In a world of “fake news” it’s definitely harder to figure out what’s real and what isn’t. Since stretching the truth isn’t limited to politics we thought we’d spend some time separating pump fact from pump fiction.
Some vane pump manufacturers frequently blitz trade magazines with articles touting their “superior hydraulic efficiency”. Don’t buy it. Their argument is that since the vanes rub on the case, there isn’t any “slip”. The one thing that they fail to mention though is the relatively high amount of slip that occurs on both ends of the pump between the rotor and side plates. Our helical gear pump has a natural action that pushes the gears against each other and forces one towards the face plate and the other towards the backplate.
This reduces the amount of slip along the sides of the pump. Those of you with old vane pump catalogues will see performance curves that include a slip curve. Several years ago one of the larger manufacturers eliminated the slip curves and only provided curves at specific viscosity points and pressures. The slip is now “built-in” to the actual flow curve and (hopefully for them) invisible. We could do that too but believe it’s more important to provide accurate tools needed to size the pump correctly.
A few years ago we added 2 new pump sizes to the 3600 family that specifically address flow rates versus one of the most common 3” vane pumps in the market. Our models 3632 and 3643 simply out-pump this vane pump. (See graph). On top of that in most cases the 3632 is less expensive than a 3” vane pump and in virtually all cases more forgiving in tough applications.
About Roper Pumps
Roper external gear pumps service a range of industries including engineering, oil, industrial, gas and transport. Made from high-quality cast iron and stainless steel materials, the Roper pump range of products is suited for handling anything from water to the most viscous products such as molasses, oil, chocolate, and tar emulsion among other chemicals. Know More
