{"id":292,"date":"2019-09-18T03:55:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T03:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fineflowtech.com\/?p=292"},"modified":"2024-07-08T08:07:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T02:37:50","slug":"types-of-industrial-pumps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fineflowtech.com\/?p=292","title":{"rendered":"Types of Industrial Pumps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pumps<\/strong> are machines that, through the energy supplied by a moving mechanical part, moves volumes of fluid continuously and\/or discontinuously.<\/p>\n

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Archimedes\u2019 Screw<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The first pumps appeared in the third century B.C., thanks to Archimedes, who designed a pump known as Archimedes\u2019 Screw. This pump was able to move large quantities of fluid with low heads. It is still used today in water treatment.<\/p>\n

\"\"Around the same time another mechanism made its appearance, which was able to lift fluids with higher heads, up to 20\/30 metres: the noria. Its operation is like a mill, where a waterway provides the fluid and the mechanical energy. The fluid was lifted with bucket-shaped containers.<\/p>\n

Towards 1600, with the invention of the first connecting rod\/handle systems, we have the plunger pumps, operated by hand.<\/p>\n

With the arrival of steam and its use as a driving force, these type of pumps underwent a considerable improvement: now they were able to lift fluids from significant depths, so much so that they were also used in mines to drain underground pits.<\/p>\n

Over the years the technological process has led to systems able to move large quantities of fluid with increasingly high heads.<\/p>\n

The use of internal combustion engines and subsequently electric motors, has allowed for the development of rotary machines that could transform kinetic energy in pressure.<\/p>\n

The different\u00a0types of industrial<\/strong>\u00a0pumps can be defined based on the way the energy is transmitted to the fluid:<\/p>\n