Design Process
Machining My Own Pump
My baseline understanding of rotary vane pumps came from machining our own based on our professor's design. Using milling, turning, bending, sweat fitting, and other machining processes, I produced a functional pump.
Redesign Requirements
Halfway through the semester, we were provided customer requirements to create a pump suitable for moving Dr. Pepper Syrup. Our design had to consider: 40-120F temperatures, operational speed of 1000RPM, inlet/outlet pressure of 1atm/5atm, MTBF of 25,000 hours, 90% duty cycle, 9 weeks on 1 week off.
Final Design
Final Design
Below you will find our finalized drawings of our design. If you click the button below you can view our supporting documention that shows our justification of our design choices as well as our calculations for loads, and a tolerance stack.