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[[File:Progressive cavity pump.jpg|thumb|right|Progressive Cavity Pumps]] | [[File:Progressive cavity pump.jpg|thumb|right|Progressive Cavity Pumps]] | ||
'''Progressive Cavity Pumps''' are of [[Positive Displacement Pumps]] and are also known as [[Progressive Cavity Pumps]], eccentric screw pump or cavity pump. It transfers fluid by means of the progress, through the pump, of a sequence of small, fixed shape, discrete cavities, as its rotor is turned. This leads to thevolumetric flow rate being proportional to the rotation rate and to low levels of shearing being applied to the pumped fluid. Hence these [[Pumps]] have application in fluid metering and pumping of viscous or shear-sensitive materials. The cavities taper down toward their ends and overlap with their neighbours, so that, in general, no flow pulsing is caused by the arrival of cavities at the outlet, other than that caused by compression of the fluid or pump components. | '''Progressive Cavity Pumps''' are of [[Positive Displacement Pumps]] and are also known as [[Progressive Cavity Pumps]], eccentric screw pump or cavity pump. It transfers fluid by means of the progress, through the pump, of a sequence of small, fixed shape, discrete cavities, as its rotor is turned. This leads to thevolumetric flow rate being proportional to the rotation rate and to low levels of shearing being applied to the pumped fluid. Hence these [[Pumps]] have application in fluid metering and pumping of viscous or shear-sensitive materials. The cavities taper down toward their ends and overlap with their neighbours, so that, in general, no flow pulsing is caused by the arrival of cavities at the outlet, other than that caused by compression of the fluid or pump components. | ||