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Two screw pumps Two screw pump hydraulic forces: Hydraulic radial forces
The two screw type pump normally uses timing gears outside of on a two screw pump rotor due to differential pressure are
the pumped liquid to synchronize the mesh of the non- illustrated in Figure 3. The forces are uniform along the length
contacting screws. The most common arrangement is opposed of the pumping threads. These hydraulic forces cause a
helices (double suction) with the flow pattern being from the deflection “d", for which running clearance must be provided in
ends of the screw sets to the center of the pump, Figure 2. the surrounding pump body. Greater deflection requires larger
Within each wrap of thread, the stage pressure acts on all clearances resulting in more slip flow or volumetric
exposed areas. Due to blanking of some areas by the inefficiency, so “d" must be kept to a minimum. Excessive
intermeshed threads, a radially unbalanced area exists within deflection will cause damage to the surrounding body and/or
each stage. Stage pressure acting on these unbalanced areas contribute to rotating bend fatigue, which will ultimately result
cause radial forces on each screw set approximately in shaft breakage. The following is the general form of the
deflection