Horizontal Axial Flow Pump

Axial Flow Pump Advantage The main advantage of an axial flow pump is that it has a relatively high displacement (flow) at a relatively low head (vertical distance). For example, it can pump up to 3 times more water and other fluids at a head of less than 4 meters compared to the more common radial flow or centrifugal pumps. It can also be easily adjusted to operate at peak efficiency at low flow/high pressure and high flow/low pressure by changing the pitch of the propeller (certain models only). In an axial flow pump, the effects of fluid rotation are less severe and the length of the impeller blades is short. This results in lower hydrodynamic losses and higher stage efficiencies