VERTICAL CHEMICAL CENTRIFUGAL PUMP

MADE FROM METAL TYPE GVSO

Applications
From sulphur and
sulphuric acid to
molten salts.

Rheinhtte PumpEN
The right solution. For any fluid.
GVSO: ALWAYS THE RIGHT CHOICE
THE VERTICAL PUMP FOR CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS
Our GVSO submersible pump offers a persuasive choice thanks to its reliability, safe, leakage-free and yet also com-
pact and maintenance-friendly design with different sealing variants. This is why for many years now the GVSO offers
a universally useable vertical pump concept in the widest range of different chemical plants.
Rheinhtte Pumpen
If you want to solve demanding
pumping tasks in the chemical
industry efficiently, permanently
and economically, you need
more than just a coherent tech-
nical concept. Experience of
application, material knowledge
and dialogue with you ultimately
lead to the optimum solution. A
way which Rheinhtte Pumpen
has been following for over 150
years.
Discover the diversity of the GVSO
28 basic sizes in a single-stage or multi-stage
design which meet the requirements of ISO
13709 (API 610) allow maximum flexibility even
during the planning stage. This means that
the GVSO covers volume flows of up to 3,800
m/h and pumping heights of up to 150 m.
Individual immersion depth adjustment from
0.5 to 18 m through the use of one or more in-
termediate bearings completes the maximum
level of flexibility. At the customer's request,
the connecting dimensions and the shape of
the sole plate can be individually adapted to
the container and pressure flange.
If constant temperatures and viscosities are
required, e.g. in the case of molten sulphur,
the GVSO is also available as a heated ver-
sion. Here we offer a customised heating ja-
cket system for steam and other heat transfer
media. Only two additional connections for
feed and discharge are required here.
The right choice for almost any use:
The GVSO is ideally suited to many areas of
application:
to chemically aggressive fluids such as
sulphuric acid in various concentrations
and temperature ranges
to hot liquids such as molten sulphur,
molten salts and PSA as well as
to liquid gases in the low-temperature
range.
Over 10 different stainless steel alloys make
it possible for the GVSO to be used in ap-
plications involving medium pumping tem-
peratures of up to 600C. The design with a
magnetic coupling allows medium tempera-
tures of up to 250C.
Different sealing variants:
The advantage of the GVSO design is the
shaft sealing variants which do not come into
contact with any medium. This allows safe
and leakage-free operation and a high degree
of reliability. There is a choice of
s tuffing box packing systems, also in a gas-
sealed version
m
 echanical seal variants in a liquid-lubrica-
ted or gas-lubricated version
m
 agnetic couplings for reliable pumping of
volatile media (GVSOM).
Options:
On request, typical application-related vari-
ants can be delivered:
Heated pump design
O
 utside purging of the sleeve bearings with
optional supply unit
S
 uction tube and / or suction strainer design
S
 upply equipment for mechanical seal con-
cepts can be integrated onto sole plate
V
 arious, customised monitoring and diag-
nostic systems
GVSO: YOUR ADVANTAGES AT A GLANCE
INDIVIDUAL tion of the sleeve bearings and guarantees
Multi-stage, radial hydraulic designs and seg-
ment designs which are dependent on the
immersion depth cover a wide operational
spectrum and make it possible to produce
customised pump solutions, flexibly adap-
ted to your own individual needs.
EFFICIENT 
The compact construction is also outstandin-
gly suited to very small container openings.
Thanks to the high-mounted, grease-lubrica-
ted roller bearing system above the moun-
ting flange, applications even in the high-
temperature range can be implemented in
an easy and user-friendly way. The casing
design allows minimum pressure losses and
thus operates in a highly efficient way.
The ease of fitting and removal of the pump
thanks to extended pipeline connections out-
side of the sole plate area saves time as
does the exchange of roller bearings which
can be done with the pump in the fitted state.
Robust nal forced cooling.
Closed radial hydraulics with double volu-
te casings minimise the radial forces that
occur. The separation of the pressure and
shaft guide tube enables optimum lubrica-
One concept
flexibly adaptable
28 different pump sizes
offer maximum freedom
when it comes to the
choice of hydraulics.
Over 10 stainless steel
alloys allow universal
use within the chemical
industry.
uniform thermal expansion of the medium
in the casing. In addition, defined shaft con-
nections which are independent of the direc-
tion of rotation allow pipes to be emptied and
the pumping medium to flow back when the
pump is switched off.
RELIABLE
Shaft sealing concepts which do not invol-
ve any contact with the medium and the
self-emptying design increases the level of
reliability. The unique sleeve bearing prin-
ciple allows defined forced lubrication by the
pumping medium (outside lubrication also
possible) and thus ensures a low level of
slide bearing wear during constant pump
operation. Costly oil lubrications or additional
cooling which have an impact on safety are
not necessary.
In the case of the pump design with magne-
tic drive (GVSOM), the spacer-can prevents
any eddy current losses and thus ensures a
constant temperature without any additio-
GVSO: IN DETAIL DESIGN FEATURES

Heated two-stage design with stuffing box and intermediate Single-stage design with magnetic drive without intermediate
bearing (GVSO AH) bearing (GVSO M)

8
6
7 9

Design features
3 1  Compact double volute casing 3
2 Multi-stage pump hydraulics
3.1 3.1
3 Pipe column
3.2 3.1 suspension pipe 3.2
3.2 discharge pipe
4 One or more intermediate bea-
rings for longer immersion depths
4 5 Discharge bend extended beyond
the sole plate
6 High-mounted grease-lubricated
roller bearing system
7  Bearing housing separated from
bearing bracket
8 Double spacer-can in
CFRP/PTFE
9 Grease-lubricated roller bearing in
stainless steel

1
2

The sectional drawings essentially correspond to the design. Subject to design changes.
GVSO: IN DETAIL RANGE CHART

GVSO: 50 Hz 
US. GPM
Differential height H (m)

H (ft)
Quantity Q (m3/h)

GVSO: 60 Hz 
US. GPM
Differential height H (m)

H (ft)

Quantity Q (m3/h)

Bearing bracket
1 2 3 4 6

The performance data shown here corresponds to the basic design. On request, we would be happy to examine your requirements for different performance data.
GVSO: STANDARD
f1 DIMENSIONS
DN, PN 10

DND , PN 16 f1 DN, PN 10

DND , PN 16

X7
e2

h2
d

X7
e2

d h2

h1
e1

h1

g
e1

berlauf
ID min
Overflow
ID min
Tauchtiefe

Immersion depth
S min

DNs
C min

B min
S min

DNs
C min

B min
GVSO: STANDARD DIMENSIONS
Vertical variety
for any pumping
assignment.

Shaft Flange
Size SZ LT Pump dimensions Container dimensions
end dimensions

e1 e23) f1 g h1 d h2 DNS4) DND5) DN IDmin6) Bmin Cmin Smin

40/160 I 1 140 30 275 23 385 25 75 50 40 350 3106) 500 50 140

40/200 I 1 140 30 300 23 385 25 75 50 40 400 341 500 50 140

40/250 I 1 150 50 300 23 385 25 75 65 40 400 395 580 65 140

80/200 I 1 250 60 375 23 385 25 75 100 80 400 400 590 100 170

40/250 II-V 2 150 50 300 23 485 38 95 65 40 400 395 580 65 140

50/315 I-II 2 175 25 375 25 485 38 95 80 50 500 445 650 80 150

80/250 I 2 250 25 400 25 485 38 95 100 80 500 4206) 610 100 150

80/315 I-II 2 250 25 400 25 485 38 95 100 80 500 500 700 100 170

100/250 I 2 325 58 475 25 485 38 95 125 100 500 505 700 125 200

100/315 I 2 325 58 475 25 485 38 95 125 100 600 580 850 125 220

125/315 I 2 250 58 450 25 485 38 95 150 125 600 600 850 150 225

150/250 I 2 275 58 500 25 485 38 95 200 150 600 540 800 200 320

50/315 III-V 3 175 25 375 35 580 48 135 80 50 500 4456) 650 80 150

100/315 II-III 3 325 58 475 35 580 48 135 125 100 600 580 850 125 225

125/315 II 3 250 58 450 35 580 48 135 150 125 600 600 850 150 225

150/315 I-II 3 275 58 500 35 580 48 135 200 150 700 695 1000 200 300

150/355 I 3 275 58 500 35 580 48 135 200 150 700 695 1000 200 300

150/400 I 3 275 58 500 35 580 48 135 200 150 700 700 1000 200 300

200/315 I 3 350 25 625 35 580 48 135 250 200 800 770 1100 250 375

200/355 I 3 350 25 625 35 580 48 135 250 200 800 790 1100 250 375

250/315 I 3 450 25 750 35 580 48 135 300 250 900 860 1200 300 450

150/400 II 4 275 58 500 35 680 68 185 200 150 700 700 1000 200 300

200/355 II 4 350 25 625 35 680 68 185 250 200 800 790 1100 250 375

250/355 I 4 450 25 750 35 680 68 185 250 250 900 890 1300 250 450

250/355 II 5 475 75 775 55 800 75 210 250 250 900 890 1300 250 450

300/400 I 5 550 200 900 55 800 75 210 350 300 1400 1340 1950 350 530

400/500 I 5 700 250 1050 55 800 75 210 400 400 1600 1600 2300 400 600

450/500 I 6 Dimensions on request 450 450 Dimensions on request

1)
SZ = Number of stages 2)
LT = Bearing bracket 3)
e2 = Centre offset of sole plate/hydraulics 4)
DNS = Suction flange (undrilled)
5)
DND = Pressure flange 6)
IDmin = Different with heatable version x7 = Dependent on the motor size
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