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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2018
Itt Manufacturing Enterprises Llc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Paul Walter Behnke, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Abhi Nutankumar Gandhi, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Daniel Stephen Miller, Ontario, CA;
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A centrifugal pump features a bearing housing; a rotor shaft configured in the bearing housing; an impeller configured on the rotor shaft; a sealing arrangement having a seal configured between the rotor shaft and the bearing housing; and a multiple sleeve bearing arrangement positioned on a rotor span between the impeller and the sealing arrangement to provide rotor stabilization, the multiple bearing arrangement having a primary sleeve bearing configured between the rotor shaft and the bearing housing near or in close proximity to the impeller on the rotor span, and a secondary sleeve bearing configured between the rotor shaft and the bearing housing near or in close proximity to the sealing arrangement on the rotor span.