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External Vs Internal Gear Design

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Comparison between an external gear design pump &

an internal gear design pump.

External Gear pump Internal Gear pump

1. A pair of external gear forms the 1. An internal gear & a external gear
rotor. form the rotor of the pump.

2. There are four bearing supporting 2. Rotor is generally supported on


the rotor shafts. one bearing or at the most two
bearings.

3. L/D ratio of the rotor can be 3. The L/D ratio is hardly 1 or even
maintained as high as 3. less.

4. Due to high L/D ratio & due to 4. Due to low L/D ratio & capacity
two gear the capacity transfer per determined by one gear the rotor
unit size is very high hence the size is fairly high for unit capacity,
pump is more compact & efficient. due to this the pump is bulky &
even inefficient for higher models.

5. Due to advantage on rotor design 5. Due to limitation on rotor design


pumps up to 12" size with the pump size is restricted up to 2"
capacity up to 500 M3/hr. are with capacity up to 15 M3/hr.
designed & manufactured.

6. External gear pumps are 6. Internal gear pumps are


recommended for loading, un- recommended for high-pressure
loading & transfer application for fuel pressurizing application for
bulk cargo. boiler, burner & in P&H units.

7. It is possible to offer external gear 7. The gears are only spur, further a
design pump with spur, helical or wedged is required to separate the
herringbone gear design. two gears.

8. Very wide application from engine 8. Limited application for small


lubrication to cargo unloading capacities & moderate pressure.

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