Gear pump arrangement with erosion resistant insert
US7607906B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 12, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16C2360/42
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A gear pump arrangement comprising a pair of intermeshing gears (16, 18) located between bearing blocks (24) and rotatable to pump fluid from an inlet (12) to an outlet (14), wherein at least one of the bearing blocks (24) comprises a body (28) formed with a recess (32) within which an insert (34) is located, the recess (32) and insert (34) being shaped so as to be of smaller dimensions at a bearing surface (30) of the bearing block (24) than at a point remote therefrom.
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