The Homemade Centrifugal Pump Montana （蒙大拿自制的离心泵）.pdf

Bulletin No. 185 June, 1940 The Homemade Centrifugal Pump By O. W. MONSON Irrigation Engineer MONTANA EXTENSION SERVICE BOZEMAN, MONTANA INTRODUCTION The need for low cost pumping equipment during the recent drouth and depression prompted investigations at the Montana Ag- ricultural Experiment Station which led to the design of the home- made centrifugal pump described in the following pages. Although adapted to homemade construction, this pump will deliver a large volume of water sufficfent for irrigation, for lifts up to 20 feet. To be assured of satisfactory operation, care must be exercised in following the instructions for building the pump, because it is designed according to basic principles governing centrifugal pumps in general. In design it is of the vertical type, since it is driven by a vertical shaft, on the lower end of which is the impeller and on the upper end a belt pulley or other driving mechanism. The construction may be of either wood or metal, the latter being the more durable although more difficuJt to construct. Wooden construction has been found to give goodresults, when new, but difficulties frequently arise in preventing leakage after the first seasons use. When metal construction is decided upon, old oil drums fr0m which the ends have been removed may be used for the riser or discharge well. Frame work and mountings may be made from old c