摘要 |
Centrifugal pumps suffer from wear of the annular seal (1) between the impeller (2) and the casing or side liner (3), due to the returning flow of the rejoining fluid (9). The present invention ameliorates this problem by having the clearance of the annular seal (10, 11) at least adjacent the inlet (6) of the impeller (2) sloping, in the direction of the main fluid flow (7) into the impeller inlet (6), at an angle of between 0.degree. and 60.degree. to the axis of rotation of the impeller (2).
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