An impeller includes a disk that has a disk shape centered on an axis, a cover that is disposed to be separated from the disk in an axial direction in which the axis extends, a plurality of blades that connect the disk and the cover to each other and are disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction around the axis, and a connection member that is disposed to be separated from the plurality of blades in the axial direction and connects the disk and the cover to each other. A plurality of the connection members are disposed at intervals in the circumferential direction at positions near an inlet of an impeller flow path with respect to front edges of the blades positioned at positions near the inlet, the impeller flow path being formed between the disk and the cover.

The present disclosure provides an oil pump including a housing in which a space is formed, a rotor installed to be rotatable in an eccentric position in the housing and having vanes mounted along a circumference direction to be protruded and retracted in a radial direction of the housing, and an inner ring fitted to an inner surface of the housing and rotated along with the rotor when the rotor rotates. The housing is formed of a material harder than the material of the inner ring, and oil for lubrication is provided between the housing and the inner ring.

Embodiments of the invention are directed to a rotor for use in molten metal and devices including the rotor. The rotor has a rotor body and blades, wherein each blade includes a tip that is at least twice as hard as the rotor body.

Various aspects of the disclosure are directed to providing structures that define a radial gap between an impeller and a pump casing element that facilitates minimizing the movement of fluid into the radial gap in a manner that lessens the impact, and consequent degradation, of the inner surface of the pump casing element by movement of abrasive particulates out of the radial gap, which is accomplished by providing a suction inlet arrangement of an impeller and pump casing element that are angled from the eye of the impeller to the outer periphery of the impeller in a direction away from the back shroud or drive side of the impeller and toward a first end of the pump casing in which fluid is introduced into the pump casing.

In centrifugal pumps and, in particular, pumps for transferring fluids containing abrasive particles such as slurry pumps, wear of wetted areas is a major maintenance issue. The invention provides for the protection of internal surfaces vulnerable to wear from such particles by providing means for adjusting and controlling distribution of gland fluid for flushing vulnerable areas. The invention extends to a method and a retrofit kit, but provides primarily for a centrifugal pump assembly comprising an impeller rotatably mounted therein and support means operatively arranged for supporting the impeller from its suction side in sealing relationship with the housing. The sealing means may be mechanically adjustable for substantially even distribution of gland fluid to both axial sides of the impeller in the pump housing.

An electric centrifugal pump having a motor housing, a pump head, a containment shell, and a rotor assembly consisting of a pump impeller and a permanent magnet rotor, wherein the pump head with the containment shell defines a wet chamber, in which the rotor assembly is arranged rotationally around a longitudinal motor axis, the containment shell with the motor housing defines a dry chamber, in which a wound stator is arranged, and the permanent magnet rotor is arranged within the stator and a hollow-cylindrical region of the containment shell. Particle accumulations in the region between the containment shell and the permanent magnet rotor cannot occur or can only occur to a very minor extent and that the consequences of impurities in the wet chamber are reduced in order to prevent premature wear or a blockage of the centrifugal pump.

A method of producing a composite metal article and/or a composite metal wear component. The method including the following steps: casting a component composed of a host metal composition wherein one or more cavities are formed in the component during casting; inserting a wear resistant composition in solid form into the one or more cavities formed in the component composed of the host metal composition; and, bonding the wear resistant composition into the one or more cavities of the component composed of the host metal composition to form the composite metal article.

A fuel pump arrangement including a housing and an impeller located within the housing configured for receiving cold fuel through an inlet of the housing, wherein the impeller includes a series of vanes for drawing fluid and a nose cone defining an axis, wherein the nose cone includes a channel therethrough for passing warm fuel to an exterior surface of the nose cone for mixing with the cold fuel.

There is provided a rotatable impeller assembly for pumping caustic fluid byproducts in a medical device. The assembly comprises a rotor having a rotor cup, and an impeller having a rotor contacting surface and impeller blades. The assembly further comprises a magnetic ring seated within the cup. The magnetic ring comprises a first contact surface that is configured to mate with an inner surface of the cup, and a second contact surface that is configured to mate with the rotor contacting surface of the impeller. In such an arrangement, the magnetic ring is locked in position by the rotor cup and the impeller, thereby preventing any independent rotation of the magnetic ring relative to the rotor and the impeller while automatically balancing the rotor. Further, the rotor contacting surface of the impeller is attached to the cup to hermetically seal the magnetic ring within the impeller assembly.

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 a, and between a leading edge of the blade and a meridional direction, an angle Depending on the dominant speed, the associated angles , are less than 90, preferably less than 70, in particular less than 50.