A reciprocating pump is a class of positive-displacement pumps that includes the piston pump, plunger pump, and diaphragm pump. Well maintained, reciprocating...
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developed engine-driven tire pumps in the brass era of the automobile. Reciprocating Pumps A simple reciprocating pump is commonly made up of a cylinder...
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resistance. Reciprocating hand pumps were widely used to pump water from wells. Common bicycle pumps and foot pumps for inflation use reciprocating action...
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A piston pump is a type of positive displacement pump where the high-pressure seal reciprocates with the piston. Piston pumps can be used to move liquids...
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Pumpjack (redirect from Horsehead pump)
A pumpjack is the overground drive for a reciprocating piston pump in an oil well. It is used to mechanically lift liquid out of the well if there is...
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Scroll compressor (redirect from Scroll vacuum pump)
half-rotation for the reciprocating suction process, and less than a quarter-rotation for the reciprocating discharge process. Reciprocating compressors have...
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A reciprocating engine, more often known as a piston engine, is typically a heat engine that uses one or more reciprocating pistons to convert high temperature...
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A syringe is a simple reciprocating pump consisting of a plunger (though in modern syringes, it is actually a piston) that fits tightly within a cylindrical...
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range of mechanisms, including reciprocating engines and pumps. The two opposite motions that comprise a single reciprocation cycle are called strokes.[citation...
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A mud pump (sometimes referred to as a mud drilling pump or drilling mud pump), is a reciprocating piston/plunger pump designed to circulate drilling fluid...
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Flexible impeller (category Pumps)
compared to the operation of a reciprocating pump (for example). In 1938, Arthur M. Briggs filed a patent for this type of pump. Execution: close coupled,...
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pumps: Internal gear pumps Screw pumps Reciprocating-type positive-displacement pumps: Piston pumps Diaphragm pumps Positive-displacement rotary pump...
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information: Mechanical equipment, including: Pressure vessels, columns, tanks, pumps, compressors, heat exchangers, furnaces, wellheads, fans, cooling towers...
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A diaphragm pump (also known as a Membrane pump) is a positive displacement pump that uses a combination of the reciprocating action of a rubber, thermoplastic...
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pump is a positive displacement pump that has a number of pistons in a circular array within a cylinder block. It can be used as a stand-alone pump,...
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Industries, Government of India. The PSU manufactures reciprocating pumps, centrifugal pumps, reciprocating compressors, and high pressure seamless gas cylinders...
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while high-lift pumps allow deep water pumping (e.g., potable water pumping from wells). Note: reciprocating pumps are cyclic, rotary pumps are typically...
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Vacuum ejector (redirect from Eductor-jet pump)
draughting the fire. The small ejector is sometimes replaced by a reciprocating pump driven from the crosshead because this is more economical of steam...
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A stirrup pump is a portable reciprocating water pump used to extinguish or control small fires. It is operated by hand. The operator places a foot on...
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Hoefner, J.J. (1996). Reciprocating Compressors, Operation and Maintenance. Gulf Professional Publishing. ISBN 0-88415-525-0. "Reciprocating Compressor Basics"...
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hydraulic, or electric drive. Rotary piston and plunger pumps use a crank mechanism to create a reciprocating motion along an axis, which then builds pressure...
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machines use treadles directly, to generate reciprocating motion. For instance, in a treadle loom, the reciprocating motion is used directly to lift and lower...
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measured pressure is rapidly pulsing, such as when the gauge is near a reciprocating pump, an orifice restriction in the connecting pipe is frequently used...
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family. A hand pump in village Bado, near Shikarpur Sindh, Pakistan. Hand-operated, reciprocating, positive displacement, water pump in Košice-Ťahanovce...
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rotary circulation pumps includes eccentric screw pumps, centrifugal pumps, and squeezed tube (peristaltic) pumps. Reciprocating pumps include plunger,...
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Steam engine (section Reciprocating piston)
replace the proven technology of the reciprocating engine with the then-novel steam turbine. In most reciprocating piston engines, the steam reverses its...
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flowmeters and pumps have similar motions to the wobble of a swashplate, but do not necessarily transform the motion to a reciprocating motion at any time...
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Pittenger, L.; Colella, N. (June 1994). Design and Flight Testing of a Reciprocating Pump Fed Rocket. 30th Joint Propulsion Conference. Indianapolis, IN: American...
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