Pump Acceleration Rate

Modified on Sunday, 01 February 2015 11:52 PM by mpieler — Categorized as: Extrusion Hints

Pump acceleration rate
Vol. 24 #1, March 1997

The acceleration rate of an extrusion gear pump should be limited to about 1/4 rpm/second to avoid over pressure in the pump and damaging the internals.

- Dan Smith, LCI Corp.

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