What's A Screw Pump? Understanding The Unique Characteristics and Operating Principles of 1, 2 and 3 Screw Pumps
What's A Screw Pump? Understanding The Unique Characteristics and Operating Principles of 1, 2 and 3 Screw Pumps
What's A Screw Pump? Understanding The Unique Characteristics and Operating Principles of 1, 2 and 3 Screw Pumps
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contact, with the stator. The stator has a shape that corresponds
characteristics.
allows the pumping element to create a thin film of fluid around it.
The force of this fluid film acting on the rotor supports the
contact within the pump screws. The pumping screws and body/
the thin film of fluid that moves through the clearances separating
them.
Disrupting the fluid film around the rotor can cause the rotor
to lose support and potentially contact the rotor housing or the
adjacent screws. Disruption of the fluid film can result from solid
this is a feature that makes a two screw pump one of the most
the internals.
Three screw pumps are ideal for clean, lubricating fluids. Fluid
which means the quality of the lube oil can be maintained in high
differences that each screw pump type offers. However, once they
are understand, engineers will find a proven technology suitable
A three screw pump operates on the same principle of intermeshing screws as the two screw pump, and can be configured as a
double suction pump (technically, a six screw pump). The three
screw design utilizes a centrally-located primary screw, or power
rotor, which intermeshes with two secondary screws, or idler rotors. The idler rotors are located 180 degrees from each other,
are suspended within the pump and do not penetrate the
housing. The power rotor penetrates the housing and requires
one bearing and one seal; there may be bushings or sleeve
bearings that are exposed to the pumped fluid.
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