A sensing device for a centrifugal slurry pump having an impeller which rotates about an axis, the centrifugal slurry pump including a side liner and a main liner housed within an outer casing of the pump, the sensing device comprising; a body portion arranged to pass through the outer casing, wherein the body portion includes a sensor biased towards contact with either the side liner or the main liner of the pump.

A sensing device for a centrifugal slurry pump having an impeller which rotates about an axis, the centrifugal slurry pump including a side liner and a main liner housed within an outer casing of the pump, the sensing device comprising; a body portion arranged to pass through the outer casing, wherein the body portion includes a sensor biased towards contact with either the side liner or the main liner of the pump.

An inducer and a submersible pump for pumping a slurry comprising solids and viscous fluids, the inducer mountable to the pump's drive shaft adjacent to and immediately upstream of an impeller mounted on said shaft. The inducer comprises a hub, two to four inducer blades extending outwardly from and wrapping helically around the hub, the hub and the inducer blades defining a plurality of channels A trailing edge of each inducer blade is positioned snugly adjacent to and in fluidical alignment with a leading edge of a corresponding impeller blade when the inducer is mounted on the drive shaft of the pump, such that a velocity curve of the slurry is smooth as the slurry travels from a leading edge of the inducer blades to the leading edge of the impeller blades.

An inducer and a submersible pump for pumping a slurry comprising solids and viscous fluids, the inducer mountable to the pump's drive shaft adjacent to and immediately upstream of an impeller mounted on said shaft. The inducer comprises a hub, two to four inducer blades extending outwardly from and wrapping helically around the hub, the hub and the inducer blades defining a plurality of channels A trailing edge of each inducer blade is positioned snugly adjacent to and in fluidical alignment with a leading edge of a corresponding impeller blade when the inducer is mounted on the drive shaft of the pump, such that a velocity curve of the slurry is smooth as the slurry travels from a leading edge of the inducer blades to the leading edge of the impeller blades.

A flow corrector (14) which includes a tubular body (40) with an entry end (42) and an exit end (44), and a plurality of parallel flow passages (54a, 54b, 54c, 54d) between the entry end and the exit end.

A flow corrector (14) which includes a tubular body (40) with an entry end (42) and an exit end (44), and a plurality of parallel flow passages (54a, 54b, 54c, 54d) between the entry end and the exit end.

A pump impeller, which can be part of a pump, has an impeller surface and blades being arranged on the impeller surface, wherein at least one of the blades is a blade of the first type which has a blade edge which is inclined toward the front in the rotational direction. The pump impeller can also have blades of a first type and of a second type, the blade geometries thereof differing from one another. A housing element for a pump or of a pump has a housing inner wall defining a flow channel for a fluid medium extending along a central axis. The cross section of the flow channel is greater in a main flow direction and the housing inner wall has a surface structure configured such that it counteracts a return flow counter to the main flow direction along the housing inner wall of the fluid medium.

The pump according to the present disclosure includes: a housing having a suction chamber and a discharge chamber formed therein; a suction part extending outwardly from a circumferential surface of the housing, and having a suction passage formed therein through which a fluid is introduced into the suction chamber; a discharge part disposed under the suction part, extending from the circumferential surface of the housing in a direction opposite to the suction part, and having a discharge passage formed therein through which the fluid is discharged from the discharge chamber; a partition wall dividing the suction chamber and the discharge chamber, and having a communication hole formed at a center thereof for allowing the suction chamber to communicate with the discharge chamber; an impact body disposed toward the suction part so as to come into contact with the fluid introduced into the suction chamber through the suction passage; and a gas discharge part disposed at an upper portion of the circumferential surface of the housing and communicating with an outside so that gas, separated from the fluid in contact with the impact body, is discharged, wherein the suction part extends in one direction perpendicular to a virtual center line passing through the housing, and the impact body is disposed in a direction opposite to an extending direction of the suction part with respect to the virtual center line.

An impeller for centrifugal pumps having at least one blade for delivering solids-containing media has, between a leading edge of the blade and a circumferential direction, an angle α, and between a leading edge of the blade and a meridional direction, an angle β. Depending on the dominant speed, the associated angles α, β are less than 90°, preferably less than 70°, in particular less than 50°.

An impeller for centrifugal pumps having at least one blade for delivering solids-containing media has, between a leading edge of the blade and a circumferential direction, an angle α, and between a leading edge of the blade and a meridional direction, an angle β. Depending on the dominant speed, the associated angles α, β are less than 90°, preferably less than 70°, in particular less than 50°.