Pumping plan

Pumps

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 SCREW PUMP

•THE PUMP CONSISTS OF SET OF SCREWS, WHICH

ARE GIVING PUMPING ACTION.

•THESE ARE CALLED SCREWS BECAUSE OF ITS

SURFACE PROFILE.

•IT CONSISTS OF CENTRAL DRIVE SCREW,

COUPLED TO A PRIME MOVER.

•THE OTHER SCREW, ALSO KNOWN AS IDLER IS

MESHED WITH DRIVE

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 SCREW PUMP

•THE SCREWS ARE ENCASED IN A CLOSE FIT CASING.

•THE SURFACES ARE SO SHAPED, THAT THEY FORM A TIGHT

SEAL IN RELATION WITH THEMSELVES AND THE CASING.

•THE IDLER SCREW ROTATES IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO

THAT OF CENTRAL DRIVE SCREW.

•AS THE SCREWS ROTATE, THE TIGHT SEAL THUS FORMED,

MOVES AXIALLY AND UNIFORMLY ACTING AS PISTON MOVING
IN ONE DIRECTION CONTINUALLY.

•THE DRIVE SCREW SHAFT HAS SUITABLE SEALING

ARRANGEMENT PROVIDED AT THE PUMP CASING.

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 SCREW PUMP

•UNLIKE RECIPROCATING PUMP, IT DOES NOT SET UP

VIBRATIONS OR PULSATION AT VERY HIGH SPEEDS.

•SECONDLY, THIS TYPE GIVES CONSTANT DELIVERY HEAD.

THIS PUMP IS NORMALLY USED FOR OILS, SLUDGE
DISCHARGE.

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SCREW PUMP