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pump — [1] A device for moving liquid or gas by decreasing or increasing the pressure on it. See accelerator pump air pump canned motor pump cell pump centrifugal pump charging pump circulating pump coolant pump diaphragm pump … Dictionary of automotive terms
pump — pump1 pumpable, adj. pumpless, adj. pumplike, adj. /pump/, n. 1. an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes. 2. Engin., Building Trades. a shore … Universalium
vane pump — A type of rotary pump with either a slotted rotor and sliding vanes or a rotor with hinged vanes; typically used for air pumps in secondary air injection systems, as a compressor in air conditioning systems, and in some transmission systems. See… … Dictionary of automotive terms
vane-type pump — A form of constant displacement fluid moving pump in which a rotor containing sliding vanes turns in an eccentric cavity to force air through the pump … Aviation dictionary
Rotary vane pump — 1. pump housing 2. rotor 3. vanes 4. springA rotary vane pump is a positive displacement pump that consists of vanes mounted to a rotor that rotates inside of a cavity. In some cases these vanes can be variable length and/or tensioned to maintain … Wikipedia
sliding-vane pump — A positive displacement pump in which an eccentric rotor revolves in an eccentric or circular case. Also see external vane pump. The pumping element consists of multiple blades which slide in slots in the rotor and divide the crescent shaped… … Dictionary of automotive terms
Hand pump — This article is about water and air pumps. For the beer dispensing device, see Beer engine. A rural handpump in Belgium. Hand pumps are manually operated pumps; they use human power and mechanical advantage to move fluids or air from one place to … Wikipedia
roller-vane pump — A rotary vane pump with rollers as pumping elements which slide against the pump body when the rotor rotates. Also see vane pump … Dictionary of automotive terms
Centrifugal pump — Warman centrifugal pump in a coal preparation plant application A centrifugal pump is a rotodynamic pump that uses a rotating impeller to create flow by the addition of energy to a fluid. Centrifugal pumps are commonly used to move liquids… … Wikipedia
Axial piston pump — An axial piston 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, a hydraulic motor or an automotive air conditioning compressor. Contents 1… … Wikipedia
