Canned motor pumps are used primarily in process engineering to pump aggressive, toxic, fire-hazard, explosive, delicate or volatile liquids (such as liquid gases). They are also suitable for pumping extremely hot or cold products, and liquids under high system pressure or under vacuum.
The pump is a fully self-contained centrifugal pump with no shaft seal, the drive is provided electro-magnetically via the canned motor. Its design means it is completely leak-tight and largely maintenance-free. Part of the primary flow is branched off by way of a self-cleaning filter to cool the motor and lubricate the journal bearings, and to provide hydraulic compensation for the axial thrust. After passing through the hollow shaft and the rotor chamber, the cooling medium is returned to the primary flow on the delivery side.
