Pump Housing for an Eccentric Screw Pump and an Eccentric Screw Pump Equipped Therewith

Abstract

A pump housing for an eccentric screw pump, with a longitudinal axis and a hollow space constituted running axially between a drive-side opening and a pump-side opening, wherein the pump-side opening is enclosed by a main housing body and a lid fastened removably thereto, wherein the main housing body includes a ring segment-shaped axial guiding surface lying opposite the lid.

Claims

1. A pump housing for an eccentric screw pump, with a longitudinal axis and a hollow space constituted running axially between a drive-side opening and a pump-side opening, wherein the pump-side opening is enclosed by a main housing body and a lid fastened removably thereto wherein the main housing body comprises a ring segment-shaped axial guiding surface lying opposite the lid.

2. The pump housing according to claim 1, wherein the axial guiding surface extends only in a region of the main housing body covered by the lid.

3. The pump housing according to claim 1, wherein the lid includes a ring segment-shaped inner circumferential surface lying opposite the guiding surface, which inner circumferential surface has the same distance radially from the longitudinal axis as the guiding surface and is bounded axially on the inside by a projection of the lid extending radially inwards.

4. The pump housing according to claim 1, wherein the guiding surface is bounded axially on the outside by a projection of the main housing body.

5. The pump housing according to claim 1, wherein a contact plane runs between the lid and the main housing body obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the pump housing.

6. The pump housing according to claim 1, wherein a stator flange element capable of being coupled with the pump housing is axially displaceable on the guiding surface and the lid fastened to the main housing body prevents a displacement of the stator flange element in the direction of the drive-side opening.

7. The pump housing according to claim 6, wherein the main housing body limits the axial displaceability of the stator flange element in a direction away from the drive-side opening.

8. An eccentric screw pump including: a fixed pump housing with a longitudinal axis and a hollow space constituted running axially between a drive-side opening and a pump-side opening, wherein the pump-side opening is enclosed by a main housing body and a lid fastened removably thereto, wherein the main housing body comprises a ring segment-shaped axial guiding surface lying opposite the lid, a rotor extending out of the pump-side opening of the pump housing, a stator surrounding the rotor and having a stator flange element, and a connecting piece for the stator, which connecting piece is arranged fixedly at the end of the stator facing away from the pump housing, wherein the stator flange element is arranged between the stator and the pump housing such that, in the fastened state of the lid, it fixes a stator end in a complementary stator holder of the connecting piece

9. The eccentric screw pump according to claim 8, wherein, when the lid is removed, the stator can be axially displaced so far out of the connecting piece in the direction of the pump housing that it disengages from the stator holder of the connecting piece.

10. The eccentric screw pump according to claim 9, wherein the stator, the rotor and the stator flange element form a subassembly.

11. The pump housing according to claim 2, wherein the lid includes a ring segment-shaped inner circumferential surface lying opposite the guiding surface, which inner circumferential surface has the same distance radially from the longitudinal axis as the guiding surface and is bounded axially on the inside by a projection of the lid extending radially inwards.

12. The pump housing according to claim 2, wherein the guiding surface is bounded axially on the outside by a projection of the main housing body.

13. The pump housing according to claim 2, wherein a contact plane runs between the lid and the main housing body obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the pump housing.

14. The pump housing according to claim 2, wherein a stator flange element capable of being coupled with the pump housing is axially displaceable on the guiding surface and the lid fastened to the main housing body prevents a displacement of the stator flange element in the direction of the drive-side opening.

15. The pump housing according to claim 3, wherein the guiding surface is bounded axially on the outside by a projection of the main housing body.

16. The pump housing according to claim 3, wherein a contact plane runs between the lid and the main housing body obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the pump housing.

17. The pump housing according to claim 3, wherein a stator flange element capable of being coupled with the pump housing is axially displaceable on the guiding surface and the lid fastened to the main housing body prevents a displacement of the stator flange element in the direction of the drive-side opening.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] The invention is explained below with the aid of schematic drawings. In the figures:

[0017] FIG. 1 shows a pump housing according to the invention in a spatially exploded view,

[0018] FIG. 2 shows the assembled pump housing from FIG. 1 with a stator flange element in a side view,

[0019] FIG. 3 shows an eccentric screw pump according to the invention with the lid dismantled from the pump housing, and

[0020] FIG. 4 shows the eccentric screw pump from FIG. 3 with the pump subassembly removed.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] FIG. 1 shows a pump housing 10 in a drive train of an eccentric screw pump 100, which comprises a tubular main housing body 12 and a lid 14, which can be fitted thereto, as well as a U-shaped seal 16 arranged between the two. Pump housing 10 has a hollow space H running axially through, which extends between two end-side openings P, A, i.e. between a pump-side opening P and a drive-side opening A. Pump-side opening P is enclosed by main housing body 12 and lid 14 fastened removably thereto. A contact plane K between main housing body 12 and lid 14 runs obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of pump housing 10 (FIG. 2). For the fastening of lid 14 to main housing body 12, lid holes 18 and matching main housing holes 20 are provided, into which screws 19 (FIG. 3) are introduced.

[0022] In the region of pump-side opening P of pump housing 10, main housing body 12 comprises an ring segment-shaped guiding surface F running axially in the circumferential direction and lying opposite lid 14, which guiding surface extends only in a region of main housing body 12 covered by lid 14. Guiding surface F is bounded axially on the outside by a pump-side projection 22 of main housing body 12. In the example of embodiment from FIG. 1, guiding surface F is interrupted by a fixing projection 24 projecting radially inwards, the purpose of which is described below in further detail. Such a fixing projection 24 is however not essential, so that an uninterrupted guiding surface F can be present.

[0023] Lid 14 comprises a ring segment-shaped inner circumferential surface TF lying opposite guiding surface F, which inner circumferential surface is spaced apart radially from longitudinal axis L by the same distance as guiding surface F and is bounded axially on the inside by a drive-side projection 26 in lid 14.

[0024] FIG. 2 shows a stator flange element 50 coupled with pump housing 10 from FIG. 1 axially displaceable on guiding surface F, wherein stator flange element 50 can be displaced only when lid 14 is removed. Stator flange element 50 essentially has the shape of a hollow cylinder (FIG. 3), which at its one, drive-side end has a radial guide collar 52 constituted as a sealing flange and at it is other, pump-side end a radial stator flange collar 54, wherein stator flange element 50 lies with its guide collar 52 on guiding surface F and stator flange collar 54 is spaced apart from pump-side opening P to the exterior by pump housing 10. Lid 14 fastened to main housing body 12 prevents a displacement of stator flange element 50 in the direction of drive-side opening A by means of its projection 26. When lid 14 is removed, main housing body 12 with its projection 22 limits the axial displaceability of stator flange element 50 in the opposite direction, in that stator flange collar 54 strikes against projection 22. Main housing body 12 can once again limit the axial displaceability of stator flange element 50 in a direction towards drive-side opening A by means of fixing projection 24. Furthermore, guide collar 52 of stator flange element 50 can comprise a bevel (not shown), which is complementary to a bevel (also not shown) of projection 26 of lid 14 extending radially inwards, so that with an advancing approach of lid 14 towards main housing body 12 when they are being fastened to one another, stator flange element 50 positioned in between the latter is displaced axially in the direction opposite to rotor-side opening A of pump housing 10 and is secured against travelling back.

[0025] FIGS. 3 and 4 show by way of example a dismantling procedure on an eccentric screw pump 100 with a drive unit 102, a two-part cardan shaft adjoining the latter and having a drive-side part 104 and a pump-side part 106, a coupling element 108, a rotor 110, a stator 112 surrounding rotor 110 and having a stator end 112a, which fits into a connecting piece 114 with a stator holder 114a complementary to stator end 112a. Stator flange element 50, which can be constituted in one piece with stator 112, is arranged between stator 112 and pump housing 10, in such a way that, in the fastened state of lid 14, it fixes stator end 112a in complementary stator holder 114a of connecting piece 114. For this purpose, pump 100 is connected fixedly to a base B in the region of drive unit 102 and connecting piece 114.

[0026] FIG. 3 shows in particular a state of eccentric screw pump 100, in which lid 14 of pump housing 10 has already been removed, the torque-proof connection (not represented) of the two cardan shaft parts 104, 106 has been separated through the lid opening in main housing body 12 and the subassembly comprising rotor 110, stator 112, stator flange 50, coupling element 108 and the pump-side part of cardan shaft 106 has already been displaced in the direction of the drive side by a distance x1+x2, wherein x1 is the axial depth of stator holder 114a in connecting piece 114 and x2 is a minimum manoeuvring distance from connecting piece 114. In this state, a predetermined distance XJ from drive-side part 104 of the cardan shaft is present. Radial guide collar 52 of stator flange element 50 is first raised over fixing projection 24 during this displacement and then displaced on guiding surface F farther in the direction of drive-side opening A. In an alternative embodiment, no fixing projection 24 is provided and guiding surface F is uninterrupted, so that guide collar 52 of stator flange element 50 can be displaced without being raised. The guiding surface should have a minimum length of x1+x2 and should in any event be longer than x1, in order to enable disengagement of stator end 112a from connecting piece 114.

[0027] The subassembly is then lifted out, as represented in FIG. 4, from eccentric screw pump 100. This is only possible, because stator flange element 50 and therefore also stator 112 can be displaced axially, when lid 14 is removed, so far out of connecting piece 114 in the direction of pump housing 10 that it can be disengaged from stator holder 114a of connecting piece 114. The subassembly capable of being removed in this way can of course also be formed only by stator 112, rotor 110 and stator flange element 50, since a detachable, torque-proof connection is also possible by means of a two-part (not represented) coupling element 108.