OVERFLOW VORTEX TRANSFER SYSTEM

The present invention is directed to a molten metal pump comprising an elongated pumping chamber tube with a base end and an open top end. A shaft extends into the tube and rotates an impeller therein, the impeller rotates proximate the base end. The tube has a diameter at least 1.1 times the diamet...

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Hauptverfasser:	Bright, Mark A, Morando, Jorge A, Tetkoskie, Jason, Henderson, Richard S, Ritchie, JR., Herbert L
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BLASTING CASTING CASTING OF METALS CASTING OF OTHER SUBSTANCES BY THE SAME PROCESSES OR DEVICES ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL HEATING LIGHTING MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS PERFORMING OPERATIONS POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS POWDER METALLURGY PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS STEAM ENGINES TRANSPORTING WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	The present invention is directed to a molten metal pump comprising an elongated pumping chamber tube with a base end and an open top end. A shaft extends into the tube and rotates an impeller therein, the impeller rotates proximate the base end. The tube has a diameter at least 1.1 times the diameter of the impeller. The pumping chamber tube preferably has a length at least three times the height of the impeller. The base end includes an inlet and the top end includes a tangential outlet. Rotation of the impeller draws molten metal into the pumping chamber and creates a rotating equilibrium vortex that rises up the walls of the pumping chamber. The rotating vortex adjacent the top end exists the device via the tangential outlet.