Patent ID: 9644638
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: F04D,Y10T

Claim:
1. An electric pump assembly comprising a horizontal single-stage double-volute pump, an electric drive motor, a coupling connecting the pump and the motor, and a common or separated frames for mounting the pump and motor thereon, the pump comprising: a housing and a cover with two semi-volute inlets and a double-volute outlet, a rotor consisting of a shaft and an impeller being installed between the housing and the cover, the impeller being seated on the shaft by way of a double-sided collet clamping device having taper sleeves and screws, rotor mechanical seals being seated on the shaft by way of single-sided collet clamping devices having taper sleeves and screws, the double-sided and single-sided collet clamping devices being a combination of coaxial rings with tapered working surfaces with the coaxial rings being slidable by using one or more clamping screws along an axis of the shaft relative to each other to clamp the coaxial rings to the shaft, the rotor being mounted relative to the housing using roller bearings of two types: a double-row spherical roller bearing taking up axial load of the pump shaft, and a floating toroidal roller bearing, wherein the double-row spherical roller bearing and the floating toroidal roller bearing are mounted on the shaft using a pair of tapered adapter sleeves.