Slurry Pump vs Mud Pump: Why Do I Need A Slurry Pump?

The concept of slurry pump and mud pump is very close, and many people don't know it very well. Although the slurry pump and mud pump are impurity pumps, if you have a full understanding of these two pumps, you can clearly distinguish them from the characteristics of application and transmission medium. What is the difference between slurry pump and mud pump? Four aspects to distinguish slurry pump and mud pump.

 

Applications

Slurry pumps are mainly used in industrials of mining, metallurgy, dredge, power, coal and other solid slurry transport. Mud pumps are mainly used for drilling, pharmaceutical, brewing, paper, and other industries, which used to transport suspension.

 

Working principle of pump

The mud pump is a motor that drives the piston through the connecting rod mechanism. This will lead to the change of the sealing cavity volume of the mud pump. And the change of pressure difference inside and outside the pump. Finally, complete the process of water absorption and drainage. When the slurry pump works, the motor drives the impeller to rotate. That is, the impeller works on the slurry and increases the kinetic energy of the slurry. At the same time, the slurry flows to the edge of the impeller due to inertia and is discharged from the discharge pipe at high speed.

 

Conveying medium

Slurry pump is mainly used in mining industry with strong wear resistance. So it transports slurry containing slag, but it can transport slurry. Mud pumps are usually made of cast iron and have low wear resistance. Therefore, mud pumps are often used to transport mud or mud containing suspended particles. When the slurry pump works, the pump components are vulnerable to impact, wear and corrosion. Therefore, the lining of the slurry pump adopts wear-resistant materials, such as high chromium alloy, rubber, etc. Wear resistant materials can effectively reduce the wear parts of the pump. Therefore, most of the slurry pumps on the market are wear-resistant slurry pumps.

 

auxiliary equipment

The mud pump needs to be equipped with auxiliary equipment, while the slurry pump does not. When the mud pump works, it often needs to be used with the high-pressure water pump. The high-pressure pump sends water greater than the mud pump pressure to the leak proof packing. Then protect the packaging. Otherwise, it is easy to wear the seal. The wear-resistant slurry pump can complete the conveying work independently without other auxiliary equipment.

In short, the slurry pump has stronger wear resistance and stronger ability to transport particles. Generally, the capacity of slurry pump is larger than that of slurry pump, which is mainly used for the washing of coal and metal ore. Mud pump is more suitable for mud with low abrasiveness.

 

Similarities between slurry pump and mud pump

1. Both pumps are centrifugal pumps in working principle. They are machines that increase the energy of solid and liquid mixtures through centrifugal force (rotation of pump impeller). The utility model relates to a device for converting electric energy into medium kinetic energy and potential energy.

2. Both have vertical pumps and horizontal pumps, which can transport mud.

3. The pump and motor are set separately

 

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