An open-style impeller for use with incompressible fluid in a centrifugal pump

// Liquid Impeller
// An open-style impeller for use with incompressible fluid in a centrifugal pump
// Categories: Industrial & Manufacturing; Mechanical Components

// Set units
@settings(defaultLengthUnit = in, kclVersion = 2.0)

// Define parameters
impellerDiameter = 4
plateHeight = 0.1
vaneCount = 7
vaneHeight = 0.3
vaneThickness = 0.15
mountDiameter = 0.25

// Draw the profile of the mounting hole
sketch001 = sketch(on = XY) {
  circle1 = circle(start = [var 0.09in, var 0.09in], center = [var 0in, var 0in])
  coincident([circle1.center, ORIGIN])
  point1 = point(at = [var 0in, var 0in])
  line1 = line(start = [var -0.25in, var -0.09in], end = [var 0.25in, var -0.09in])
  line2 = line(start = [var 0.25in, var -0.09in], end = [var 0.25in, var 0.09in])
  line3 = line(start = [var 0.25in, var 0.09in], end = [var -0.25in, var 0.09in])
  line4 = line(start = [var -0.25in, var 0.09in], end = [var -0.25in, var -0.09in])
  coincident([line1.end, line2.start])
  coincident([line2.end, line3.start])
  coincident([line3.end, line4.start])
  coincident([line4.end, line1.start])
  parallel([line2, line4])
  parallel([line3, line1])
  perpendicular([line1, line2])
  horizontal(line3)
  line5 = line(start = [var -0.25in, var -0.09in], end = [var 0.25in, var 0.09in], construction = true)
  line6 = line(start = [var 0.25in, var -0.09in], end = [var -0.25in, var 0.09in], construction = true)
  coincident([line5.start, line1.start])
  coincident([line5.end, line2.end])
  coincident([line6.start, line1.end])
  coincident([line6.end, line4.start])
  coincident([point1, line5])
  coincident([point1, line6])
  equalLength([line5, line6])
  coincident([point1, circle1.center])
  diameter(circle1) == mountDiameter
  distance([line1.start, line1.end]) == 2 * mountDiameter
  distance([line2.start, line2.end]) == mountDiameter * 0.65
}
hide(sketch001)
region001 = region(segments = [sketch001.circle1, sketch001.line1], intersectionIndex = 0)
mountingHole = extrude(region001, length = plateHeight * 4, bidirectionalLength = plateHeight)

// Revolve the base plate of the impeller
sketch002 = sketch(on = XZ) {
  line1 = line(start = [var 0in, var 0in], end = [var 2in, var 0in])
  line2 = line(start = [var 2in, var 0in], end = [var 2in, var 0.1in])
  coincident([line1.end, line2.start])
  line3 = line(start = [var 2in, var 0.1in], end = [var 0.46in, var 0.1in])
  coincident([line2.end, line3.start])
  arc4 = arc(start = [var 0.39in, var 0.13in], end = [var 0.46in, var 0.1in], center = [var 0.46in, var 0.2in])
  coincident([line3.end, arc4.end])
  line5 = line(start = [var 0.39in, var 0.13in], end = [var 0.25in, var 0.27in])
  coincident([arc4.start, line5.start])
  line6 = line(start = [var 0.25in, var 0.27in], end = [var 0in, var 0.27in])
  coincident([line5.end, line6.start])
  line7 = line(start = [var 0in, var 0.27in], end = [var 0in, var 0in])
  coincident([line6.end, line7.start])
  coincident([line7.end, line1.start])
  distance([line1.start, line1.end]) == impellerDiameter / 2
  distance([line2.start, line2.end]) == plateHeight
}
hide(sketch002)
region002 = region(segments = [sketch002.line1, sketch002.line2])
basePlate = revolve(region002, axis = Y)
  // Subtract the mounting hole from the base plate
  |> subtract(tools = mountingHole)

// Model a vane of the impeller
sketch003 = sketch(on = offsetPlane(XY, offset = plateHeight)) {
  arc1 = arc(start = [var 0.37in, var -0.8in], end = [var 1.93in, var 0.52in], center = [var 0.6in, var 0.52in])
  arc2 = arc(start = [var 0.39in, var -0.65in], end = [var 0.37in, var -0.8in], center = [var 0.38in, var -0.72in])
  coincident([arc1.start, arc2.end])
  arc3 = arc(start = [var 0.39in, var -0.65in], end = [var 1.78in, var 0.52in], center = [var 0.6in, var 0.52in])
  coincident([arc2.start, arc3.start])
  arc4 = arc(start = [var 1.93in, var 0.52in], end = [var 1.78in, var 0.52in], center = [var 1.86in, var 0.52in])
  coincident([arc3.end, arc4.end])
  coincident([arc1.end, arc4.start])
  radius(arc2) == 0.07in
  diameter(arc3) == 2.37in
  radius(arc4) == 0.07in
}
hide(sketch003)
region003 = region(segments = [sketch003.arc1, sketch003.arc2])
vane = extrude(region003, length = vaneHeight)
  // Pattern the vane around the Z axis
  |> patternCircular3d(
       useOriginal = true,
       instances = vaneCount,
       axis = Z,
       center = [0, 0, 0],
     )


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