Patent ID: 11953028
Assignee: BATTLEMAX (PTY) LTD
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A pump assembly (10) including a flow corrector (14) and a slurry pump (12), said slurry pump (12) comprises a housing (20), an inlet (22) to the housing (20), said inlet (22) having a cross sectional area (26) and an impeller (34) mounted inside the housing (20) for rotational movement about an axis (36) which is centred on the inlet (22), said flow corrector (14) including a tubular body (40) which is made from a wear-resistant material with an entry end (42, 42A) which in use is connected to a discharge end (16, 16A) of a slurry supply line (18) and an exit end (44) which in use is connected to the inlet (22) of the housing (20), an interior (48) of the tubular body being configured to correct flow through the tubular body (40) into the housing (20) characterized in that the flow corrector (14) includes a plurality of flow passages (54A, 54B etc.) between the entry end (42) and the exit end (44) and in that the sum of the cross sectional areas of the plurality of flow passages (54A etc.) is equal to said cross sectional area (26).