SMP Impeller Wrench
Whether its an open end or a closed end impeller system, replacing worn out seals on centrifugal pumps is a
difficult and dangerous task. The industrial process pump repair technician puts his hands at risk when trying to
remove either open or closed style impellers off from the main pump body. Mechanics also risk damaging key
pump components, like the impeller or the drive end shaft, trying to break the two loose from each other.
Damaging these key pump components can cause premature pump failure.
Typically, a mechanic asked to repair a centrifugal
pump must figure out an effective way to break the
impeller loose from the input shaft. They resort to
using unsafe methods like holding sharp open-end
impellers with their hands or inferior tools like a
strap wrench. Then to break the impeller free
mechanics are forced to hold the drive shaft in
place and beat the impeller loose, which can warp
and damage the impeller vanes. Without the proper
tools this is a difficult and dangerous task that both
puts the equipment and the craftsman at risk.
The safer, smarter and more cost-effective way of repairing
centrifugal pumps is to use the SMP Pump Impeller Wrench
system. Each kit comes with a set of sockets that grip the drive
end shaft without galling or marring the shaft itself, and a wrench
for holding the impeller side. We offer both closed end kits, for
closed impeller pumps, and open end kits for open impeller
pumps. These impeller wrenches protect workers hands by
keeping them far away from the sharp impeller vanes, and the
wrenches also distribute even force around the eye of the
impeller, making it easier to break them loose.
