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Centrifugal Pumps Design and Application 2nd ed - Val S. Lobanoff, Robert R. Ross (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992)

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Chemical <strong>Pumps</strong> Metallic <strong>and</strong> NonmetalHc 313<br />

Figure 15-19. NonmetalHc overhung single-stage pump built to ANSI dimensions<br />

(courtesy of Ingerso!l-R<strong>and</strong> Company).<br />

Table 15*2<br />

Comparison of Thermosets with Thermoplastics<br />

Process Thermoset Thermoplastics<br />

Average range of .030 to 2.0 .06 to .38<br />

mold<strong>ed</strong> thickness<br />

Weight range of 1 to 500 pounds .5 to 5 pounds<br />

material per mold<strong>ed</strong><br />

piece<br />

Glass content range by 50 %-60% 30 %-40 % (glass<br />

volume<br />

degrades when put<br />

through the auger of<br />

the injection machine)<br />

Length of glass fiber .25 inch .060 inch<br />

Strength Not uniform Basically uniform<br />

throughout<br />

(anisotropic)<br />

Minimum annual 1,000 10,000<br />

quantities for design<br />

criteria

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