Flow Rate of Gear Pumps with Cycloid Meshing /

Abstract

Diesel engine and gearbox lubrication systems are normally supplied by gear pumps which are independently driven for large slow speed engines and stand-by duties but usually shaft driven for medium and high speed engines. Gear pumps are also used for fuel and oil transfer, boiler combustion systems and other duties. Most often they are used in the field of small flow rate and medium and high pressure. The pump parameters are almost completely determined by the gear train parameters. Analysis of the known methods of increasing the gear pump flow rate showed that today almost all known methods should be classified as extensive. Increased flow rate is provided by a proportional increase in the geometric dimensions of the gears and the pump.