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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2011
William W. Parry, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Erik Burachinsky, Boonton, NJ (US);
William W. Parry, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Erik Burachinsky, Boonton, NJ (US);
MPC, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A non-metallic vertical turbine pump and a method of manufacturing same are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, the vertical turbine pump can include a motor, and a drive shaft coupled to the motor for rotation, a casing with a mixed flow diffuser including a diffuser hub and diffuser vanes that project out from the diffuser hub, and a mixed flow impeller configured to rotatably fit inside the casing, having an impeller hub, impeller vanes, extending from the hub, and a front and a back shroud connected to opposing ends of the impeller vanes. At least one of the mixed flow impeller and the mixed flow diffuser can be made of a non-metallic material and is a singular homogenous component.