Marking an industry first, onboard pumping intelligence is now a standard feature of the world’s most popular process pump; the ANSI Model 3196 from ITT Goulds.
The new i-FRAME provides operations personnel, maintenance managers, and reliability engineers – the people responsible for monitoring and repairing rotating equipment on a 24/7 basis – with early warning of trouble so that changes to the process or machine can be made before failure occurs.
The i-FRAME’s stainless steel condition monitor is nested securely atop the power end to measure critical vibration and temperature readings. Variations in temperature or vibration that exceed preset parameters will activate the early warning system by displaying flashing red lights easily recognized during routine walk-arounds.

In addition to the condition monitor built into the pump, the patent-pending i-FRAME design incorporates many other standard features designed to increase reliability and the life of the pump. They include:
• Premium severe duty thrust manufacturer of bearings which increase fatigue life by 2 to 5 times that of standard bearings
• Dual stainless-steel, bronze-bearing isolators for improved corrosion resistance and contaminant exclusion
• An optimized sump design to improve heat transfer and collect and concentrate contaminants away from the bearings, resulting in longer bearing life


Goulds currently ships thousands of 3196 pumps each month from its regional manufacturing facilities in the USA, UK, Mexico, Korea, and China.
The 3196 pump with i-FRAME power ends come with a 5-Year Warranty as standard.