Fluid end of reciprocating pump
AssigneeGd Energy Products, LLC
InventorAdam Eugene Mayes
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a fluid end of a reciprocating pump, the fluid end having a main body and a flange extending from the main body, includes positioning a cutting tool between a distal surface of the flange and the main body of the fluid end so that the cutting tool can form an access area in the flange, forming, with the cutting tool, a first arcuate cutout of the access area, and forming, with the cutting tool, a second arcuate cutout of the access area, the second arcuate cutout being discontinuous with the first arcuate cutout so that the access area includes multiple radii.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing a fluid end of a reciprocating pump, the fluid end comprising a main body and a flange extending from the main body, wherein the method comprises:
- positioning a cutting tool between a distal surface of the flange and the main body of the fluid end so that the cutting tool can form an access area in the flange;
- forming, with the cutting tool, a first arcuate cutout of the access area;
- and
- forming, with the cutting tool, a second arcuate cutout of the access area, the second arcuate cutout being discontinuous with the first arcuate cutout so that the access area includes multiple radii.
A fluid end of a reciprocating pump, comprising:
- a main body defining a pumping chamber;
- and
- a flange extending from the main body, wherein the flange comprises an access area, and the access area comprises a plurality of arcuate portions and at least one access area peak separating each arcuate portion of the plurality of arcuate portions from one another such that the access area includes multiple radii.
A method of manufacturing a fluid end of a reciprocating pump, the fluid end comprising a main body and a flange extending from the main body, wherein the method comprises:
- forming a first arcuate portion of an access area in the flange;
- forming an access area peak of the access area in the flange;
- forming a second arcuate portion of the access area in the flange such that the access area peak separates the first arcuate portion and the second arcuate portion from one another;
- and
- forming a flange peak adjacent to the access area in the flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.