Pump Types

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 Learning Objectives
• Review different pump types commonly used
• Understand the difference between centrifugal
pumps and positive displacement pumps
• Understand the working principle of the Tuthill
PD pump types

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 Basic Pump Types
Two Main Pumping Principles

Centrifugal Positive Displacement

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 Basic Pump Types

Centrifugal Pumps Positive Displacement Pumps

• Develop pressure by • Allow liquid to flow into an
increasing the velocity of open cavity
the liquid • Trap the liquid in the
• Liquid is literally flung out pump
of the cutwater • Transport liquid from the
suction to discharge port
• Mechanically force liquid
out of the pump
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 Hierarchy
Types of PD Pumps Available

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 Positive Displacement Pumps
• Wide variety of types and styles of
PD pumps

• All operate on the principle of filling,

trapping, transporting, and forcing out

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 Tuthill Positive Displacement Pumps
• GlobalGear®: Internal Gear
• LubeTech: Internal Gear
• HD: Circumferential Piston
• Mini Magnetically Coupled: External Gear

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 External Gear Action View

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 Internal Gear Pump Action View

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 Internal Gear Pumps
Two Working Parts

• Rotor and Shaft

• Idler Gear

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 Internal Gear Pumps
• Crescent is attached to pump head

• Crescent is stationary and separates the

rotor and idler teeth, providing the
pumping cavities during operation

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 Applications
• Asphalt
• Adhesives & Glues
• Lubricants & Greases
• Paints, Coatings, Resins, and Print Inks
• Polymers, Plastics, and Synthetic Rubber
• Soaps, Surfactants, and Personal Products
• Starch, Liquid Sugars, Vegetable Oil, & Chocolate
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 Versatile Advantages

• Viscosity Ranges from • Brief Period Run Dry

32 - 1,000,000 ssu Capability
• Temperatures to 600ºF • Only 1 Shaft Seal
(315.6°C) • Compact
• Pressures to 200 psi • Easy to Service
(13.8 bar) Differential
• Moderate Fine Solids
Handling Capability
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 Limitations
• Not a high pressure pump,
200 psi (13.8 bar) differential
• Not a solids handling pump
• Not a FDA/3A sanitary pump

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