Gear pumps - a group of pumping equipment, which has found wide application in various industries (energy, oil and gas industry, chemical industry, hydraulic systems, mechanical engineering, food, pharmaceutical, shipbuilding and shipping) due to its unique properties.
The main purposes of the gear pump: pumping hydraulic oils, fuels and lubricating oils, additives and polymers, chemicals, jam, marmalade, sour cream, sunflower oil and other similar products.
Gear pumps are positive displacement pumps, the main working body of which are gears. By design, the pumps are divided into pumps with external gearing and internal gearing of gears.
The principle of operation of the pump is quite simple - the gears, being in constant engagement, draw the working fluid into the gap between the teeth and the housing and move it into the pressure line.
The advantages of gear pumps:
Like any equipment, a gear pump has its drawbacks:
The world's most famous manufacturers of gear pumps: Viking, Zeilfelder, Verder, M PUMPS, Hydac, Eaton, MVV srl mvv.it, Desmi Rotan, Johnson Pump, PSG Dover.