4 Description of the micro annular gear pump
Operating manual mzr-11557 Ex
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Description of the micro annular gear pump
4.1
Operating principle of the micro annular gear pump
Micro annular gear pumps are positive displacement pumps. They contain two
rotors, bearing slightly eccentrically to each other; an externally toothed internal
rotor and an annular, internally toothed external rotor (see figure 3). Due to
their cycloid indenting, the rotors remain interlocked at any time, forming
during rotation a system of several sealed pumping chambers. As the rotors
revolve around their offset axis, the pumping chambers increase on the
induction (suction) side and simultaneously decrease on the delivery side of the
pump (see figure 4). A homogenous flow is generated between the kidney-like
inlet and outlet.
internal
rotor
external
rotor
delivery side
induction side
inlet
outlet
figure 3
Principle of the micro annular gear pump
figure 4
Operating principle of the micro annular gear pump
In the case of rotary displacement pumps, the delivered amount of liquid may
be easily calculated form the displacement volume
V
g
of the pump and the
number of revolutions of the rotor
n
. Displacement volume stands for the
volume of liquid that is moved within one revolution of the rotor. This
relationship is illustrated by the following formula:
n
V
Q
g
Vol
⋅
⋅
=
η
The volumetric efficiency
η
Vol
shows the relationship between the actual and
the theoretical flow rate. The existing differences result from internal
movement of the liquid during the operation.