Study on Design of Rotor Profile for the Twin Screw Vacuum Pump with Single Thread Tooth

The trapezoidal profile is always used as part of tooth profile in the screw vacuum pump. However, interferential phenomenon occurs when using trapezoidal tooth profile. The arc is added to the trapezoidal profile to obtain the self-conjugate curve. The geometric characters of new profiles are compared with the old ones from view point of area of leakage triangle, length of contacting line, area utility coefficient, and etc. The rotor with the selfconjugate curve has characteristics of the small axial leakage area. Radial leakage from the carryover was within the same volume and would not influence the mass flow rate of the vacuum pump. High ultimate vacuum can be reached by utilizing this profile.