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***Building a pump from scratch, engineering competition***
Hello everyone.
I have been entered into a competition.
The spec is to build a pump that can pump 30 litres of water a minuet for 30 minuet to a height of 4 meters.
The pump has to be built over 3 days (18hours) but i have until January to plan the build (and hopefully practice it)
I am just asking for simple ideas of what to make, i am a mechanical engineering apprentice, i have skills in turning milling CNC CAD etc, but all the pumps i have worked on are all cast.
So mainly my question is, What do you think the best type of pump would be to make a centrifugal one or a PD one(keeping in mind that the simpler/cheaper the better)
It doesn't have to be bullet proof as it only has to run for 30min
Any ideas or thoughts would be great.
All the best
Mike
Hello everyone.
I have been entered into a competition.
The spec is to build a pump that can pump 30 litres of water a minuet for 30 minuet to a height of 4 meters.
The pump has to be built over 3 days (18hours) but i have until January to plan the build (and hopefully practice it)
I am just asking for simple ideas of what to make, i am a mechanical engineering apprentice, i have skills in turning milling CNC CAD etc, but all the pumps i have worked on are all cast.
So mainly my question is, What do you think the best type of pump would be to make a centrifugal one or a PD one(keeping in mind that the simpler/cheaper the better)
It doesn't have to be bullet proof as it only has to run for 30min
Any ideas or thoughts would be great.
All the best
Mike