The Harbison-Fischer Tubing Pump is the most
rugged of the four API pumps due to its heavy wall construction. It should
be chosen when greater production is needed than can be delivered by an
insert pump.
The extensions on each end of the barrel provide
a stroke-through arrangement. The stroke length and pump spacing can
be adjusted so that the plunger strokes out of the barrel into the extensions
at the top of the upstroke and bottom of the downstroke. This spacing
allows the plunger to be washed clean in the extensions on the upstroke
and downstroke.
Although it can produce the greatest quantity
of fluid for a particular tubing size, only the plunger assembly and
standing valve can be retrieved with the sucker rods for servicing.
The tubing must be pulled to service the pump barrel.
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