Vane Pump Design:

A Vane Pump is a Positive Displacement Pump (PDP) with a vaned rotor that is positioned off-center within a cylindrical chamber. The vanes slide in and out as the rotor turns. Pumping action is caused by the volume changes in between blades.

Advantages:

Positive displacement, can handle low viscosities.

Application:

Transmissions, hydraulics, fluid transfer.

PumpLinx: Solve Flows, Pressures, Cavitation, and Loads:

Discriminators:

• Models cavitation
• Accurate tip leakage
• Superior treatment of rotating-stationary interfaces
• Ease-of-use
• Fast turn-around

Design Issues/Benefits:

• Rotor Design
• Port design
• Leakage reduction
• Reduce Cavitation effects on efficiency and pump life
• Reduce Pressure ripple and noise