Impeller Plates | Door Stops | Impellar Blades
Stanley manufactures impeller blades, door stops and blades in stainless steel, boron steel. cold rolled and high strength low alloy (HSLA) steel, and 1050 annealed spring steel. Stanley’s forty 4-four slide machines include: #1 Bairds, #3 Torin’s, #1,2,3 Nilson, Torrington V81 Vertical four slide and a high speed Nilson 700-LV vertical 4-slide machines. Punch Press machines from 5-Ton – 200 Ton are also employed depending on requirements. Applications include plates, Door Stops, Straps, shims, brackets, clamps, flat springs, and cleats.
Impeller plates, which are also often referred to as impeller blades, are flat surfaces that are intended to rotate within a machine to induce the movement of a fluid. Though similar in concept to propellers, impeller plates are not coiled along an axis but instead encourage the fluid's movement by drawing it into an opening. Often referred to as the impeller plate's 'eyes', the number of these inlets is also used, in part, to classify these blades into various types. In general, there are three main categories of impeller plates: Open, semi-open, and enclosed. Open plates consist solely of a blade attached to a hub, the axis of which the plate rotates around to transfer mechanical energy to the working fluid. Semi-open impeller blades are designed with a circular blade, also known as a 'web', that is attached to one of the impeller blade's sides. Enclosed impeller blades, also known as 'shrouded' impellers, have circular plates on both sides of their blades. These three categories are further divided into types based on the number of openings, or points of suction, each blade has.
As they are intended to move liquids within enclosed spaces, impeller blades are most commonly found in devices such as pumps, compressors, beverage mixers, washing machines, and boating equipment. They are also used within industrial applications like cooling pumps for steam cycles, water treatment plants, and water storage systems. As they are intended to be in frequent contact with water and other liquids, impeller pumps are manufactured from corrosion-resistant materials such as brass, stainless steel, and aluminum.
