Abstract
A centrifugal pump has an open impeller conveying media containing solids with at least one blade that projects in the direction of an inflow. The surface of the open impeller is at least partially provided with a carbon layer, preferably a tetrahedral hydrogen-free amorphous carbon layer. A surface of an adjacent wear plate may also be coated with tetrahedral hydrogen-free amorphous carbon layer.
Claims
1-12. (canceled)
13. A centrifugal pump for conveying media containing solids, comprising: an open impeller having at least one vane which projects in a direction of an inflow, wherein a surface of the impeller is provided at least in part with a carbon layer.
14. The centrifugal pump as claimed in claim 13, wherein vane flanks and front-end vane edges of the open impeller are provided at least in part with a carbon layer.
15. The centrifugal pump as claimed in claim 14, wherein the open impeller cooperates with a counter-element facing an inlet side of the open impeller.
16. The centrifugal pump as claimed in claim 15, wherein a surface of the counter-element is provided at least in part with a carbon layer.
17. The centrifugal pump as claimed in claim 16, wherein the counter-element is a wear plate.
18. The centrifugal pump as claimed in claim 17, wherein the counter-element is a suction-side casing part.
19. The centrifugal pump as claimed in claim 15, wherein the open impeller is formed in one piece with at least one vane.
20. The centrifugal pump as claimed in claim 15, wherein the open impeller, the at least one vane, or both the open impeller and the at least one vane are made from a metallic material.
21. The centrifugal pump as claimed in claim 13, wherein the carbon layer is an amorphous carbon layer.
22. The centrifugal pump as claimed in claim 21, wherein the carbon layer is a tetrahedral hydrogen-free amorphous carbon layer.
23. The centrifugal pump as claimed in claim 22, wherein a thickness of the carbon layer is more than 0.5 μm and less than 18 μm.
24. The centrifugal pump as claimed in claim 22, wherein a thickness of the carbon layer is more than 1.5 μm and less than 14 μm.
25. The centrifugal pump as claimed in claim 22, wherein a surface hardness of at least a portion of the surface of the open impeller that is coated with the carbon layer and at least a portion of the surface of the counter-element is more than 20 GPa and less than 120 GPa.
26. The centrifugal pump as claimed in claim 22, wherein a surface hardness of at least a portion of the surface of the open impeller that is coated with the carbon layer and at least a portion of the surface of the counter-element is more than 40 GPa and less than 100 GPa.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0049] FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a centrifugal pump for conveying media containing solids, having an open diagonal single-vane impeller, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
[0050] FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a centrifugal pump for conveying media containing solids, having an open impeller in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
[0051] FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a centrifugal pump for conveying media containing solids, having a vortex impeller in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
[0052] FIG. 4 is a detail section of an open diagonal single-vane impeller having a wear plate as in FIG. 1.
[0053] FIG. 5 is a detail section of an open impeller having a wear plate as in FIG. 5.
[0054] FIG. 6 is a detail section of a vortex impeller as in FIG. 3.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0055] FIG. 1 is a sectional view through a centrifugal pump for conveying media containing solids. In this exemplary embodiment, the pump is a horizontally installed volute casing pump 3 having an open diagonal single-vane impeller. The medium containing solids flows into the pump via the suction port 1, is subjected to kinetic energy by the open diagonal single-vane impeller 4, which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the shaft 6, and leaves the pump casing 3 via the discharge nozzle 5. The shaft 6 is rotatably mounted by the ball bearing 7 and the shaft seal 9. The bearing support cover 10 closes the pump chamber in the drive direction.
[0056] FIG. 2 is a sectional view through a centrifugal pump for conveying media containing solids. In this exemplary embodiment, the pump is a submersible motor pump. The waste water mixed with admixtures enters the pump through the suction port 1. The open impeller 4 is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a shaft 6 which sets the open impeller 4 in rotation. The open impeller 4 is arranged in a pump casing 3 which in the exemplary embodiment is in the form of a volute casing. An insert, which in the exemplary embodiment is in the form of a wear plate 2 or wear ring, projects into the suction port 1 of the pump. The shaft 6 is set in rotation by a drive 16, which in the exemplary embodiment is in the form of an electric motor. The pump casing 3 is closed by a casing cover 10. The casing cover 10 is sealed with respect to the shaft 6 by a shaft seal 9. The vane flanks 12, the vane edges 13 and the wear plate 2 are preferably coated with a carbon layer.
[0057] FIG. 3 is a sectional view through a centrifugal pump for conveying media containing solids. In this exemplary embodiment, the pump is a horizontally installed volute casing pump having a vortex impeller 4. The medium containing solids enters the pump through the suction port 1. The vortex impeller 4 is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a shaft 6 which sets the vortex impeller 4 in rotation.
[0058] FIG. 4 is a detail section of an open diagonal single-vane impeller 4 having a corresponding wear plate 2 according to the illustration in FIG. 1. Ideally, the vane flanks 12, the vane edges 13 and the wear plate 2 are coated with a carbon layer, preferably with an amorphous carbon layer, in particular with ta-C. Particularly ideal protection against abrasive wear, which inevitably affects the vane flanks 12, the vane edges 13 and the wear plate 2 during the conveying of media containing solids, is thereby achieved.
[0059] FIG. 5 is a detail section of the suction port region according to the illustration in FIG. 2. The open impeller cooperates with the counter-element, which in the exemplary embodiment is in the form of the wear plate 2. The vane flanks 12 of the open impeller 4 extend, starting from the hub, radially outwards with a backward curved profile. The vane edges 13 form a gap with the wear plate 2. According to the invention, the vane flanks 12, the vane edges 13 and the wear plate 2 are coated with a carbon layer, in particular with ta-C. Effective protection against abrasive wear and also against tarnishing of the two components is thereby ensured.
[0060] FIG. 6 is a detail section of the exemplary embodiment of the vortex pump according to the illustration in FIG. 3, in the casing 3 of which there is positioned a vortex impeller 4. The vortex impeller 4 is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a shaft 6. A hub body, which has a hole 14 into which a screw is screwed, serves for fastening the vortex impeller 4. A plurality of vanes, which each comprise vane flanks 12 and vane edges 13, are arranged on a rear shroud of the vortex impeller 4. The suction port 1 is formed by a suction-side casing part 15. The suction port 1 forms an inlet for the medium containing solids. According to the invention, the vane flanks 12, the vane edges 13 and the suction-side casing part 15 are advantageously coated with a carbon layer, preferably with an amorphous carbon layer, in particular with ta-C. Very particularly ideal protection against abrasive wear, which inevitably affects the vane flanks 12, the vane edges 13 and the suction-side casing part 15 during the conveying of media containing solids, is thereby achieved.
[0061] The foregoing disclosure has been set forth merely to illustrate the invention and is not intended to be limiting. Since modifications of the disclosed embodiments incorporating the spirit and substance of the invention may occur to persons skilled in the art, the invention should be construed to include everything within the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
