TWO-PIECE BEARING HOUSING FOR A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP

• Main Authors: JAMES NORTHRUP, KENNETH SESSUM
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 10.11.2009
• Subjects: BLASTING; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; LIGHTING; LUBRICATING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS; POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

A two-piece bearing housing is provided for use in centrifugal pumps having or requiring multiple chambers for enclosing or confining bearings or seals, and/or providing lubricant or coolant to the bearings and seals of the pump, the two-piece housing providing several improvements including the ability to make the two pieces from different materials, the reduction in scrap castings due to imprecision achieved in the casting process and improved structures in the housing for monitoring the lubricant chambers in the housing. Se proporciona un alojamiento para rodamientos de dos piezas para uso en bombas centrifugas que tienen o requieren de múltiples cámaras para encerrar o confinar rodamientos o sellos y/o proporcionar lubricante o refrigerante a los rodamientos y sellos de la bomba, el alojamiento de dos piezas proporciona varias mejoras incluyendo la capacidad de fabricar las dos piezas de materiales diferentes, la reducción de desechos de piezas coladas debido a la imprecisión en el proceso de colado y estructuras mejoradas en el alojamiento para monitorear las cámaras de lubricante en el alojamiento.