The 60” Foster Wheeler Circulating Water Pump at a midwestern power generating facility had been vibrating excessively. However, the plant had hoped it would continue to operate through the sum- mer without having to take the pump out of service during peak power generating periods. As luck would have it, on June 22 the pump failed. The plant was forced to take offline one of two large vertical circulating water pumps at the worst possible time

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