A progressing cavity pump has: a stator; a rotor; the rotor having a first axial operating position within the stator in which a first axial part of the rotor aligns with a first axial part of the stator to form an active pump section adapted to generate a pumping force on rotation of the rotor in the stator; the rotor having a second axial operating position within the stator in which the first axial part of the rotor aligns with a second axial part of the stator to form an active pump section adapted to generate a pumping force on rotation of the rotor in the stator. A related method is disclosed.

The present invention provides a method of replacing a failed pump seal of a pump having a pump housing and a rotating pump shaft. As part of the method, there is provided a specially configured rescue seal. The rescue seal is placed on the pump shaft above the failed seal so that the pump shaft extends through both the failed seal and the rescue seal. In order to affix the rescue seal to the pump shaft and above the failed seal, a plurality of studs are first attached to the pump housing after removing some of the bolts that fasten the failed seal to the pump housing. The failed seal is then secured to the studs with nuts. Nuts are then placed on the studs to secure the rescue seal to the studs above the failed seal.

A scroll pump has a tip seal between an axial end of the scroll blade of one of stationary and orbiting plate scrolls of the pump and the plate of the other of the stationary plate and orbiting plate scrolls. The scroll pump may have a ballast gas supply system and use the operation of the ballast gas supply system to assess the condition of the tip seal. Alternatively, the scroll pump may have two pressure sensors that sense pressure at two locations spaced along a compression mechanism of the pump to assess the condition of the tip seal.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a scroll-type fluid machine for which maintenance can easily be performed in necessary locations, and a maintenance method for said fluid machine. The present invention provides a scroll-type fluid machined characterized by being provided with a main body unit for compressing a fluid, and a motor unit for driving the main body unit; the main body unit having a fixed scroll, a revolving scroll, a main body casing, and an autorotation-preventing mechanism that is held by the revolving scroll and the main body casing and that prevents autorotation of the revolving scroll; the motor unit having a rotor, a stator for causing the rotor to rotate, a shaft that rotates integrally with the rotor, a motor cover for housing the rotor and the stator, and a main bearing that is secured to the interior by the motor cover and that supports the shaft; a distal end of the shaft having an eccentric part; the main body unit and the motor unit being connected via the eccentric part; and the main body casing and the motor cover being fastened by a fastening member.

An oil-lubricated rotary vane vacuum pump includes a rotary vane unit, having a rotary vane chamber and a rotary vane rotor, and an oil separator device having an air/oil separating unit that has a filter element with a plug-in ring that can be plug-connected on a housing side. The plug-in ring is designed for radial sealing and axial displaceability in a housing receptacle. The filter element has a moulding for bayonet mounting, which faces the end associated with the outer wall. A mounting wall of the housing, extending at a distance from the outer wall of the housing, is designed to interact with the moulding of the filter element and to form the bayonet mounting. A separate cover closes a mounting opening associated with the filter element in the outer wall of the housing. The cover form-fittingly interacts with the filter element to secure the filter element against rotation.

A scroll-type fluid machine includes a motor unit and a main body. The motor unit includes a rotor, a stator, a shaft provided with an eccentric portion at a distal end of the shaft and configured to rotate integrally with the rotor, a main bearing configured to support the shaft, and a motor cover configured to house the rotor and the stator. The main bearing is fixed to an inside of the motor cover by a fixing flange. The main bearing supports the shaft and is located between the fixing flange and an end bracket on an opposite side of the main body unit with respect to the fixing flange.

A scroll fluid machine includes a main body and a motor unit. The main body unit configured to compress a fluid. The motor unit configured to drive the main body unit. The main body unit and the motor unit are connected via the eccentric portion. The main body casing and the motor cover are fastened with a fastening member. The motor unit includes a main bearing that is fixed to an inside of the motor cover by a flange. The main bearing is configured to support the shaft and is located between the flange and an end bracket on an opposite side of the main body unit with respect to the flange.

A pump includes a housing having a first end and a second end and extending along a longitudinal axis and a discharge casing having a first end coupleable to the second end of the housing. The discharge casing extends along the longitudinal axis coaxial to the housing. A dismounting device includes a first dismount casing and a second dismount casing disposed between the discharge casing and the second end of the housing. The dismounting device extends along the longitudinal axis coaxial to the housing and the discharge casing.

What is concerned is an eccentric screw pump having at least one stator (1), a rotor (2) rotating in the stator, a drive (3) for the rotor, a pump housing (4) which is connected to the stator (1) and has at least one inlet opening (6) for the medium to be conveyed, a connection housing (14) arranged between the pump housing (4) and drive (3), a connection shaft (9) which is connected to the drive (3) and is arranged at least in certain regions in the connection housing (14), and a coupling rod (10) which is arranged in the pump housing (4) and is connected to the connection shaft (9) via a drive-side joint (11) and to the rotor (2) via a rotor-side joint (12). The drive-side housing connection piece (16) can be demounted in such a way that the drive-side joint (11) can be exposed for maintenance or demounting.

An oil-lubricated rotary vane vacuum pump includes a rotary vane unit, having a rotary vane chamber and a rotary vane rotor, and an oil separator device having an air/oil separating unit that has a filter element with a plug-in ring that can be plug-connected on a housing side. The plug-in ring is designed for radial sealing and axial displaceability in a housing receptacle. The filter element has a moulding for bayonet mounting, which faces the end associated with the outer wall. A mounting wall of the housing, extending at a distance from the outer wall of the housing, is designed to interact with the moulding of the filter element and to form the bayonet mounting. A separate cover closes a mounting opening associated with the filter element in the outer wall of the housing. The cover form-fittingly interacts with the filter element to secure the filter element against rotation.