A gear pump uses the meshing of gears to pump fluid by displacement. They are one of the most common types of pumps for hydraulic fluid power applications. Gear pumps are also widely used in chemical installations to pump fluid with a ...
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A screw pump is a positive displacement pump that use one or several screws to move fluids or solids along the screw(s) axis. In its simplest form (the Archimedes' screw pump), a single screw rotates in a cylindrical cavity, thereby moving ...
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The low speed submersible mixer ABS flow booster XSB from Sulzer Pumps may be the biggest of its type on the market for water treatment, yet it cuts energy consumption by a remarkable 25%. It achieves this through a premium-efficiency ...
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A diaphragm pump is a positive displacement pump that uses a combination of the reciprocating action of a rubber, thermoplastic or teflon diaphragm and suitable non-return check valves to pump a fluid. Sometimes this type of pump is also ...
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A metering pump is a pump used to pump liquids at adjustable flow rates which are precise when averaged over time. Delivery of fluids in precise adjustable flow rates is sometimes called metering. The term "metering pump" is based on the ...
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Vacuum pumps are used in many industrial and scientific processes including: Composite Plastic moulding processes (VRTM) Driving some of the flight instruments in older and simpler aircraft without electrical systems. The production of most ...
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Vacuum pumps are combined with chambers and operational procedures into a wide variety of vacuum systems. Sometimes more than one pump will be used (in series or in parallel) in a single application. A partial vacuum, or rough vacuum, can ...
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A vacuum pump is a device that removes gas molecules from a sealed volume in order to leave behind a partial vacuum. The first vacuum pump was invented in 1650 by Otto von Guericke. Types Pumps can be broadly categorized according to three ...
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A submersible pump (or electric submersible pump (ESP)) is a device which has a hermetically sealed motor close-coupled to the pump body. The whole assembly is submerged in the fluid to be pumped. The main advantage of this type of pump is ...
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Like most pumps, a centrifugal pump converts mechanical energy from a motor to energy of a moving fluid; some of the energy goes into kinetic energy of fluid motion, and some into potential energy, represented by a fluid pressure or by ...
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A needle roller bearing is a bearing which uses small cylindrical rollers. They are used to reduce friction of a rotating surface. Needle bearings have a large surface area that is in contact with the bearing outer surfaces compared to ball ...
Pumps are used throughout society for a variety of purposes. Early applications includes the use of the windmill or watermill to pump water. Today, the pump is used for irrigation, water supply, gasoline supply, air conditioning systems, ...
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The science of solar lighting is called photovoltaic and was derived primarily from the United States space program and satellite technology. Photovoltaic (PV) cells are primarily made of semiconductors and silicon cells. Simply put, when ...
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The science of solar lighting is called photovoltaic and was derived primarily from the United States space program and satellite technology. Photovoltaic (PV) cells are primarily made of semiconductors and silicon cells. Simply put, when ...
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A concrete pump is a tool used for transferring liquid concrete by pumping.There are two types of concrete pumps. The first type of concrete pump is attached to a truck.It is known as a trailer-mounted boom concrete pump because it uses a ...
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