyline closed polyline Rectangle Inserts rectangles You can also set coordinates and lengths The rectangle enables you to create position frames You can insert texts or drawings and keys that are lined to the rectangle To link the rectangle highlight it Put the key or the text into the highlighted rectangle by pressing the corresponding buttons You can also cut or copy obje
23. lists several pumps a selection window will turn up in order to determine the number Hature of system Single head pump o Single pumps as parallel circuit of pumps Button Duty point This is the connection to the friction loss calculation programme Spaix PipeCalc This software is optional and may be connected as an additional feature It supports the user in determining the duty point The calculation results will be automatically accepted by the programme for the pump selection The calculation data sheets will be integrated into the project In case you do not dispose of the additional Spaix PipeCalc programme for the determination of the duty point the button remains faded out grey 30 Hydraulic Selection INDEX CARD FLUID anoeicn eee tte Choose one fluid that has been fixed for the area of application Soprating ag Juge pure The simplified hydraulic selection Temperature 20 a enables you to choose or set the fluid Density s3 E its temperature its density and viscosity viscosity mins The Advanced mode see buttons below takes into consideration additional selection criteria in the index card Fluid Operating data Fluid ic acid soo 4001 d 3 300 Density 1536 komm gt 00 viscosity fi 1 5 mimes 100 ody Apaor ressure 100 kPa P i 100 pH value F Concentration 35 E We content of solid IO w The button Rating of fluid selects further fluids f
24. manufacturer All series available in the data base and the accompanying pumps will be displayed in a table according to their frequency and their most important technical and electrical characteristics Series pictographs facilitate the navigation between pump series The programme displays all pumps and their corresponding Q H performance charts of the series you have to select on the left The performance chart of the pump highlighted in the list will be coloured Alternatively you can also select the pump by double clicking on the performance chart or the performance curve Configuration possibilities for the highlighted pump will be displayed in a clearly arranged way 33 Pump Selection Dialogue PUMP SELECTION DIALOGUE H the Hydraulic Selection was successful i e the defined duty point was reached or the user was able to find a pump by means of the Pump Selection Browser the following dialogue will be opened It will list all pumps that correspond to the defined duty point and other defined parameters such as area of application or series You can retrieve any manufacturer information about the selected highlighted pump from the following window and process them a ee en maar ina acne Ee een pt prear S a eme aan 7 Em a 5 ea eae mia vase Dig ie Fetz peed Ir Liss See You can arrange this window according to your requirements by ticking the C Lett justified button You can also adapt the wi
25. of DCOM 95 does only make sense on computers equipped with Windows 95 It will not be necessary to install MDAC 2 1 if your computer has Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP or a better version In case you need an upgrade of your MDAC installation for these operating systems use the MDAC download page of Microsoft or the integrated Windows update For the installation under Windows NT Windows 2000 or Windows XP you will need administrator rights Introduction INI files The INI files where the paths for the data directory the project directory and the programme directory are defined are also located in the target directory During the set up process the paths in the INI file will be automatically adjusted to the chosen target directory The name of the INI file is analogue to the name of the executing programme file e g for the selection programme Spaix2Aw EXE the corresponding file is Spaix2Aw INI If several users of the programme independently process different data bases the files have to be saved under different directories In order to define the path settings for each user separately add the following lines to the central INI file Path LocallNl 1 The path settings will be saved for each computer in the INI file under the directory application data VSX The exact path however depends on the system and the platform It is possible to have the exact path indicated in the Spaix pump selection programme via t
26. produc uppo does not consist of this material the space for the material key remains empty The same applies to parts Mumerc format e The button Performance chart of Bu x motor puts the motor performance curve Axis Colour on the layer Grid net settings a ie eee me RE will later ER i Horizontal lines the data sheet By means of the Inspector ndex card Graphic press right mouse button to open it you can determine size Pen style position scale width and scale height as n well as special diagram settings insert the motor performance chart into Je Grid lines Diagram settings The index card Colour enables you to set for instance line style pen style and colour Open list box Style to select the graphic elements of the performance chart you SE want to change 90 Create and Edit Data Sheets Drawing from the user defined page If user defined pages have been set up you have to determine this in the data base and a graph has been additionally integrated into the pump data record you can display this graph on the data sheet by clicking this button In the Inspector line Page number or name you can select the page that shall be shown If you do know the name of the user defined page to be found in the data base you should enter it here in order to unmistakably allocate the drawing to the page If you do not know the name just enter the page number 0 corresponds to the first user defined page
27. spare part lists or soare part drawings The hydraulic selection allows the complete dimensioning and the configuration of the pump system according to given operating conditions The connection to the friction loss calculation programme Spaix PipeCalc which might be connected as an optional additional module supports the user in calculating the duty point The calculation results will be transferred automatically to the hydraulic selection and the calculation data sheets will be integrated into the project for the purpose of output The pump plant can be designed as a single pump or as a couple of pumps in parallel or series operation Furthermore the selection of double pumps and boosters will be supported as well The software automatically adapts the pump performance curves to the given operation conditions The use of highly viscous Newtonian fluids will be calculated according to the standards of the Hydraulic Institute The pump curve optimisation can be done by impeller trimming by changing the speed by modifying the vane angle for screw pumps or by throttling Considering the calculated shaft power and the manufacturer s settings the following features can be assembled as a modular system pump motor hanger coupling and base plate The unit dimensions will be calculated automatically according to formulas specified in the pump data set Materials and shaft seals will be selected in accordance with the pumped medium Accessori
28. user s address is saved and needs not to be entered or located for future projects Usually addresses do not change very often If you need to change your address activate the menu Edit My Address Y SETTINGS AND DATA T RANSFER MENU FILE Selection The programme offers four types of selection In case there is no information available for one of these selection types they are displayed faded out grey Consequently they cannot be activated Hydraulic Selection Product Selection Browser Compare pumps Spare parts for pumps 11 Settings and Data Transfer Open Starts the dialogue Open project The programme will open a project which exists in the project data base see chapter PROJECT MANAGEMENT Open SPAIX1 Conversion Import of projects from Spaix1 This dialogue mainly addresses users who already worked and set up projects with Spaix1 and wish to use them within the new Spaix version After you have selected the Source ly vsProject mdb and other desired options the programme will import the projects set up with Spaix1 into the current project data base The projects are now at your disposal in order to process the given information The import protocol can be saved or Import SPAIX1 database Ee x copied to the clipboard The target file for import is the Spaix2 project data base vsProjects mdb in the current project directory As the programme converts the project da
29. 002 09 04 P Delete from the data base Highlight the es eee eee 2002 10 02 H Se corresponding data sheet in the list IVSX data sheet quotation 3 paqes 2002 09 04 before opening or deleting it 72 Create and Edit Data Sheets Save as Here the document can be Document Oy x saved under a different Hame RE name Highlight the pages In Jeagszeg dimension or the dialogue Document Pages The manufacturer and the model type information are EVEN data sheet dimension YSX data sheet hydraulic VSX data sheet pump data 3 YSX data sheet quotation 2 pages 2002 10 02 VSX data sheet quotation 3 pages 2002 IR 04 X Cancel 2002 11 28 2002 09 04 necessary for the allocation linformation Gi Delete in the data base Dee Usually apart from the quotation or the product Ge description a project Pages SX data sheet dimension contains one data sheet about the technical data the mag performance curve and the dimensions In this dialogue you have to decide to which type of data sheet the current one shall be allocated During the project management you can select out of any data sheet type the corresponding data sheet for output e g printing dialogue Change data sheet allocation Export ASCIl file Import ASCII file Here you can import or export a data sheet into the CEF format This intersection can therefore be use
30. 1 Ihat seal F OS Meter dazi Carhart Fistor ILA OFS ee eo ng Hex DO ech ob sch sl eh eh eh ch e Be e n 0 Disco al VG 100 DI jii Dm 000 DI 0 00 0 00 20 00 a oo Kal 400 00 a0 D imo Buha LG ri g Diri reg On ren DI Ou OC DI 0 00 Ui DI 000 DI C Ia ld Dn reng DI 0 00 d DI Old 0 oo bon ooo OI Here you can decide whether all sub items shall be displayed or main items only You can also change the price of certain sub items separately in the following way Highlight a sub item in the section Item and press the right mouse button A dialogue will be opened where you have several possibilities of price handling see picture Hems Ey pont Fle SERIES MG 70 Delete pump Edit pump Pelete accesso Edit accessnm Add accessory Add text item Numbering Change data sheet allocation Show and charge price Alteniative Price inclusive Remove price Price on request Test tem Hide tem Press the right hand side mouse button for opening this window Please mark the certain articel before that Project Management During the project management stage the BLADS mu dialogue Edit Numbering enables you to change the type of numbering for each single SERIES NG item and its components in case you prefer Number a type of numbering that differs from the given standard one Starting with Additional Hint Yellow fields on data sheets can be edited and filled with your own
31. EMENT BUTTONS F UNCTIONS Export project Exit terminates the programme 13 Settings and Data Transfer MENU EDIT New main item With the help of this dialogue you can manually add further items to the existing project offer additionally to the products that can be chosen from the product selection browser The process of adding new items is project related and will be saved together with the project After you have entered the designation for a new main item the programme will open the dialogue Selection of additional item Possibility 1 Create a new item with the button qe New item Item numbers can be assigned to the new item in forms during the price and project management Selection of additional item Iof E Search Product description pon for designation Search for item number Mar e Fulltext Brief text IV Search inside the string 8 entries found Search result 05TS1017 E1 Thermosyphon 7L 11bar A AD ADF Pressure switch 1 level ADF Temperature switch 1 Temperature Alignment Bearing 1 Mounting and electric motors alignment Bearing 1 Bench Bearing 1 Bench trial Bearing 1 Exi Pressure switch 1 level Exi Temperature switch 1 Temperature Coupling guard N11 Coupling guard N12 Coupling guard N13 Coupling guard N14 Coupling guard 11 Coupling guard 1 2 Coupling guard 2 1 Coupling guard 3 Coupling guard An Coupling guard 6 1 dh New item Delete
32. TERIALS This window shows the current material combination of the selected pump Current configuration Materials Material combination Material Pump casing DIABON NS 1 graphite Temperature 20 C Density 998 keine viscosity 1 mms Vapour pressure 100 kPa Concentration 100 TET In case the manufacturer provides the option that you can allocate several material combinations to the pump the programme will display a window Current configuration in line Material where several material combinations can be chosen Select the corresponding combination Via the button you can create new material combinations or change the pump part materials project related Another dialogue will be opened where you can add or change structural parts or materials By clicking at the end of the material line the programme will list materials being at choice If you would like to highlight a certain material additionally use the key combinations for highlighting operations which you usually press when working with Windows Ctrl key 49 Pump Selection Dialogue Material x Code name of material combination J Fa DIABON NS 1 graphite NG x ee Change DIABON NS 1 Cr203 d Graphite DIABON NS 2 Stainless steel Part Material Pump casing DIABON NS 1 graphite LA Suction flange Cast iron Stainless steel E Ok x C ance Rear flange Cast iron Stainless steel Bearing ho
33. a requiring the format integer values Furthermore you can also create a new data field Hint As the possibility to edit operating data depends on the user group it is up to the pump manufacturer to release certain data for certain users It is set in the data base who may change data T Operating data edit keys float values Select as data fields operating data float values These data fields can also be found in the Inspector Technical Info and will be displayed on the data sheet The combo box only offers operating data requiring the format float values Furthermore you can also create a new data field Inspector sl Operating data edit keys float walese sl Graphic Technical into Values S00000 S00000 Number of valid digita 4 Unit type Annual operating time Concentration Count of reserve pumps Se HW wo of motors No of puns 94 Create and Edit Data Sheets In line Unit you can select the corresponding measurement units The value and the unit will be displayed together Explication about Settings Data sheets see section TOOLBAR PUMP DATA Gi Operating data edit keys Boolean values Select as data fields operating data Boolean values These data fields can also be found in the Inspector Technical Info and will be displayed on the data sheet The combo box only offers operating data requiring the format Boolean values However you can also seize the opportunity to enter a
34. an change the type of numbering for items and their components in case you prefer a type of numbering that differs from the given standard one SERIES MG Number Starting vith Additional 16 Settings and Data Transfer Adding accessories This dialogue window enables you to add accessories to the selected pump This dialogue is only active if you have already selected a pump The search in the pool at the user s disposal The button Select itemi W Select item allocates the additional item to the pump In case there is no adequate accessory available the following dialogue offers the possibility to create new accessory items Me item The dialogue Add accessory will be opened Clicking OK will immediately allocate it to the project Please note Accessories created by means of this function will be saved for the project only They will not be available for later projects Selection of additional item Bisi E Search Product description Search for designation Search for item number Fees f Fulltext C Brief text IT Search inside the string entries found Pile ES Name DF High Quantity fi Price ss EUR Search result Add accessory ADF Low level switch ADF Press ADF Pressure switch 1 level ADF Temperature switch 1 Temperature dh New item A Delete ADF Pressure switch 1 level 595 00 EUR S Selecteytem o oo item Quant Description t
35. an highlight the outer rectangle only To be able to mark the remaining ones you shift the outer highlighted rectangle to the back use corresponding button Now the second rectangle can be highlighted and edited However the third one is still blocked For this reason shift the second rectangle to the back Now you can highlight and edit the inner rectangle __ In the same way you can also shift them to the front 74 Create and Edit Data Sheets Hint You can also select a graphic of the second level by keeping CTRL button pressed and clicking the rectangle with the mouse button Add save layer Each page of a data sheet consists of one or more layers Each layer needs to be edited individually You can only edit the presently active layer You select the layer you want to be active or you want to edit in dialogue Active Layer Active layer flayer APIETO_ 1 k Layers that are not activated are shifted to the back of the page and are displayed in light grey on the screen Visible Hame TEE Layer 44H border Wes al Hydraulic Delete Ga New Layer Se CT Add EC a Save D The table lists all layers that are allocated to the page so you have an overview of all layers Furthermore you can determine whether a layer shall be visible on the page or not Click Yes or No Lisle Deletes layers you no longer need Ka Mew Layer Creates anew layer E Save _ ___ Saves t
36. aulic 7 11 16 22 28 29 31 32 34 hydraulic selection 7 11 22 28 29 31 32 34 impeller 7 38 impeller trimming 7 import 12 24 26 import project data 12 INI files 10 install license file 10 18 installation 7 9 10 26 38 39 40 interfaces 8 12 13 JPG 8 Keys 82 language 18 20 23 languages 20 23 main item 14 manufacturer 7 8 16 18 24 28 30 33 34 38 39 40 MAPI 21 materials 7 motor 7 34 38 39 40 Newtonian fluids 7 25 NPSH 30 numbering 16 open project 12 operating data 28 optimum 29 option 13 17 18 21 22 23 24 26 parts list 8 performance curve 6 7 8 21 25 28 29 31 33 38 prices 6 19 27 print 23 product selection browser 14 product related selection 7 programme directory 10 programme update 26 project data 12 27 project data base 12 project directory 10 12 18 project management 8 14 27 pump performance curve 7 36 pump selection 7 9 10 21 27 30 32 pump selection browser 33 34 pump selection program 7 10 ratings of fluids 25 37 round 19 running costs 36 select item 14 17 series 7 22 24 28 32 33 34 series operation 7 settings 7 10 11 16 18 34 36 104 Index shaft power 7 shaft seal 7 24 38 single pump 7 sort 35 Spaix PipeCalc 7 30 Spaix Online 27 speed 7 38 standard data sheet 7 8 temperature 30 31 37 thermometer 31 throttling 7 units 19 vane angle 7 vapour pressure 25 37 VDMA format 24 v
37. change the mode of display you will not loose any data You can print out these texts via the data sheets 47 Pump Selection Dialogue INDEX CARD DIMENSIONS Diagram Dimensions Materials Shaft seal Product description Print preview print Picture Catalogue Presentation G Pp a 168 5 kg Details Suction size v Suction size DIN M PM16 DN 50 The dialogue Dimensions delivers the dimension drawings and the dimensional variations The dimensions and the drawings will change according to the installation type of the pump You can select the installation type in Current configuration line Installation type In the Details list you can select a component to be shown with detailed drawing and dimensions The components themselves can be selected in section Current configuration en Zoom You can zoom the drawings to enlarge a section of the picture Activate this button or click with the left mouse button into the relevant drawing section keep it pressed and draw it The mouse pointer turns into a magnifying glass Ei Save as graphics Press this symbol in order to save the dimension drawing as a Bitmap Windows Metafile or JPG file 48 Pump Selection Dialogue Copy to clipboard Copies dimension drawing to the Windows clipboard You can insert it your graphic or word processing software by using menu Edit Paste INDEX CARD MA
38. cts e g texts date etc and insert them into the highlighted object If you move the rectangle the linked text will be moved as well X and Y coordinates refer to rectangle coordinates 100 Create and Edit Data Sheets Ka Picture drawing Imports separate drawings in DXF WMF BMP or JPG formats into the data sheet Check box Inserts a field where you can tick certain expressions in the data sheet view as well as in the design view Enter the corresponding text in line text Inspector Tick by clicking into the box LlCheck heref Ch Edit field texts Inserts text entry fields into the data sheet You can edit them when the abl data sheet view is activated or when the document is displayed in the selection programme The size of the text field is determined in the Inspector You can decide whether the text field shall automatically be adapted to the text line Sizing automatically Yes Edit field for decimals EI Inserts edit fields for decimals Note the following lines in the Inspector Technical info Unit type displays which physical unit has been set for this field The unit itself will not be displayed automatically however this setting is important so that the programme can convert the unit If you set a measure the physical unit dimension will be chosen If you later on convert all measures from mm to Inch the measure will be automatically converted to Joch in the selection programme as well The
39. d out grey Spare parts selection Spare parts catalogue The first step is to select a product catalogue Click one of the big boxes The number of boxes depends the number of product catalogues Chose a spare part series or select one of the additional items the desired part s Select the spare parts in the same way as the pump either via the parts list or the schematic drawing PROJECT MANAGEMENT After you have finished the pump selection you will enter the dialogue Project Management The programme displays the current project including the selected components The aim is now to set up print or e mail a specified quotation to your customers concerning the selected pumps and parts Apart from setting up and using a customer address file and a return address file you can allocate prices and data sheets to projects in this dialogue provided that prices or data sheets have not yet been allocated automatically Furthermore you can save manage exchange and send projects by means of this dialogue 58 Project Management is nu mmer in o EE zi mme un nu toon est zu tre OTDA tO a maan Seengen in zum mem nn i westeaiemng 1 A HiT ep Coming eer Product selection browser g SERIES MiK 8 Pump MNK 50 32 160 E e MNK 50 32 460 bae Magnetic drive MKN 25 A MNK 50 32 160 E a Motor OU 132 52 BT D Coupling N Eupex 8 95 22 Absta
40. d similar for the highlighted objects will be displayed and can now be edited Lines in which the object data differ from each other are empty and located on the right hand side Textil 2 77 Create and Edit Data Sheets In the second line of the inspector window you can read the name of the currently activated object As there might be elements of the same type on one single data sheet e g entry fields the elements are numbered If you select an object from the list for editing the corresponding element will immediately be recognised and highlighted on the layer The following section describes the object properties which can be set in the Inspector Alignment Here you can define the alignment of the object within the alignment grid see section View preceding page Sizing automatically This option enables you to enlarge data fields and entry fields if necessary Rotational angle Rotates an object on the layer by the defined angle Multilingual Determine a language table from which the programme shall draw the translation for multilingual objects As a rule for terms used in the data sheets opt for the data table because it contains all manufacturer specific terms and designations For software or programme related terms use the programme table Minimum width As to texts the width of the object is Loe SASL automatically adjusted to the length of the EE E text As to entry fields you can definea e certai
41. d to ensure safety save data sheets for safety reasons or as input output facility for transporting data sheet forms Page layout In this dialogue you determine the layout for each page The programme activates the layout settings for the page highlighted in the list see example API610 page 2 The button PARARE deletes highlighted pages off the document J a list of all existing See sheets will be displayed 13 Dei YE d bk lami saa E Ei r th aT ta E o igen Sek m bee P eral ak a WA ib Oe DLS M 2 Gi Te Es B R Create and Edit Data Sheets If you highlight a sheet in the list its pages will be added to the current data sheet You can add further pages to the data sheet by clicking uenren Enter a name for the new page and click OK Print Fr baw wl e P te ACOH See RT PEL bom Preece You can either print the whole Print in a ge Sen E n tts y CR data sheet or individual pages of im prestine tere ty ee it An output as PDF file is also emm possible SR coef 2 e pesch S ti Er de am ER area Exit You will exit the data sheet creation mode By clicking Save you will get back to the pump selection programme MENU EDIT Shift graphic to back Shift graphic to front You can use this tool to highlight hidden graphics i e which lie on top of each other in one layer The example displays three rectangles which lie on top of each other At first you c
42. dows Metafile or JPG file 54 Copy to clipboard Copies dimension drawing to clipboard cr New fam This button creates a new accessory part and immediately allocates it to a project Bil Es Atd accessory Name Contactor Quantity f Price E EUR Finish After having finished this process Um the pump selection will lists all selected accessory items which can be further edited for projects address item number prices discounts data sheets etc tems FL 45457 Aa SERIES KL 400 TE duo H SERIES KL 400 TE duo 55 SPARE PARTS SELECTION For the spare parts selection you have two options the Spare parts for pumps dialogue and the Spare parts selection dialogue te le eile NR The dialogue Spare parts for pumps will be activated if at least one pump has been selected and if the manufacturer has allocated a spare parts selection to the corresponding pump If several pumps are listed in the project you have to highlight the pump for which you would like to select spare parts in the following dialogue Define the suitable spare parts for the There are two ways to select spare parts CA Spare parts selection MNKA B 2 1 10 Rev 0 Schematic drawing product description Nth GEN aren SC 0 ss ei G E x A Ce Zs A LAIN N TE KE SNS RY D Gr WK a Ser See TE PPG T Ze S re a Er of i A erates ee Zo
43. duecedenddesacssewedsnsetedeciadsSactendesiecsekeatteeedsesdcneduaembaored 56 Contents Project Management 58 Buttons FF CUO EE 60 Tighe 2p G21 eeh de 65 Index Card EE 68 Create and Edit Data Sheets o0 eee cececcessseccceeeeessneceeeeeesseeneeeeeessessnnseeeeesesennaeeess 72 KEMU EEN K i Mon EE 74 Menu VS Wii cijnctsiatietcainsndaadanceseacuceneatennpniiabaivuovondsacedes atacsserceeesaneboaud csoademdeudemetnenanstn 76 Menu Ti ONS eege 77 IRE ae EE EE 80 MO TeS RRE 82 To lbar PUD DAI E 82 Toolbar Operating Data 93 TOODaAr Project B NEE 96 TOC A Le 99 Compare PDS zeas ieee e o NERE ERE EERO NER 102 MOC EE 103 About This User Manual ABOUT THIS USER MANUAL The software described in this manual is placed at your disposal according to the conditions of a license agreement and may only be used in compliance with the following conditions COPYRIGHT Publisher VSX VOGEL SOFTWARE GMBH This user manual as well as the software programmes are subject to international copyright laws Any duplication will be prosecuted Warranty limitations Although this manual was drawn up with utmost care we are not liable for the correctness of the contents The same applies to all names and data used in the presented examples The information in this manual is subject to alterations without prior notice We are grateful for any suggestions regarding improvements as well as for any points that may be brought to our attentio
44. e Al Parts list item Quant Description tem no Group Unit pr EUR JC Nw Select item 12 i GE on reo a J Ee 1 Spaltopfeinsatz PTFE On req E 158 1 Spaltopteinsatz PE On req sl A Delete Selected item tem Quant Description tem no Group Unit pr EUR D 158 1 Spalttopteinsatz PTFE On req Selection via the Parts list if you Know the description or the item number of the part Select the part by clicking on the corresponding line in the list via Schematic drawing with the hand button When moving the blue hand on the item numbers in the drawing the programme will display the corresponding item numbers and descriptions This option facilitates the selection of a suitable spare part Clicking on the item will highlight the corresponding part in the parts list 56 Spare parts selection The button H select item makes the highlighted spare parts available to a project and OK allocates them to the current project You can change the quantity of the parts by clicking on the quantity in the Selected item list The zoom enlarges the drawing and improves its optics Activate this button or click with the left mouse button into the relevant drawing section keep it pressed and draw it After having selected the spare parts you will return to the project management see chapter PROJECT MANAGEMENT Ges Description fe 4 Spalttopfeinsatz PE 1 0 Hydraulic selection A Doppel S
45. e 76 Create and Edit Data Sheets Data sheet view s This is a more clearly arranged preview of a data sheet The data sheet cannot be edited in this view the buttons cannot be activated An exception to this are any entry fields such as editable key words or yellow fields You can also edit them in this view You can switch these fields easily via the tabulator key The order in which the fields will be edited can be set via the button tabulator order MENU TOOLS Inspector The Inspector is the most important tool for editing and formatting objects on the data sheet texts fields key words graphics You can activate the Inspector for the highlighted object in the following ways via menu Tools Inspector by pressing F11 key by pressing the right mouse button mouse pointer on the object You can edit several similar CETA Pump keys objects at a e time Highlig ht Graphic Technical into the Properties Values Mone corresponding i L Transparent Inspector OE objects by Colour Pump keys keeping the Font stve mmi E Length mm shift key Positian mm pressed while Position y mm Pump keys selecting Print transparent a objects with a Rotational angle 7 Test 4 Rowe distance mouse click Sizing automatically horizontal Yes Open the Text alignment Lett justitied Inspector by pressing the right mouse button The pieces of information contained in the Inspector an
46. e section Pump selection dialogue Energy costs Running costs to compare not only the pumps regarding their technical aspects but as well their economic aspects SN EE E Les 102 accessory 1 7 2 add 10 14 15 17 20 24 25 add accessory 17 area of application 7 28 30 31 32 34 base plate 7 38 40 BEP 29 BMP 8 calculation 7 8 30 36 catalogue 8 15 24 26 catalogue administration 24 Catalogue Exchange Format 24 CEF 8 12 21 24 26 CEF file 21 24 clipboard 12 compare 7 11 36 concentration 25 37 configuration 7 32 33 34 38 copyright 5 6 coupling 7 24 38 40 currency conversion 19 customer data 15 data base 9 10 14 16 20 24 28 31 32 33 38 39 40 data directory 10 18 21 data exchange 8 12 13 21 data exchange format 12 13 data sheets 7 8 15 16 21 23 30 data update 26 delete 16 20 24 25 28 35 density 25 31 37 dimensions 7 16 38 40 directories 10 18 directory 9 10 12 18 21 24 discount 22 drawing 7 8 15 21 34 drawings 6 7 8 24 duty chart 28 32 38 duty chart view 28 32 duty point 7 28 30 32 34 36 DXF 8 edit 11 14 16 36 e mail 8 10 13 15 21 26 27 energy cost calculation 36 energy costs 36 103 Index INDEX export 8 13 21 23 filter 34 35 flow 29 30 32 36 fluids 25 28 31 37 frequency 28 33 friction loss calculation program 7 25 30 group 15 head 29 30 32 hydr
47. ed Lea ee i anb Beggen gc Opening agin acl an RSR zeit Raren E iy a ee E eee el Ss SECH Basen A4 Coating dain a bee he aed er Th Heem par dae ec ce ar TEHLE Litt naa meee ap 81 Create and Edit Data Sheets IMPORT TEST DATA a Display fE f tempikpi CEF When setting up a data sheet form it is useful to check how the concrete pump data look like instead of the keys because the key format is not identical with the format of the real value which will be written into the form by the pump programme later on For this reason you have the possibility to display the pump data when setting up the data sheet The button E Data directory loads a pump data record which has been exported in the pump selection programme beforehand into the data sheet import CEF file The key fields will be filled with example values on the data sheet for better illustration After having imported the data you have to tick the box Display Ticking this box you can shift between two modes of display either the keys or the values will be shown TOOLBAR PUMP DATA Rit GhGeeo Ht obs sae Pump data Operating data A Project data A The above listed buttons integrate pump data and fields of the data base into the data sheet Pump keys SS This button inserts key words concerning the pump assembly into the replaced by the current ege sl corresponding data i a depending on the pump you Sitt Technical nto have chosen
48. em Hide item Total price undiscountable products 0 00 EUR Total price discountable products 37 000 00 EUR Project discount p Total 37 000 00 EUR Total costs 37 000 00 EUR CP 1252 You can enter or change item positions item numbers prices quantities and discounts by clicking into the corresponding cell You can edit each item of the table except for the calculated total price The window Item displayed on the left in the lower part of the screen lists the components of each individual item in detail Files having a plus contain further components The view of the items and their prices depends on the current marking in this window tens E 45457 The button S improves the view of this tose SERIES KL 400 TE duo window if there are more items than the EEEF SERIES NN di t ti thi i Pump HN 50 32 160 Complete i programme can ISp ay al a EE n IS SC E Installation Complete group way you can get a better overview of the D SS Material design NG items TH Bearing bracket 1 i Shatt seal WN GS new E Gap Material design SlCACarb EI Motor W254 90 S4 A Via the button you can a il Coupling M Eupex H 80 show or hide items or determine the mode e Base plate 2 cast iron Z Manometer ONGS of the price display for each single item If E ADF Pressure switch 1 level 66 Project Management you decide for instance to give away a motor for free click Price inclusive 2 Spaix Units To choose the co
49. em no Group Unit pr EUR k 1 ADF High e 56 00 i 1 ADF Pressure switch 1 level ADF Press 95 00 v Next t Back U Finish cancel Help 17 Settings and Data Transfer MENU SETTINGS Data directory Data directory Directories Ur Sets the current data directory GE Any manufacturer specific data are saved in file Options vsSpaix2 mdb which you can find in subdirectory ADATA Se Catalogue administration Directories Sets data project and language Dataaccess ooo directories Direct access to database SpaixLocalSrv DI Indirect access by data server SpaixRemoteSrv exe P isi ils In the project directory PROJ daii a ee ae you can find the file Directories vsProjects mdb which contains Data directory C APROBEINS vote eS any relevant data for setting u y x g P Project directory C PROBEINS 2 Proj eS a project Language directory C PROBEINS MV op eS In the language directory LGG you can find file vsProgram mab This file comprises any language related data that are important for the programme Apart from the direct access default setting the data server is located on the user s computer the window Data access offers the possibility to get access to a data server which is located on a different but linked computer Install license file By selecting this option it is possible to install an additional multiple user license
50. er position concerning the pump performance curve A blue square appears when you move the mouse pointer along the selected curve By moving the mouse pointer you can retrieve more information about the given duty point values at any point of the performance curve The exact mouse pointer position is displayed at the bottom of the index card Diagram 42 e Sal This button enables you to determine the type of diagram for each individual duty point Diagram options Pump Selection Dialogue Hide d Display system curve O Curve and rectangular duty point T Curve and triangular duty point D Rectangular duty point a Triangular duty point T Horizontal line 2T Horizontal line and curve ZS Vertical line The dialogue Diagram options offers different setting possibilities to adjust the programme to your needs Hint If the cursor is located on the performance curve diagram you can also open the dialogue Diagram options by pressing the right mouse button The curve name and the text alignment will be changed for the highlighted curve and the diagram part on which the mouse pointer is presently located Diagram options ze Change cure name Text alignment Save as graphics Copy as bitmap into clipboard Copy as metafile into clipboard Display Shaft power P2 Display Power input P1 Display MPSH values Display Total efficiency Display Rated torque Best efficiency point BE F k Duty point k Display shell
51. es will be listed according to the selected pump components and operating conditions The precise operating cost calculation allows to compare the pumps regarding their economy The loading profile can be defined individually Data sheets will handle the printout These data sheets can be designed via a graphical interface The software provides a collection of several standard data sheets e g a performance curve sheet the installation drawing or the pump data sheet according to API 610 Introduction The spare parts catalogue offers a systematic selection of products taking into consideration different revisions You can choose the respective parts via mouse click either from exploded or section views or from the spare parts list The integrated calculation supports the user in drawing up commercial documents so that the user will have complete quotation documents at his disposal The project management the direct data exchange via e mail e g as PDF format as well as the implemented VDMA interface for data exchange complete the functional range of this product INTERFACES To exchange data with other systems Spaix supports different interfaces PDF output of data sheets catalogue and project interface according to the standard data sheet 24278 of VDMA German pump manufacturer association CEF 3 0 Catalogue Exchange Format CEF XML 3 0 Catalogue Exchange XML Format DXF WMF BMP and JPG files for technical drawings e
52. f flow directly For smu Thretting sl lated throttling you can select either an orifice Optimise or an other instrument When throttling by Reset means of an orifice the programme will Display mode suggest the optimum orifice diameter if you Modify system curve x click the button Optimise performance Phrottinu curve The corresponding Zeta value will also be Fange 6 4 25 6 mm displayed d 25 6 ln f you want to use an other regulation emm ipe diameter Critice diameter instrument the programme displays the P GK RE ef corresponding Zeta value via the optimising i f button 46 Pump Selection Dialogue Throttling OE see ee podaga it Display mode e age ZP ES BR goa bewndeoee d SCH DEI system Curve ge Tepes cee ee Sch E WC Display mode Modify pump curve The programme can display the resulting performance curves either by overlaying the throttling loss curve on the pump performance curve or on the system curve INDEX CARD PRODUCT DESCRIPTION This option describes the selected pump chose full text often contains important technical data or brief text In this dialogue you can edit the texts according to your needs If you place the cursor into the text and press the right mouse button you will find further editing options Full text and brief text will change the mode of text display Changes in the text will be saved project related even if you
53. flow rate will be adapted to the real pump flow rates as they often slightly deviate from the desired flow rate Due to this feature the calculation and the comparability become more exact The Profile enables you to define different loadings and to calculate the running costs more precisely The edit button D enables you to edit the defined values as well as to set up new profiles with different loading operations VB full load operation TB partial load operation SB low load operation NB night set back w Terminates the profile editing process and updates the values 36 Deletes the current profile Table Diagram Pump Selection Dialogue Energy costs EUR e This button leads you to a dialogue where you can select a fluid medium All available ratings of fluids of the selected medium will be displayed such as temperature density viscosity concentration and vapour pressure Furthermore you have the possibility to have displayed fluid ratings of other media Change RATINGS OF FLUIDS Bikel x nos liquide Fluid Acetic acid Acetylene Ac tyl ne de m thyle Ammonium nitrate Amoniaque Anilin Arsenic acid Benzene Boron chloride Brome Carbon disulphide Carbonate de soude Chlorobenz ne Chloroforme Chlorure de cyanure Cyanure Cyclo Hexane Diacethylen Dibromethan Diethylene glycol Diethylether Dimethylamin Ethanol
54. fluids or not It is necessary to determine the fluid type for future analysis in the friction loss calculation programme Spaix PipeCalc optional programme part 25 Settings and Data Transfer MENU EXTRAS This pull down menu enables you to update your data in various ways The integrated internet data service Data update via Internet is new The internet data service helos the user in updating his data as well as the programme via the world wide web Using a dial up i i Available updates networking connection To get access to the data server you will be asked to establish a connection to the internet Spaix Classic Internet Data Service PRESENTLY THERE IS NO UPDATE AVAILABLE Using internet providers such as AOL etc Establish a connection to the internet your provider before selecting the dialogue Using communication software e g KEN If the client is activated the permanent use of the access to the internet will be ensured The dialogue being opened now will show all data and programme updates that are presently available from the data server You can choose the desired updates by clicking on the related item in the list Choosing more than one is also possible press Shift or Control button of your keyboard By clicking OK the new data will be added to the current data record When updating the programme a set up programme will be started which guides you through the installation pr
55. he dialogue Information About The Programme and to open it by mouse click Installation of license file In order to set up a license file which has been put at your disposal on a floppy disk or via e mail choose under the menu settings Install license file Enter the path and file name and click OK Uninstall the programme The programme can be uninstalled under Windows Settings Control panel Add Remove Programs 10 Start Menu START MENU When you start the programme for the very first time the dialogue My Address will turn up where you can enter your return address Your address will be recorded in an initialisation file for further projects The programme will display two different dialogues depending on the fact whether senders do already exist or not My address From of E Please select an address you want to use for printouts You can add a new address with the button You can change the address later via the menu Edit This dialogue is visible only if you did not enter your address yet IT Never show this dialogue 2 change gh Add Delete Employee Fritz AG Sant Martcus 78 ave Pumpen amp Ventile GmbH Waldorf Grasstr i nfo Pumpen und Flansche Vertriek Pumpenhaus Radlers j juv khx sh Dept E mail bzx vsx de E mail private 4 2 Phone number Line 4 4 0351 8995133 v Ok X Cancel Help As a result the
56. he highlighted layer in the central layer pool and is available for the pages of the current data sheet or other data sheet m Add page A layer available in the central layer pool will be added to the 75 Create and Edit Data Sheets Select a layer which you want to i Piel EI be allocated to the current page fee and click OK 2002 10 04 Hydraulic 2001 10 04 X Abbruch fos Delet Layer 44H border 2002 10 15 ou LIBIETE Rahmen 2002 09 04 oe nach E datete Deletes the Eege highlighted layer off the central layer pool MENU VIEW Grid lines H The grid lines are displayed as a kind of draft support Alignment lines The alignment lines form a grid in which inserted objects texts or graphics can be aligned First click Ki The alignment grid is being active now but not visible yet By Alignment i clicking ZZ the grid will be faded in In menu TOOLS grid org settings settings you can define Grid increment hp the characteristics of the VE sl alignment lines As standard adjustment for objects the option left Colour top has been chosen alignment ines sl ince This means objects will Set standard colour be moved to the left top corner Design view Abe In this view only the data sheet can be set up and edited iT ay qh Grid lines fields and the state of the layer will exactly be li z t displayed the buttons can be activated see aaa es ieee a
57. he mask is minimized to these necessary parameters The Advanced selection criteria into consideration mode 6ee buttons below takes additional In the fields Max difference to BEP you can C Duty paint Total flow It mh determine by how many per Total head fio m cent the found performance curves may differ from the desired optimum above or Operating data Fluid Static head j1 m ax difference to BEP below min TOopt Jet Gmex TGoopt ue t i f fo If this margin is defined CS Available system NPSH lo m relatively narrowly the Inlet pressure head jo m program me will find fewer pumps If you accept an immense divergence from Coolant temperature 20 SI the optimum the programme is able to find more pumps Altttude above sea level 1000 m 29 Hydraulic Selection Apart from the rate of flow and the pump head you can determine the altitude above seal level the plant s NPSH value and the inlet pressure The information about the plant s altitude above sea level and the coolant temperature are necessary for engine selection and performance optimisation according to DIN VDE 0530 When selecting a pump the programme takes into consideration that the engine power is reduced at temperatures above 40 C and at an altitude of 1000 m and more On the right hand side the field Nature of System lists all manufacturer chosen pump models in the selected area of application In case the programme
58. header Yes Show row numbers None Yes Right justified Yes Unit pr Yes Right justified Yes Price Yes Right justified Yes Total To edit coordinates size background text layout caption line style etc of the table use the Inspector index card Graphic Material keys tt This button defines material keys for pump and shaft seal materials Inspector xi Material keys e Graphic Technical info i Values At first you have to decide in the i wm Inspector Technical Info line Ke a e D D UMP Material whether the key shall contain number ot valid digits a m pump or shaft seal material Numeric format Show material In line Determine by index you decide whether the material and the component shall be allocated by the index Determine by index ruc Floating number digits CY True Font style mm Arial 2 4 False 88 Create and Edit Data Sheets Change a o E a Materia DI Pump housing Cast iron Mito pti Cast iron cht Pt2 Impeller Polypropylene hte Pts CN 20 Cr 13140217 hits Pt4 gt Shatt sleeve Gun 5 hitg PS Mechanical seal Si carbide carbon hits The index consecutively numbers components and materials in the material list starting at zero see picture below The index is preset in the pump data base by means of the Spaix data base programme Example Inspector 3 If you select Mt 1 the Material keys programme wil
59. i on Data sheet performance curve SX data sheet hydraulic Data sheet dimension VS data sheet dimension SETTINGS Data sheets Data sheet energy cost T Use these settings for all tems 52 Accessory Selection USER DEFINED PAGES The manufacturer has the option to provide additional pages for the pump dialogue These pages may contain for example the terminal plan the photo of the pump or the schematic drawing of the pump The catalogue or a presentation can be displayed by means of the Acrobat Reader The number of index cards at your disposal in the pump selection catalogue is therefore different as it depends on the manufacturers and their pumps ACCESSORY SELECTION If accessories are allocated to the selected pump you will enter this dialogue next Accessories selection KL 400 1 T E duo Allgemeines Zubehoer Schematic drawing Product description Dimensions KL 400 Beispiel Druckleitung Beispiel Zulauf Gesamtzubehor Zusatzausstattung im Schaltkaster Abspenrscieber DANSO FN10 DANSO FNIO SNEL Grour Init pr EUR Anbauflansch DN 150 796 0427001 Absperrschieber DN 150 824 0147001 Flanschstutzen DN 150 757 0377001 dp New item A Delete item Quant Description tem no Group Unit pr EUR Di 1 Anbauflansch DN 150 796 0427001 0 00 Absperrschieber DN 150 624 0147001 The accessory selection may consist of several
60. ic design Performance curve 0150 D eier gees Motor manufacturer ABB b Silicon carbide Carbone Silicon carbide Carbone Motor design 3 motor DH Motor Selen op 075kw d gt Installation type Complete group D Operating limits aerate GG NG Coupling it th NEwexH80 d Spacer length bo e mm Shaft seal Iw Ginen H Seal materials Sicicarb SiciCarb zs inlet outlet on me d Base plate e Ei 2 i cast iron Searchresult No resistance information available Set suitable seal If shaft seals are supplied for a pump this index card will be available If the manufacturer has included the option that several shaft seals can be allocated to a pump the programme will list selectable shaft seals on the right hand side of the window Current configuration in line Shaft seal You can select the fitting seal In case shaft seals with several material combinations do exist the programme will also list materials for the seal haterials TA You can also create new material combinations or change the materials for shaft seal parts project related by means of this button A new dialogue will be opened where seal parts and their materials can be added or changed Clicking at the end of the material line the programme will list selectable materials The changed shaft seal will be labelled as Specific design but will only be recorded for the current sessi
61. in the pump ies Values selection programme You can place the key on the Form settings Display unit and convert to defined unit data sheet by clicking this Mute ot valid digits 5 button and then clicking into Mumere format the data sheet Unit l Keys represent abbreviations for long material combinations etc 82 Create and Edit Data Sheets For further processing open the Inspector press the right mouse button Graphic For editing graphics i e coordinates font style alignment use index card Graphic of the Inspector see Menu Tools Technical info irepectar E The index card Technical info line Pume kevsis Data fields enables you to select a Graphic Technisal inte suitable keyword Properties Walues Data fields ump Total weight Pump Total weight By highlighting a key e g total weight Same SE below Data fields you can place athe Pump Type Coding key on to the layer Pump Weight As a consequence the key word will Shaft seal Characters for dyn pump name Shaft seal Code name of material combinat total weight in the selection Shaft seal Drawing programme Units A special unit is assigned to the physical value This special unit will be analysed in Settings Data sheet output see next section The measurements on the data sheet depend on the one hand on the programme set measurement button Units CH and on the other hand on the assigned special unit In the following examp
62. ining software is only permitted within the scope of education and training in officially recognised educational institutions of non commercial nature such as schools universities and adult education facilities The licensee agrees to use this software exclusively for non commercial purposes and to make it inaccessible to third parties VSX warranties only cover programme or data medium defects Claims for damages raised by the user due to software defects or violation of other liabilities are excluded no matter the legal argument This applies especially to incorrect dimensionings of pumps and plants incorrect data drawings performance curves or prices VSX is not liable for consequential damages and or indirect damages Possible defects are removed during regular programme revisions if the errors are exactly described and given evidence for The errors must occur repeatedly There is no claim to direct or immediate correction In case some terms of the above mentioned conditions are legally ineffective this will not have any effect on other terms By using the programme the user accepts these conditions Introduction INTRODUCTION THE SELECTION PROGRAMME The pump selection programme comprises o the hydraulic selection of a pump considering the area of application the duty point and additional parameters o the product related selection as direct access to series and type designations as well as o the spare part assortment
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64. ition of the corresponding column The filter button above the column heading deletes all filter definitions When the left adjusted display mode is activated for the whole dialogue the A following buttons will be at your disposal to use the sort and filter function zt Y i TK You can find these buttons above the table heading 35 Pump Selection Dialogue ENERGY Costs RUNNING COSTS Ar bau This button is available if you have set a duty point and if pump performance curves are available The energy cost calculation enables you to compare pumps regarding their economy In order to calculate the energy costs you have to know the power the pump needs to reach the desired duty point Energy costs Iof sl Energy cost settings Profile Required flows Annual operating time Fon h WM Correct operating hours in case of fow difference Electricity rate jo 5 EUR SRV Table Diagram a mh t h Energy co Pi 100 P1 25 Pi 75 Pi 50 N 65 40 200 Complete group Se N 65 50 7160 Complete group P2 Complete group PS Complete group Below the line Energy cost settings you will see the defined duty point You can change the annual operating time the value of 5600 h represents a guideline When setting the electricity rate energy costs will be calculated or re calculated in the table If you tick the box Correct operating hours in case of flow difference the defined operating time at a desired
65. l insert the Graphic Technical into material key Cast iron for the Properties Values pump by means of the above GEES r shown material table This Determine by index Wes means for Mt 1 the second LERNER d f LITE material of the selected pump ooo will be displayed In order to Sire MUERTE display the part material combination on the data sheet not only the material Mt 1 but also the part Pt 1 In case you want to have displayed the part instead of the material on the data sheet select No in line Show material Now the data fields display parts for IEE E selection abbreviated by Pt Material keysa sl Graphic Technical info The advantage of defining the key in Properties Values the index is that you can determine a the material key independently no i T matter which pump example is unter of walid digits presently activated emetic enua Show material NO If you do not want the key to be defined by the index enter No in line Determine by index 89 Create and Edit Data Sheets The following data fields will be at Inspector LS your disposal from this moment Material keys b on the following example uses materials Graphic Technical into The brackets contain the material exemplary data record The key Determine by index will look in the selection Mars A a programme for exactly this CRT aan aa d d spring ae Laas Shaw inakera ee aa SCH selected pump e
66. le the special unit Itn yd has been assigned to the key Hydraulic Density in the Inspector Form Settings Here you can decide which unit shall be displayed in combination with the physical value You have four possibilities 1 Display unit and convert to defined unit 2 Display unit and convert to special unit 3 Don t display unit but convert to defined unit 4 Don t display unit but convert to special unit If you select the numerical value without displaying the unit automatically possibilities 3 and 4 you should enter the physical unit as a text into the form However you have to be cautious about these display modes You might have already changed units somewhere else in the programme which then might not be converted correctly depending on the display mode you chose 83 Ei Inspector Pump keys sl Graphic Technical info Values Hydraulics Density splay unit and convert ta defined unit Display unit and convert to defined unit Display unit and convert to special unit Dont display unit but convert ta defined unit Number of valid digits Numeric format Unit Dont display unit but convert to special unit Result 0 9963 kg dm Inspector E Pump kees Graphic Technical info Hydraulics Density Display unit and convert to special unit Number of valid digits Numeric format Unit Result 0 75122 Itn yd a Editable Pump Keys Besides the display of pump data thi
67. m Height mm Weight a Technical data Technical data Dimensions INDEX CARD DIAGRAM The index card Diagram displays all Q H duty charts of all pumps listed in the window below By clicking a pump the programme will colour the pump s performance curve or duty chart The programme will automatically adapt the pump performance curves to the corresponding operating conditions The use of highly viscous Newtonian fluids will be calculated according to the standards of the Hydraulic Institute View Diagram options lt AUC EURES Preview performance curve areas View and Diagram options This dialogue enables you to set different diagram views As a standard the programme displays a preview of the performance curve areas of all found pumps The programme can display the hydraulic the duty chart the performance curves and the current performance curve of individual pumps F4 Preview single curves selected curve of each hydraulic MARKED PUMP S Show duty chart D F Display mas d sel min curve Pl Selected cure Pump Selection Dialogue If existent the programme can display the following curves as single curves shaft power curves NPSH value curves and efficiency curves The display mode of the performance curve area depends on the pump model In case the curves of the constant efficiency can be calculated the shell curves will also be shown By clicking the Units button
68. mme already offers the conversion factor 1 for the reference currency In the next phase enter into the conversion table the exchange rate corresponding to the source currency The columns Code name and Round are combo boxes that can be activated by a double click Select the source currency in column Code name Enter the current exchange 19 Settings and Data Transfer rates in columns Currency gt ref Currency and Ref currency gt currency and set the rounding options Example Dont round DEM 0511269 1 35554 Don t round SBP 1 61835 O6179 Dont round In case of doubt ask your data provider which currency was used and whether you have to grant discounts or add surcharges when converting the currencies Conversion factors for certain currencies that might be already entered are saved in a data base and shown in a table You can update them as well By clicking OK any currency information within the programme will be converted automatically into the desired currency You can delete currencies by clicking on the empty line on top of the combo box in column Code name Language C By activating this button you can choose the desired user language The standard programme is delivered in German and English The programme can be extended to other European languages by means of the Spaix data base 20 Settings and Data Transfer Options DIS Automatically open written ascii tiles in notepad Do not send Mail
69. multaneously To highlight several Si H Ek objects keep Shift key pressed while Ei clicking with the mouse Copies the highlighted object to clipboard Ce Inserts an object from the clipboard A Shifts between Design view and Data sheet view see Menu View F a S Scales the layer view up or down H Fades in grid lines as a kind of draft support Pressing the alignment button will activate the alignment grid which is not ai niment lines sl visible yet Pressing his button in Menu View will fade the grid in 80 Create and Edit Data Sheets The alignment lines form a grid in which inserted object texts or graphs are adjusted see Menu View SU Enlarges up to 400 or reduces 80 the size of the side view 1 You can either print the whole data sheet or single pages of it An output as PDF file is also possible Sets Tabulator order dba In the Data sheet view it is possible to edit all editable fields editable key words and yellow entry fields You can click with the mouse into the corresponding field to enter values To enter a huge amount of information it is easier to use the tabulator This button K l sets the tabulator order in which the editable fields will be A handled Highlight the corresponding line with the object and move it up or _ down clicking the arrows ety Zei TH Fister Ai yy were Taik Raren ti HMT AM nd A Mai a CT Baisse Tyee ies
70. n entered in this section will be used for drawing up and sending quotations e g via e mail My Address Into this dialogue window you enter the return address which has already been entered when the programme was started for the very first time Here you have again the opportunity to change the address This information will be used on the data sheets 15 Settings and Data Transfer Change data sheet allocation The manufacturer has already allocated default data sheets to each pump via the data base In case there are different data sheets at choice for the quotation data sheet the technical data of pumps the hydraulic or the dimensions you have the opportunity to allocate a data sheet differing from the currently used one to the respective categories quotation pump data hydraulic dimensions etc Under the menu Settings Data sheets you can design your own data sheets and edit them Change data sheet allocation x Please click here for an other datasheet Data sheet technical data VSx data sheet pump data 3 Data sheet performance curva SX data sheet hydraulic Data sheet dimensions Vox data sheet dimension Data sheet energy cost m Use these settings tor all tems Delete data sheets Deletes data sheets existing in the project Numbering Spa Numbering This button is at your disposal if you have selected a pump and if you are already in the middle of the project processing stage Here you c
71. n as well as constructive criticism Copyright VSX VOGEL SOFTWARE GMBH 1999 2002 All rights reserved TRADEMARKS This documentation contains references to protected trademarks that are not explicitly identified within the text Despite the fact that protected trademarks are not explicitly identified the rights of VSX or third parties are protected About This User Manual CONDITIONS OF USE The use of the software is subject to our General Terms and Conditions a h The products sold by VSX VOGEL SOFTWARE GMBH are protected by copyright Neither the software nor the manual may be copied or reproduced without explicit written permission of VSX VOGEL SOFTWARE GMBH The licensee acquires the non transferrable and non exclusive right to use the purchased programmes for the life of the data medium The licensee does not acquire legal title or copyright to the programmes or the documentation An individual license entitles the licensee to use the software for a single workstation which is connected to a single computer i e with one CPU The software may not be networked or used with more than one computer or at more than one workstation The software may not be lent or handed over to third parties by means of leasing agreements Special conditions of use apply to company advertising licenses Neither the licensee nor third parties are entitled to alter disassemble or decompile the software The use of tra
72. n minimum width Colour Positions EAEAN mimi in width mm 3 The programme displays the object s x Ja vo and y coordinates on the layer Changing go mm alter the objects EEE the x position will ai Print transparent position in the line Changing the y Rotational angle t ss position will alter the object s position in Row distance e o the column i l Text w l Font style Here you can set the font style font colour type italic bold etc and size Hint You have to divide the size by 10 e g for Arial 2 4 you have to click size 24 78 Create and Edit Data Sheets Text In order to insert a text click into the very right hand corner of the cell A dialogue will be opened where you can enter your text Lines Here you can enter your text In the righthand section of this Ne dialogue you will find several buttons to insert and save text files FA Insert If you want to enter multilingual texts GE you should determine the language table beforehand line Multilingual To facilitate entering multilingual texts you can also search for terms or texts in the table If the term or text is not found enter it into the table with the corresponding translation Text alignment Here you can determine the text alignment in text data or entry fields Row distance Here you can change the row distance for text or entry fields consis ting of several lines Alignment This tool
73. nagement a x Units Currency conversion Currency WM International currency code VAT in i Ei Reference currency EUR H Digits F Ge gt RES Eesen 29 10 2002 DEM nee erg Dont round 0 24 10 2002 GBF 161838 06179 Dont round 0 24 10 2002 ESP 000601008 166 387 Dont round 0 24 10 2002 SEK 0109956 3 09457 Dont round 0 24 10 2002 CHF 0687663 1 4542 Dont round 0 24 10 2002 ATS 0 0726617 13 7624 Dont round 0 24 10 2002 CEK 0 04 16 Dont round 0 05 11 2002 USE 11 0 509091 Dont round 0 24 10 2002 E Preview Original Round 23 52 EUR 23 52 EUR 129027 33 EUR 129027 39 EUR This dialogue enables you to set the current exchange rate click into the corresponding cell and to determine whether and how prices shall be rounded Don t round Found cammercially Found down Round mathematically Found up INDEX CARD DATA SHEET She K Data sheet This dialogue shows a number of data sheets for further processing or for printout Usually a cover letter and or a product description comes ahead of the hydraulic technical and dimension data sheet The user decides about the data sheet allocation himself The number of the data sheet forms may be different and is determined by the manufacturer in the pump data base 68 Project Management Often there are several different data sheet forms allocated to a certain category e g dimensions in landscape or portrait format The user can allocate them to his project individ
74. nd produced by different manufacturers The button Select series which will be additionally visible from now on selects the series The button Delete series removes them from the list The manufacturers and the areas of application can be changed and the series can be chosen into the selection list just as you like The standard view will be activated by clicking Simplified The button ENEE opens the duty chart view dialogue to get a better overview of all performance charts After that you can determine the operating data 28 Hydraulic Selection Area of application x Duty chart view of the selected Catalogue Series TEDRE pump series 50 Hz x y Chart view e Area of application Graphite Special metal Operating data Fuia Choose the natur of system for Total flow zo mh the pump Total head fio m Static head IO m C Been seine Hature of system Single head pump oo Single pumps as parallel circuit Ho of pumps Switch over to an advanced i J 1 standby pump number of selection criteria Search Back 8 Units Help Advanced gt INDEX CARD OPERATING DATA Here you can define the plant s hydraulic operation data that shall be taken into consideration by the programme when selecting a suitable pump In the simplified hydraulic selection mode you only need to enter the rate of flow and the pump head as t
75. ndow sizes by clicking and drawing the window borders In the same way you can adapt the column width of the pump list The dialogue contains several index cards while on the right you still have the possibility to change the technical and electrical settings of the selected pump You can specify the pump configuration according to the admitted manufacturers values The function of the small buttons Filter Motor etc will be displayed by placing the mouse pointer on the corresponding button see section CURRENT CONFIGURATION 34 Pump Selection Dialogue FILTERING AND SORTING THE PUMP LIST In order to get a better overview or an exact selection you have the possibility A to sort Zt all columns of the list double clicking rsmgemmeer F the column heading is also possible or to filter Sekstin Fanga E ad the list Effiebenay For setting filter options an additional window will SI a be opened d T m iog a T M Filter records SS Ka Dekate ita da intion If the box is ticked the data of the pump list were filtered You can deduce from the green filter symbol which filter is being activated Energy costs EUR T In the checkbox Filter records you can either turn on or off all filter functions Filter definitions which you have already set in table columns will remain activated A red cross will be added to the green filter symbol The button Delete all filter definitions E deletes the filter defin
76. ndsring t r SH UE ee D Other components Geh useentleerung blindgetl D Dokumentation Kl wk 50 32 160 E ba EI Ringschraube DN 580 M12 Sei P Abstandering t r SGPLUS Total price discountable products Project discount b E Tatal a EUR 59 Project Management BUTTONS FUNCTIONS You can also find the following button functions in the pull down menus File and Settings L New terminates the current project and restarts the pump selection The programme will check whether you want to save the changes of the current project E Open Starts the dialogue Open project and opens an available project from the data base file vsProject mdb Open project OX Search for J P Search in Group D Zi Receiver m Project From f S Group NF Company wv Project D Sf Proje Created Last update Sf Created A7 nown lt Unknown lt Unknown WILO 4 Pumpen 1a 09 08 2000 11 09 2000 lt Unknown K sl gt sUnknown lt Unknown 001 Preistesti 11 09 2002 11 09 2002 sUnknown gt Pumps AG 45457 POU 22 2002 11 28 2002 11 28 bz Pumps AG 1000 Messe 200 2002 09 25 2002 09 27 bz Pumps AG 1001 Messe 200 2002 09 25 2002 09 30 bz lt Unknown 09 09 2002 09 09 2002 C N TRALLI 76576 66666 12 05 2000 12 05 2000 sUnknowne minra arrama a EX nmn ai ENEE omm dii mman Line 108 141 Zi This is a comfortable search option that can search
77. new data field As the following picture shows you can even create a huge number of small data fields which you can click for selection and which will be logically analysed 95 Create and Edit Data Sheets You can quickly enter data into the fields and process es Dee Betriebsdaten u sons them on the data sheet by 24278 Status mouse Clicks bouge Eretaen Ae sen d er of a q u otati on GE Anbieter LiefererHerstell yo u can q u i ckl y t i ck bearbeitende Abteilung Sachbearbeiter compulsory boxes as the Telefonnummer FAX Nummer picture shows E Mail Adresse 24278 pump data 1 Stoffdaten Fordergut C2 Vater pure Name ms terre SIT IER 14 Getahrentiasse nach VEF ms Wassergerarraungstiasse lge andere Getahvichketsmerkmal O17 bes phys Eigenschaften Ka O18 Arbeitstemperatur normal tn 20 09 Arbeitstemperatur maximal tmax SL EE O10 Arbeitstemperatur minimal tmin TOOLBAR PROJECT DATA Addressee keys n Concerning this feature the Inspector lists in Field customer data keys Graphic eigene name address etc The selected key content will be displayed on the data sheet at the place fShow astieianame you defined in index card Graphic Select in Show as field name No If you select Yes you will create a display field in which the programme shows the current field name Hint You also have the possibility to determine the field name yourself See Menu
78. nits index card Currency conversion The reference currency in the Inspector in the mentioned example EUR is only relevant for the data field Conversion factor The remaining three data fields refer to the reference currency on index card Currency conversion in the selection programme Inspector x Currency field 1 Graphic Technical info ational currency code Reference currency Conversion factor Selected international currency code Selected national currency code VAT in The symbol is shown because Dollar represents the reference currency on the index card Currency conversion in the selection programme and national currency sign has been selected in the Inspector 98 Create and Edit Data Sheets bast This setting will display the HEpector f a international currency sign for Dollar Jourency fet d Values Selected international currency code Reference currency Selected international currency code Selected national currency code VAT in This setting displays the current VAT rate that has been defined in Menu Tools Settings index card Currency conversion Inspector D Currency field Graphic Technical info Reference currency Selected international currency code Selected national currency code VAT in TOOLBAR GRAPHIC Text Inserts a text field into the data sheet You can edit the corresponding text with the
79. ocedure The dialogue Update notification establishes a connection to the VSX web page where the user can subscribe for future update information by entering his e mail address This option ensures that the user will quickly be informed about the latest down loadable updates Data update from file This dialogue makes the import of data possible via the CEF format Catalogue Exchange Format 26 Settings and Data Transfer Project management Spaix Online This dialogue represents the interface to Spaix Online To be entitled to use this dialogue for project data exchange you need a Spaix Online license This dialogue enables you to look for and to download customer requests and orders saved on the web server by an online search engine These customers have used the online pump selection for sending requests Spaix helps you in putting up the corresponding quotations including customer tailed prices and accessory Afterwards the complete quotations will be sent to your customers either by e mail or by means of this interface via internet D I Project management Spaix Online Ioj x Projects list Project ID Type Status Created by A Please select the tasks you wish to perform Search for new product inquiries and transfers the data from the Internet server to your computer ke Upioad prepared offers to webserver Copy all offers marked as ready for transmission to the Internet server Exchange project
80. of the project The CEF file will be automatically opened if you have not cancelled this option in the menu SETTINGS Option General If you want to export a CEF file the person who will receive the file e g your customers business partners etc also needs to have a Spaix pump selection programme in order to be able to import your files The person who imports your project will be able to process the project its texts pictures and drawings straight away 62 Project Management The CEF format is an ASCll format which may contain all pieces of information about the selected pump performance curves technical data accessory and price information For detailed information about the ASCIll format the ASCII manual about the CEF interface will be at your disposal as documentation CEF XML The CEF XML format creates an XML file that is based on the CEF file format The CEF XML file will be automatically opened if you have not cancelled this option in the menu SETTINGS Option General VDMA If you export files in the VDMA format the programme will create an xls file in the defined directory The xls file only contains performance curve information and a few technical data of the selected pump Information about the assembly drawings dimensions accessory or prices will not be saved Please note It is impossible to restore the complete project from a VDMA file since it does not contain the complete information As e mail
81. on or the edited project The same applies to changing or adding materials The table Specific Design shows the seal part materials White lines indicate that several materials are at choice If you click at the right end of the line you can select the material by means of the visible arrow 51 Pump Selection Dialogue By pressing the button Set suitable seal you will get a search result if the data base contains resistance information about shaft seals e g fluids and their characteristics temperature concentration materials and their characteristics INDEX CARD PRINT PREVIEW PRINT The more data sheets have been provided by the pump manufacturer in the data base the more printing variants you will have in this dialogue Diagram Dimensions Materials Shatt seal Product description Print preview print Picture Catalogue Presentation Graphite 100 sl Q amp Type Max Min e Ss Kee open 210 mm 160 mm 210 mm Rawingremiter 1 Operating data Spasi Frequency Duty point 1450 1 min 50 Hz 8 0 mn Power data referred to Water pure 107 20 C 998 Sgin 1 005mmAs te g E The symbol Change data sheet allocation enables you to print other existing data sheets Change data sheet allocation Be EZ kem NG 80 50 200 Data sheets You can change draw up or extend D D Data sheet technical data VS data sheet pump data 3 data S heets In sect
82. patttopt PTFE CFK F 1 0 Spalttopf CFK F 1 0 A Geh useauskleidung PE UHMW 1 0 Antriebsrotor 1 0037 NdFeB 1 0 Product selection browser Pumpenrotor 1 0801 PFA 1 o Gleitlagertr ger 0 7043 PFA 1 0 p Gleitlager SiC 1 0 Compare pumps 4 Pumpenwelle 1 4057PFA 1 0 Grundplatte 0 6020 1 0 C 4 O Ringe Viton 1 0 FE Sy DE Gehausedichtung TFM 1600 1 0 Magnetic drive MKN 25 1 0 Motor QU 132 52 BT 1 0 7 Oe SERIES MNK a IH 17 N Eupex B 95 Coupling N Eupex B 95 1 0 Pump MNK 50 32 160 E GP 3 Base plate 3 1 0 3 Installation Normbauweise mit Normalkupplung Entleerung PN16 Other components Gehauseentleerunc 1 0 ER a EI Motor QU 132 92 BT 4113 42 1803 Ringschraube DIN 580 M12 lk Coupling N Eupex B 95 Abstandsring f r SG PLUS es Base plate 3 D Other components Gehauseentleerung blindgefl EI Dokumentation Total price undiscountable products EUR EI F MNK 50 32 160 E Total price discountable products EUR G Ringschraube DIN 580 M12 Project discount k dc Abstandsring f r SG PLUS Total 0 EUR Total costs EUR 57 Spare parts selection Ex his dialogue s mmm enables you to select spare series parts according to series and models Here you can select spare parts and allocate them to a project without having selected a certain pump If the manufacturer has not allocated any spare parts this button will not be active It is therefore displayed fade
83. physical value is always correct Floating number digit Here you determine the floating number digit for rounding he value Physical values are rounded according to mathematic rules Example If you enter in line Floating number digit 3 and 43 19 as a concrete value the figure will be reduced to three positions 43 2 If you enter instead a value of 5434892 it will be rounded in the following way Floating number digit 3 5430000 Only the first three figures will be shown and the remaining figures will be turned O positions after the decimal point will not be displayed Value You can enter a concrete value in the entry field as a pre set value Edit field for integers at This button inserts an entry field for integers Explications see preceding button 101 Compare Pumps COMPARE PUMPS This dialogue enables you to compare pumps of different manufacturers and series For example you can import pump data of different manufacturers select them into a project and then compare them The precondition to get the button activated is that two or more pumps have been selected and are at Ge in the project Create You have to highlight the pumps in window Compare pumps that shall be compared Compal a panipi tet mo E Ir OK displays the selected pumps in dialogue Pump selection programme The button lin Energy cost calculation calculates the running costs for the pumps enter current price se
84. programme either shows the duty point via the hydraulic selection or you can enter it into the pump selection window with the duty point dialogue The dialogue that will be opened enables you to determine the display mode of each single duty point Draw motor power rating limitation will show the performance curve sections in a broken line in which the motor power is insufficient If you have not chosen this option the whole performance curve will be shown as a continuous line see also illustration below Water curves represent reference performance curves which are saved in the data base They enable you to compare the converted performance curves when pumping highly viscous fluids 44 Pump Selection Dialogue View e Diagram options Duty points 18 5 CH Cen Senn SE Rae case Flow 439 mh INPSH values 6 76 m Correct curve Correct curve J Correct curve This dialogue offers Rated power E the opportunity to correct a curve T Move according to the users needs Each performance curve head shaft power t fe id efficiency NPSH can be corrected f Factor individually The curves can De xpa corrected directly by setting a difference S or a factor k Coupling Peer Hint This button is only visible if it is unlocked by the pump producer Performance curve optimisation You can simulate an optimisation via impeller trimming by selecting Impeller trimming and clicking the button Optimise
85. r you should delete the manufacturer off the data record Ba before adding new data sets You can also delete complete series es and single products off any catalogue Before the deletion process is started there will be a security check as the changes will take effect at once 24 Settings and Data Transfer Administer ratings of fluid Mi ae D a i i amp amp e a am Be A bm nb m mg Pm a RW ge VC Temm merr m ji TEDE opman H F a ml es In this dialogue you can find any ratings of fluids and their technical parameters saved in the programme To be able to enter information into this dialogue concrete ratings of fluids for the corresponding media have to be existent Index card Fluid In case the desired fluid is not yet listed in the table the new fluid and its values can be added to the list by clicking the Kai plus button By clicking the ma minus button you can delete fluids off the list Graphs for the following features can be displayed viscosity density vapour pressure specific heat capacity You can add missing graphs in section diagram part The matching performance curve points can be entered in section Performance curve after having chosen or entered the concentration E Index card Values In this section you can enter the formula of the fluid and determine the fluid type heating water waste water drinking water Furthermore you can determine whether fluids are Newtonian
86. rom the data base Fluids already recorded in the data base are recognizable by this sign c appearing next to the thermometer as well as by coloured fields only coloured for those kinds of fluids The fluid table contains performance curves for these features You can set the operation temperature by entering the value or by clicking the triangle In case you have chosen a fluid from the integrated data base other ratings will be adapted automatically when changing the temperature 31 Hydraulic Selection INDEX CARD SEARCH OPTIONS This index card is only visible if selection parameters are already defined in the data base You can choose the parameters from a table In case there are series for the selected area of application that operate with different types of current you can limit the pump selection to a certain type of current SELECT After having entered all selection parameters and by clicking the Select button you can start the automatic search for any performance charts to which the defined duty point and other defined additional conditions correspond Pumps If the programme cannot find a suitable pump it will open the duty chart view The duty chart view can also be opened manually by clicking the EI Duty chart view button in order to 222222222222 22222222 ee EE E 50 32 160 50 32 250 F 50 32 250 0 65 40 200 65 50 160 80 50 200 80 50 250 100 65 250 125 100 250 125 100
87. rresponding currency prices for a project as well as for entering the current VAT rate use the dialogue Currency conversion Currency conversion Reference currenc EUR K i Choose the currency reference currency and the international currency code international or general one you wish to be used by the software IR International currency code The programme already offers a conversion factor of 1 for the reference currency In the next phase enter the exchange rate to the source currency into the conversion table The columns Code name and Round are combo boxes that can be activated by a double click Select the source currency in the column Code name Enter the current exchange rates in the columns Currency gt ref Currency and Ref currency gt currency and set the rounding options Example Dont round DEM 0 511259 1 95554 Dont round SBP 1 61535 0 6179 Dont round In case of doubt ask the producer of the software which currency was used and whether you have to grant discounts or add surcharges when converting the currencies Conversion factors for certain currencies that might be already entered are saved in a data base and shown in a table You can update them as well By clicking OK any currency information within the programme will be converted automatically into the desired currency You can delete currencies by clicking the empty line on top of the combo box in column Code name 67 Project Ma
88. s 6 you can select the measurements for the diagram axis Duty points EE System curve By clicking Duty fee Heed A 1 ln H gt Lal d Dy Gs a i t H t t i t a a A vv points index card el E aaa one Gees a mim Static head Diagram the Eoo mm mm programme will open 134 te LEE We x f Pump characteristics a dialogue where you Wie Operating point 414 Ee AR AR z can correct the JEE Re s f f 104 K OOO ot m desi red operati ng 5 Beene i P2 kA 0 794 point value or add Pees Ce pu es BF SS Sos NPSH m 3 24 as many duty points a RESO e EttTot 9 33 6 ike P E T as you like The ee eee eee j j 54 A TORRIT A aE d Sg d uly pol nt selected In E REEERE Ce NEE Zaemer H 44 bw lo o gt RRR ee erates oe ben PP eet Las sel e ss e the list WI lI be used i Ge GE EE lt r Nitta 2 8 es 8 ode ot eee a ta dat ae E aa ee a H 1 CI POO A A ACOA 1 1 H 1 as gu ideline for all d d EE KEES ENG programme 11 RRR AE L 4 a da aam SS e ei i m ag mm functions e g for the o EE EE S E EES operati ng cost 0 4 6 12 16 20 24 26 22 36 40 44 mh calculation The lower part of the Duty point dialogue shows the values for the actual operating point resulting from the intersection point of the pump performance curve for operating conditions and the system curve The right blue column indicates the current mouse point
89. s option add Create and Edit Data Sheets This mode converts the value to the unit set in the programme The example shows the unit kg dm which has been preset in the programme button Units The unit will be displayed and the value converted Setting a special unit in the Inspector is not very helpful Therefore this line remains empty As soon as a special unit is set in the Inspector the programme automatically shifts to this mode of display The numerical value will be converted to the special unit defined in the Inspector The special unit will be displayed as well itionally enables you to edit the displayed values These data may either be texts or figures To select the data field proceed as follows Inspector First select the Purp keys pump assembly Graphic Technical into component in line Object click combo box S Second select a Form SE 7 concrete data Number of valid digits field in line Data menie tine fields ek 84 x Display unit and convert to defined unit S Create and Edit Data Sheets Hint As the possibility to edit pump data depends on the user group it is up to the pump manufacturer to release certain data for certain users It is set in the data base who may change data Editable fields on the data sheet are yellow The lines Units and Form Settings have already been explained on the preceding page You can determine the format of the displayed figures
90. s sl Add additional couplings fanufacturer of coup FLENDER x danufacturer of coup FLENDER Series N Eupex H sl oh Series n Eupex H d Coupling N Eupex H80 sl if Coupling eS syste a ie Dimension drawing Drawing Specific design 0 Characters for dyn pump name Schematic drawing T i Technical data a 80 Suitable tor EEx design Frame size el Rated torque Min DU Min shaft diameter of drive mm 1 Max shaft diameter of drive mm 30 Weight 2500 Min shaft diameter of pump mm 1 Technical data Dimensi Technical data 30 45 mi max 5 mimin 5 BASE PLATE en The Base plate button selects a base plate that matches the assembly By means of the selected components pump coupling motor you can check the dimensions of the base plate s working surface see red square However to be able to do so the necessary information must have already been entered into the pump data base 40 Pump Selection Dialogue Ki This button enables you to enter project related base plates that correspond to your requirements Hint This adding mode which is set in the data base is only available if you have a permission from the software producer Otherwise the button is invisible Add additional base plates E Add additional base plates x Dimension drawing Dimensio Value b2 390 d 20 d2 CN h5 25 h EE L1 925 La 600 Weight 53000 g Base plate code Display name Length mm Width m
91. s through AP Performance curves Text alignment of aptimized curve Right justitied Display system Curves rang der duty point Urve preview Show all hydraulics Project data set in the Einhen blatt YOMA 2427F format File for project transter W OMA Eh External Transterdata le Default data sheets Data sheet technical data vex data sheet pump data Data sheet performance curve sx data sheet hydraulic k Data sheet dimensian Los data sheet dimension The page General enables the user to set different modes of display for performance curves the conditions for the pump selection as well as for the standard allocation of certain data sheets If you click ASCII files after export the CEF file will be opened immediately after the export process in order to change the ASCIl Code Editing the ASCII file only makes sense if you have the appropriate knowledge see ASCII manual for Spaix V2 Do not send Mails through MAPI is normally not ticked This setting ensures that the connection for drawing up and sending exported Spaix projects is established automatically within existing e mail service programmes This means Spaix identifies the e mail programme and opens it automatically for sending e mails If you tick this option you have to provide the connection to your mail programme yourself for drawing up and sending e mails i e existing Outlook or Netscape programmes will not be used
92. sponding accessory part in the data base As these data sheets are allocated to the corresponding spare part in the Spaix data base programme it is not very helpful to set up spare part data sheets if you only dispose of the selection programme These buttons can be used in the same way as the pump buttons see Pump keys and Pump drawing HI Spare parts drawing Inspector E Spare parts list keys Graphic Technical info Ta Spare parts list keys Mumber of valid digit Allocation product drawing Nummer format Allocation product drawing Allocation product drawing Allocation product drawing Parts list Parts list Parts list Parts list Parts list Parts list B Spare parts table Drawing Installation type Make Mame Series Translated name Mame Parts list Product Specific Clicking this button will list all spare parts in a table including prices Clicking the button in line Existing columns Inspector Technical Info will set up a five column table the properties of which can be edited Inspector Graphic Inspector D Settings Spare parts table D Graphic Technical int Translate yes Alignment Right justified Left justified Left justified Left justified Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Column Quant Unit tem no Description In the last column of the dialogue Existing columns you can select several fields that shall be shown on
93. ta this is the only possible way to import project data from Spaix1 Import Source SPAIX 1 ES MASHUSGL Carbon Spaix v 1 WwsProject mdb Destination SPAIX 2 CAPROBEINS SGL Carbon V2 ProjivsProjects mdb Settings Wich tables shall be imported Quantity iTable for customers 491 IV Table for projects 3 Further options V Dont overwrite existing data sets Imports files set up with Spaix2 and saved as extern files e g in CEF format Data exchange formats see chapter INTRODUCTION section Interfaces You can choose the import directory and the desired file with the help of the window which is opened Hints Filetype Catalogue Exchange Format CEF A Catalogue Exchange Format D CEF Cabinet compressed file cab Microsoft Excel IS xls SM files TS xml A aon It is impossible to import files of projects set up with Spaix1 by using this 12 Settings and Data Transfer option If you wish to import files from Spaix 1 use the menu File SPAIX1 Conversion Export As file Exports the current project as file saved ina amp As file chosen data exchange format data exchange formats see As e mail chapter INTRODUCTION section Interfaces As e mail The current project will be sent as an e mail in the chosen file format It is also possible to choose the PDF Format You will find more information about the export of projects in chapter PROJECT MANAG
94. the data sheet Some examples 92 Create and Edit Data Sheets Column Column Column term tem auant uerg Unit tem no Unit Price Umit tem no Lokale Mr tem no uant tem no Description Make Description Description Price auant TOOLBAR OPERATING DATA Ei Operating data keys Just proceed as described in section Pump keys Data fields being at choice in the Inspector Technical info consequently refer to operating data I 1 Operating data edit keys text Inspector a edt keys textil Graphic Technical info Properties Values Display text before seperator fo List Mone Separator Sorted No Difference d Fluid Fluid concentration Frequency Select the corresponding data fields operating data being at choice in the Inspector Technical info for display on the data sheet 93 Create and Edit Data Sheets Hint As the possibility to edit operating data depends on the user group it is up to the pump manufacturer to release certain data for certain users It is set in the data base who may change data Editable fields on the data sheet are yellow Data fields may also contain texts that have been entered into the programme in the text table Operating data edit keys integer values Select as data fields operating data integer values These data fields can also be found in the Inspector Technical Info and will be displayed on the data sheet The combo box only offers operating dat
95. the export as file As file Exports the current project as file saved in a data format you have to choose For more information about data exchange formats see chapter Introduction paragraph Interfaces The programme will export the whole project i e all items of the project 61 Project Management W Export data sheets W Compress as CAD files Project data set in Catalogue Exchange Format Project data set in Catalogue Exchange XML Format Project data set in the Einhetshblatt DMA 24275 format Pumps AG Dept Einkauf Contact E mail E mail private Prone number 056 456456 Fax Mo Project Iren Adettional tiles Project ID 45457 Project Pou ER Created by Company YSA GmbH bk Dept Phone number 0351 5995133 Fax Mo 0351 5995111 E mail bExiivex de This dialogue i e the button Item enables you to export selected project items if you would like to export only one pump of a project which contains more than one PDF If you export a project as PDF file the programme will deliver an Acrobat Reader file containing the cover letter and the project s data sheets for inspection and for the print out You can select the pages you want to be included from the list at the tabsheet printing range CEF If you export a project as CEF file the programme will create the CEF file in the target directory and two subdirectories containing the pictures and the texts
96. tion Discount Names for projects Discount group Hame Value 3 mg Wo o Vu 3 VV 2 Ww 3 40 In dialogue Names for projects you can change the field names for projects 22 Settings and Data Transfer You could rename for instance the field Additional information into Federal state if you wish the federal state to be entered in this line If the programme is used in different languages you should also change the same field name in the other languages change languages In this way you can change the name of any project field and design it according to your needs a gt lt Current language EMGLISH Company Employee Project 2 ai standard Group Group Company DO Subsidiary Company Company e g change Additional information in Federal state Additional information Additional information Street Street Zip code ES code ity city County code Country code Za The button All standard P cancels all changes The cancelling has to be carried out for each language individually Data sheets Under this option you can design your own data sheets The procedure is described in a separate chapter see DATA SHEETS The print out or the export of data sheets will also be possible in the PDF format without any additional software 23 Settings and Data Transfer Catalogue administration Add catalogue Spaix supports the work with G catalogues so that
97. try field floated values Select Temperature in this field The following will be displayed What kind of unit will be displayed depends on the unit you have chosen in f the pump selection programme 2A 57 Ze You can align both objects by highlighting them e and pressing F10 Align them horizontally just the way you wish Align the text C within the field by using option Text alignment Inspector index card Graphic Example 24 p7 E T Text alignment within the unit field left justified d ST Text alignment within the unit field right 34 57 ie justified 97 e Currency field Create and Edit Data Sheets You can insert different currency related keys into the data sheet Example At first select Dollar as reference currency Menu Tools Units index card Currency conversion You can select the following options in the Inspector field Currency Inspector Currency field D Graphic Technical into Values Conversion tactor Reference currency Conversion factor Selected international currency code Selected national currency code WAT in 3 Result USD x EUR Hint In this example the data field Conversion factor was selected Line Reference currency was switched to EUR Euro The result of this setting is the line below the picture 1 USD x EUR You can find the conversion factor x in the currency table which you should have updated already Menu Tools U
98. ually Data sheets can be defined in the dialogue Edit Change data sheet EN i allocation or with the button sm Menge dale sheet Highlight the corresponding data sheet and click into the column Change at the right A list will be opened itemizing all data sheets available By highlighting a new data sheet you replace the current one Change data sheet allocation x Please select an other data sheet for the pump data here Data sheet performance curve Sx data sheet hydraulic Data sheet dimensions WX data sheet dimension Data sheet energy cost IR Use these settings for all tems The data sheet Product description coming in first or second place in the data sheet collection Product description v Diagram option can according to the settings of this pull down e tise 0 o D 2 OOO menu either show the item list name of items Brief text the brief text or the full text of the project items Full text Price for gt Display Main items Edititem text Sub items vw Show discount Hide WAT brut prices Delete data sheet Price far Main items Display t Sub items With this button you have the option to set the mode of display concerning the prices of the item list You can turn the price display for sub items and discounts off 69 Project Management pa Ken ree 112 MI M E H110 4 om bon riaal ah F Pump PI Cempa og misian Geeks gous Mieri ed becie P Da tracker
99. using Cast iron wc Ok X Cancel Help al The Fluid button indicates whether a structural part will come into touch with the fluid By double clicking on the symbol al you can change this option for each part individually This information will be used for the analysis in the programme part Fluid Material Resistance The integrated material resistance table contains information about application limits of pumps and their materials concerning temperature and concentration White lines in the column Material indicate several materials grey lines indicate that there is only one material admitted Diagram Product description Materials Dimensions Shatt seal Print previews print Sectional drawing gry fas Standard k Code name of maternal combination AS Standard pap Mains F Bolts Search result No resistance information available Set resistant materials k Consider limited resistance Resistant Pa gesch E ES Limited resistant emperature Density 0 998 kgrdm Mot resistant Wiscosity 1 mm Ho resistance information available Vapour pressure 1 F bar Resistance check nok required 50 Pump Selection Dialogue Pump selection program x D D n Picture Catalogue Presentation Graphite Zeichnung2 gt gt Current configuration Diagram Dimensions Materials Shaft seal Product description Print preview print T Show all Specif
100. windows In the first dialogue you can select the mechanical accessory in the second dialogue the electrical accessory etc On the left below Accessories the programme lists all accessory groups of the selected pump By clicking on these groups the available accessory parts will 53 Accessory Selection be listed on the right hand side of the screen The other index cards may contain a drawing and a description of the corresponding accessory part Index card Product description may contain a short description of the selected part By clicking the desired part in the list and pressing Select item you can add the part to the project You can also select accessories via the graph Click the C button and use the mouse pointer to display several parts of the drawing yellow help line appears next to the pointer Click to highlight them in the list Press Select item to add the item to the project This way of selection is helpful if the description of the part is unknown Schematic drawing Product description Dimensions A anachaiuinen CHNO PRAG SRL A 1 Flanechstutzen ON 150 757 0377001 0 00 Ch In case the accessory list contains more items than can be shown at once you can also use the Search option of this dialogue and search items by their description or the item number 2 The Zoom delivers a detailed view of the accessory drawing E The button Export drawing saves the accessory drawing as a Bitmap Win
101. xport of performance curve graphs in different graphic formats Introduction SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS In order to use the pump selection system SPAIX your computer should meet the following requirements e 128 MB RAM Pentium III e Windows 95 Windows NT 4 0 with SP 6a or better e approximately 50 MB free capacity on your hard disc The requirements concerning main memory and hard disc heavily depend on the size of the data base i e these requirements can differ considerably INSTALLATION The installation process will be started by activating setup exe The installation of Spaix Classic will be set up automatically Please follow the instructions on the screen Windows 95 During the installation the setup programme will check whether the target computer needs the system extension Microsoft DCOM 95 If necessary it will be installed automatically If required the Microsoft Data Access Components MDAC 2 1 will also be automatically installed on your computer to get access to the data base The installation of DCOM 95 resp MDAC2 1 can also be carried out manually Start the files DCOM95 EXE resp MDAC_TYP EXE in directory REDIST on the installation CD Hints After the setup of DCOM 95 resp MDAC it is normally necessary to restart Windows In case the Spaix Classic Setup will not be activated automatically after having restarted Windows call up the setup programme manually to continue the installation The installation
102. you can Gre Ces complete update or delete data HE for pumps motors shaft seals Spare parts Make HM d flange connections spare parts 1 rz Zi Series Hame couplings and rating of fluid e IS N Eupex 4110 N Eupex ADS Add catalogue Nene This dialogue enables you to eae import several catalogues of other manufacturers e g engine and coupling manufacturers in the CEF 2 0 Catalogue Exchange Formator VDMA format N Eupex 4125 N Eupex A 140 N Eupex A 160 N Eupex A 180 N Eupex A 200 N Eupex A 225 N Eupex A 250 C IN EUPEX A 5505 _ If you click the import button ni a dialogue will be opened in which you can select the drive and the directory for the import source files In case the current directory path does contain CEF or VDMA files they will be shown in the information window If you open the CEF file the dialogue will show any data sets the file contains In the next phase you can mark the data sets you wish to select You can also choose several data sets press Shift or Control button on your keyboard Select option save in data base overwrite all for renewal save in data base without overwriting for completion By clicking OK the new files will be added to the current data record and existing files that contain drawings will be copied Delete In case you are not sure whether a manufacturer has reduced or partly or totally renamed his range of offe

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