ARQUIMEDES SCREW PUMP METALLIC PROTOTYPE (ALUMINIUM + STAINLESS STEEL)

Thanks to the assurance obtained during the previous tests we decided to complete the prototype with a machined aluminum body.

Once the new parts were made we could simulate working conditions, actual adjustmen between parts and ready a more robust prototype than the previous one whose body was completely made of sintered powders of nylon.

The test bench confirmed the first tests results and helped us to know better the limits of each one of the pieces designed by our engineers and the possible points of improvement.

Here we show you a video of one of the tests carried out:

STAINLESS STEEL SCREW (II)

After quite a few attempts and difficult adjustment and setting of various machine tools and control devices we were able to manufacture the stainless steel screw, AISI-316.

This is the first and foremost part of the definitive bomb. Together with the sealing disk they represent the core of the mechanism that allows fluid pumping. In the image we show you the screw and the sealing disk "geared" in both its final version and its sintered nylon version, the latter a little unwell after hours of testing.

Watch the video:

In successive posts we will show you how we make the pump body in metallic material and the centrifugal separator that will allow us to separate water from hydrocarbons before pumping.

STAINLESS STEEL SCREW (I)

Once we've verified the design of the screw, we're starting its production in stainless steel.

Due to its geometry and its perfect fitting with the sealing disc it's the most complicated part of the pump.

Nevertheless we're confident of achieving the goal!.