Double suction, axial-flow and mixed-flow pumps

D Double suction pumps

Single stage, axially split

pumps with volute casing.
Q = 0.07-1 m3/s for standard
products, Q = 0.07-6 m3/s
for short series.
H = 10 140 m

Applications:
Water works, industrial plants,
general water supply,
irrigation.

D pumps, typical sectional drawing

1. Casing half, lower

2. Casing half, upper
3. Casing wear ring
4. Neck bush
5. Lantern ring
6. Stuffing gland
7. Bearing housing
8. Bearing cower I.
9. Bearing cover II.
10. Cooling cover
11. Shaft
12. Impeller
13. Impeller ring
14. Shaft protecting sleeve
15. Shaft nut
16. Lock nut
17. Labyrinth ring
18. Shoulder ring
19. Distance sleeve
20. Lubrication ring
21. Bearing

D pumps: main stuctural materials

Casing: cast iron, cast steel or welded steel

Impeller: stainless steel or bronze
Shaft: carbon steel or stainless steel
Shaft protecting sleeve: stainless steel or bronze
Neck bush: bronze or stainless steel
Casing wear ring: bronze or stainless steel

D pumps
Constructional variants:
bearing lubrication (grease, oil) and cooling
Packing (soft packing, single or double mechanical seal)
Cast or welded housing
Advantages:
good suction ability (low NPSH) due to double suction
Long lifetime due to the balanced axial force on the shaft
Rotor can be removed (for maintenance) without
dismantling the pipe connections

Dv vertical shaft pump with dry pit installation.

Df hot water pump with high static pressure casing

Large size double suction cooling water pumps for

power station during workshop test

C Axial-flow pumps

Single stage pumps with

guide vane system
(diffuser) and column pipe
Q=0.2 20 m3/s
H = 2-12 m
Applications:
Water works, cooling water
supply, land drainage and
irrigation, storm & flood
water mitigation project

C pumps, typical
sectional drawing
1. Suction cone
2. Suction bell
3. Wearing ring
4. Guide bearing casing
5. Guide vanes casing
6. Tube
7. Delivery elbow
8. Neck bush
9. Stuffing box
10. Thrust bearing casing
11. Thrust bearing cover
12. Motor stool
13. Cover
14. Shaft nut
15. Blade
16. Fixing plate
17. Impeller hub
18. Shaft sleeve
19. Shaft
20. Packing
21. Shaft sleeve
22. Oil retaining tube
23. Bearing bell
24. Coupling

C pumps: main structural materials

Impeller blades: stainless steel or bronze

Impeller hub: cast iron or bronze
Shaft: carbon steel or stainless steel
Pump bowl (casing): cast iron
Wearing ring: stainless steel or cast iron
Column pipe and discharge head: carbon steel, or cast iron
Shaft protecting sleeve: stainless steel or bronze

C pumps
Constructional variants:
Guide bearings (water lubricated rubber-lined, grease
lubricated bronze or ceramics)
Packing (soft packing, mechanical seal)
Pull-out rotor or rotor+guide vaning
Advantages:
High speed (high specific speed)
Flexible application (adjustable blades)

C vertical shaft,
CH horizontal shaft,
CF inclined shaft propeller pumps

Axial-flow pumps with pull-out

rotor and with blading adjustable
during operation

Large size axial, vertical shaft pump in the test station.

Inclined shaft pumps of Q = 16 m3/s discharge, ready for dispatch

M Mixed-flow pumps

Single or multistage pumps

with diffuser and column
pipe
Q =0.2 15 m3/s
H= 8 30 m (for one stage)

Applications
Water works, industrial
plants, power stations,
irrigation for lift higher 10 m

M pumps, typical
sectional drawing
1. Suction cone
2. Suction bell
3. Wearing ring
4. Guide bearing casing
5. Guide vanes casing
6. Tube
7. Delivery elbow
8. Neck bush
9. Stuffing box
10. Thrust bearing casing
11. Thrust bearing cover
12. Motor stool
13. Shaft end nut
14. Impeller
15. Shaft sleeve
16. Guide extension
17. Shaft
18. Shaft sleeve
19. Bearing bell
20. Coupling

M pumps: main structural materials

Impeller: stainless steel or bronze

Shaft: carbon steel or stainless steel
Pump bowl (casing): cast iron
Wearing ring: stainless steel or cast iron
Column pipe and discharge head: carbon steel, or cast iron
Shaft protecting sleeve: stainless steel or bronze

M pumps
Constructional variants:
Guide bearings and packing variants see axial-flow pumps
Pull-out rotor or rotor+guide vaning
Number of stages (max. 4)
Advantages:
Very high efficiency
Non overloading characteristics

Two-stage mixed-flow pump

Mixed flow impeller

Large size mixed-flow pumps with prerotation control for

nuclear power plant as cooling water pump

B medium and large size, spiral casing,

single entry pumps

B Medium and large size, spiral

casing, single entry pumps

Single stage, volute

casing pumps
Q = 0.2 6 m3/s
H = 6 60 m
Applications: Water
works, industrial
plants, power stations,
storm water pumping
plants, irrigation

B Large size pump with mixed flow impeller

1. Suction bell
2. Casing wear ring
3. Insert for delivery casing
4.Delivery casing
5. Delivery casing cover
6. Wearing disc
7. Neck bush
8. Stuffing gland
9. Bearing support
10. Bearing spider
11. Bearing spider cover
12. Clamp plate
13. Thrust bearing housing
14. Thrust bearing housing cover
15. Oil retaining tube
16. Motor stool
17. Shaft
18. Shaft nut
19. Impeller
20. Impeller screw
21. Closing cover
22. Locking screw
23. Shaft sleeve
24. Shaft nut
25. Shoulder ring
26. Bearing remover sleeve
27. Protecting disc
28. Centering sleeve for bearing
29. Coupling

B pumps
Constructional options:
Bearing lubrication (grease, oil) and cooling
Packing (soft packing, single or double mechanical seal)
Direct coupling or intermediate shaft with the electromotor
on a separate floor at vertical shaft arrangement
Advantages:
High efficiency, pull-out construction
Applicable for water with coarse contamination

B pumps. Main structural materials

Impeller: stainless steel, bronze or cast iron

Shaft: carbon steel or stainless steel
Spiral case, bearing house: cast iron
Shaft protecting sleeve: stainless steel or bronze
Structural parts: carbon steel

BA cooling water pumps for power station

BD storm-water pump. BA Diesel-powered

portable pumps for drainage and irrigation

BA medium size pumps in the

workshop and during test

BD sewage pumps. BK standard

end suction pumps for drinking water

Designation of Ritz-Atro pumps

First letter:
Second letter:
Third letter:
Number:

Basic type of pump

Type of construction
Hydraulic model
Discharge branch diameter

Example: MLJ 1200

M

single stage mixed-flow pump

with welded steel column pipe and elbow

pump impeller blade and guide vane shapes

are based on the hydraulic pattern J.

1200

discharge branch diameter is 1200 mm.

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