Abstract: A thin fan includes a frame and a driving device. The fan frame includes a base and a frame shell. The driving device includes a stator structure and a rotor structure disposed corresponding to the stator structure. The stator structure includes a stator pole group, a bushing, a bearing and a compression-resistant pillar. The rotor structure includes a hollow-cylindrical shaft, a rotor shell, a magnetic structure and an impeller. The shaft is mounted on the outer periphery of the compression-resistant pillar and is disposed between the compression-resistant pillar and the bearing. The rotor shell is connected to the shaft. The magnetic structure is disposed on the inner wall of the rotor shell, and the impeller is connected to the rotor shell. The maximum height of the rotor structure is lower than the height of the compression-resistant pillar when the rotor structure is connected to the stator structure.

Abstract: A vacuum pump rotor suitable for use in a vacuum pump is described for a vacuum pump that comprises a regenerative pumping mechanism. The rotor has a generally disc-shaped configuration and is mounted on an axial shaft for rotation relative to a stator of a vacuum pump. The rotor has a first and second opposing surface on which a rotor formations are disposed, each rotor formation defining a portion of a pump stage formed between the pump rotor and a stator for pumping gas from an inlet to an outlet in the same radial direction along the first and second opposing surface. A conduit is provided to interconnect the portions of the pump stage and assist with pressure imbalance that might occur on opposing sides of the rotor.

Abstract: A radial compressor unit for compressing gas has several compressor stages. Each compressor stage includes an impeller having rotor blades, and a flow channel arranged downstream of the impeller, as viewed in the flow direction of the gas to be compressed, having a diffusor section, a deflection section, and a recirculation section having guide blades. The gas compressed in a compressor stage can be removed as cooling gas for cooling a component to be cooled, and can be conveyed in the direction of the component to be cooled. The cooling gas can be removed adjacent to an intermediate wall of the compressor stage from the deflection section and/or the recirculation section of the flow channel of the compressor stage.

Abstract: A stator-rotor arrangement for a vacuum pump, in particular for a turbomolecular pump, includes a plurality of stator disks (18) that cooperate with a rotor element (14). The stator disks (18) are disposed between rotor disks (16). The stator disks (18) are held by way of stator rings (20, 22). At least two of the stator rings (20) include protrusions (24) that are connected together by way of holding elements (28, 30). This makes pre-installation of the rotor-stator arrangement (12) or placement of the rotor-stator arrangement (12) in a housing (10) possible. The protrusions (24) are disposed in the area of corners (32) of the housing (10).

Abstract: A multistage centrifugal turbomachine comprising a rotor assembly comprising a shaft carrying a first and a second impeller, and a stator comprising a passage for a fluid flowing from an outlet side of the first impeller to an inlet side of the second impeller, the passage comprising a diffuser downstream the outlet side of the first impeller), a return channel upstream the inlet side of the second impeller, a bend connecting the diffuser and the return channel, and a plurality of stator blades being provided in the return channel, wherein a portion of the return channel is delimited by the first impeller, the plurality of stator blades extending at least partially in the portion of the return channel.

Abstract: The invention provides a mass spectrometer system (10) comprising a mass spectrometer (12) comprising a plurality of mass spectrometer stages (16, 18, 20, 44) in fluid communication from a low vacuum stage (16) to a higher vacuum stage (44). A split flow multi-stage pump (14) evacuates the mass spectrometer stages. The pump comprises a pump envelope (28) in which a plurality of pumping stages (20, 32, 34) are supported for rotation about an axis X generally parallel to the direction of flow in the mass spectrometer stages for pumping fluid from a main pump inlet (36) to a main pump outlet (38). At least part of a higher vacuum stage (44) is located within the pump envelope at the main pump inlet.

Abstract: A compressor section for use in a gas turbine engine has a plurality of compressor stages. Each compressor stage is provided with a rotor hub, and each rotor hub mounts a plurality of compressor blades. A rotor drum extends between adjacent rotor hubs. A plurality of stator stages have an outer ring and a radially inner ring. A plurality of vanes extend between the outer and inner rings. An inner surface of the inner ring is spaced by a gap from an outer surface of the rotor drum. The rotor drum is provided with a plurality of blades having a general airfoil shape to resist leakage across the gap.

Abstract: Typical centrifugal pumps by their general definition include a single impeller inside a single pump casing, or volute. Two stage, three stage or more stages of pump casings and impellers may be assembled together to achieve higher pump discharge pressures with one pump suction, one pump casing discharge, with input by one driver. This patent covers an impeller design that incorporates two stages of impeller pumping action by using only one impeller operating inside one casing. This same design herein described could be used for more than two stages of impellers operating inside one casing also and is covered by the design parameters shown in this patent application. It is appreciated that there may be ways to change the dimensions, curves, or make this design with more than the number of pieces shown, however this patent application is not limited to the embodiments above but cover and include the spirit and intent of the invention as defined in the claims above.

Abstract: The invention refers to a mass spectrometer arrangement (10) comprising a housing (86) having a mass spectrometer forevacuum vacuum chamber (20) with a mass spectrometer forevacuum outlet (30), at least two mass spectrometer high-vacuum vacuum chambers (21, 22, 23), and an integrated turbomolecular pump (12) connected with the high-vacuum vacuum chambers (21, 22, 23) and having a forevacuum outlet (89). The two forevacuum outlets (30, 89) open into a common forevacuum chamber (98) in the housing (86), which in turn opens into a housing outlet (88).

Abstract: A differentially pumped vacuum system including apparatus having at least first and second chambers; and a vacuum pump for differentially pumping fluid from the chambers to generate a first pressure above 0.1 mbar in the first chamber and a second pressure lower than the first pressure in the second chamber, the pump having at least first and second pump inlets each for receiving fluid from a respective pressure chamber and a plurality of pumping stages positioned relative to the inlets so that fluid received from the first chamber passes through fewer pumping stages than fluid from the second chamber, the inlets being attached to the apparatus such that at least 99% of the fluid mass pumped from the apparatus passes through at least one of the pumping stages of the pump.

Abstract: A vapor lock in a fuel pump can be prevented by reducing the formation of vapor within the fuel. A first group of concavities may be formed in an inner circumferential region of an intake side face of an impeller, and a second group of concavities may be formed concentrically in a region outside of the first group of concavities. A third group of concavities that communicates with the second group of concavities may be formed in a discharge side face of the impeller. The impeller is housed within a casing. A first groove that faces the first group of concavities and a second groove that faces the second group of concavities may be formed in the face of the casing that faces the intake side face of the impeller. A third groove that faces the third group of concavities may be formed in the face of the casing that faces the discharge side face of the impeller.

Abstract: A differentially pumped mass spectrometer system comprises a mass spectrometer having a plurality of pressure chambers; a vacuum pump attached thereto and comprising at least three pump inlets, a first pumping section, a second pumping section downstream from the first pumping section, and a third pumping section downstream from the second pumping section, an outlet from a first, relatively low, pressure chamber being connected to a first pump inlet through which fluid can enter the pump from the first chamber and pass through the first, second and third pumping sections towards a pump outlet, an outlet for a second, medium pressure chamber of the spectrometer being connected to a second pump inlet through which fluid can enter the pump and pass through, of said sections, only the second and third pumping sections towards the pump outlet, and an outlet for a third, highest pressure chamber of the spectrometer being connected to a third pump inlet through which fluid can enter the pump and pass through, of sai

Abstract: A gas compressor a rotor shaft and is arranged such that gas flow to an impeller stage is via a bore in the rotor shaft; and/or impeller stages are arranged in series such that flow into respective stages is in respectively opposed directions. The compressor most effectively functions with the rotor shaft arranged in a substantially upright orientation and beneficially has conical mounting bearing.

Abstract: A vacuum pump includes a housing having an inlet port and an exhaust port, at least one molecular drag stage within the housing, the molecular drag stage including a rotor and a stator that defines a tangential flow channel which opens onto a surface of the rotor, and a motor that rotates the rotor so that gas is pumped from the inlet port to the exhaust port. The stator defines one or more obstructions in the channel. The obstructions alter gas flow through the channel and produce turbulence under viscous or partially viscous flow conditions.

Abstract: A blower comprising: a vane wheel including a pair of grooves, and blades extending in a radial direction of the vane wheel in each groove, and a casing including stationary flow paths facing to the grooves respectively so that the gas urged in the grooves is capable of flowing in a circumferential direction in the stationary flow paths, a guide flow path extending in the axial directions to fluidly communicate with both of the stationary flow paths to enable the gas to flow from one of the stationary flow paths to the other one of the stationary flow paths, an inlet port for introducing the gas into the one of the stationary flow paths facing to the one of the grooves and an outlet port for discharging the gas out of the other one of the stationary flow paths facing to the other one of the grooves.

Abstract: In a fuel pump (6) designed as a side channel pump, in each case two conveying chambers (20-23) one surrounding the other concentrically are arranged on two impellers (9, 10). The conveying chambers (20, 21) of one impeller (9) are connected to an inlet duct (25), while the conveying chambers (22, 23) of the other impeller (10) are connected to an outlet duct (26). A connection (24) of the conveying chambers (20-23) is arranged in a partition (17) keeping the impellers (9, 10) at a distance from one another. As a result, the fuel pump (6) has an especially high volume flow, along with a very high conveying pressure.

Abstract: A hybrid turbomolecular vacuum pump includes a housing having an inlet port and an exhaust port, one or more axial flow stages located within the housing, each of the axial flow stages including a stator and an impeller, each having inclined blades, at least one additional vacuum pumping stage which is not an axial flow stage, the additional vacuum pumping stage being located within the housing and including a stator and an impeller, and a motor to rotate the impellers such that gas is pumped from the inlet port to the exhaust port. The vacuum pump does not include a molecular drag stage having a rotating cylindrical drum or a rotating disk with a flat pumping surface. The additional vacuum pumping stage may be a modified molecular drag stage, wherein the impeller includes a disk having a roughened or grooved pumping surface, and/or a regenerative stage.

Abstract: A side channel pump, preferably a vacuum pump, includes a driven rotor (16) and a fixed stator (14). The rotor (16) and the stator (14) define a pump channel circulating in a peripheral direction. Blades are fixed onto the rotor, protruding into the cross-section of the pump channel. The pump channel also includes a blade-free side channel (44). The pump channel (22) containing the side channel (44) extends in a helical manner around the rotor (16). The pump channel is advantageously not limited to the length of a winding but can have the length of substantially any number of uninterrupted windings. As a result, a high suction performance and a high compression ratio in the pump can be obtained.

Abstract: An impeller pump (1) for a fluid includes a rotary impeller (5) and a pump housing (3, 4). The pump housing defines a first main flow channel (3a) and a second main flow channel (4a). A first inlet channel (3b) and a second inlet channel (4b) also are defined in the pump housing. The first inlet channel communicates with one end of the first main flow channel and the second inlet channel communicates with one end of the second main flow channel, so that the fluid is drawn into a first pump chamber (1b) and the second pump chamber (1c) via the first inlet channel and the second inlet channel, respectively.

Abstract: A single stage, dual channel turbine fuel pump for use in a vehicle fuel delivery system, generally including a lower casing, an upper casing, an impeller and a motor. Both the lower and upper casings have a pair of concentric, annular grooves formed on their surfaces, where the two lower annular grooves are in fluid communication with a fuel passage inlet and the two upper annular grooves are in fluid communication with a fuel passage outlet. Rotation of the impeller causes a portion of the incoming fuel to be diverted into an inner lower groove and another portion into an outer lower groove. Once in the lower grooves, the fuel communicates with other parts of the pumping chamber such that it fills the upper grooves as well. Generally independent, helical fuel flow patterns are formed which cause the fuel to become pressurized as it flows from the inlet to the outlet.

Abstract: A multi-stage fuel pump has a drive assembly, a pump assembly including first and second pumping elements disposed between various plates of the pump assembly, and first and second pumping channels each having an inlet and an outlet circumferentially offset from the inlet and the outlet of the other pumping channel. Desirably, the pumping channels are offset to control or orient the forces acting on the drive assembly, pumping elements and the plates of the pump assembly, including radial, axial and torsional forces.

Abstract: A pumping stage for a vacuum pump, has an improved geometry allowing an optimum trade-off to be achieved between the exhaust pressure and the pumping rate attained in that stage. In the pumping stage (1) the axial extension that is the height of the pumping channel (3) varies along the circumference of the channel (3) between the inlet port (13) and the outlet port (15).

Abstract: Compressor, comprising a sealed outer casing, inside which is arranged a gas compression stage driven by a motor arranged inside the outer casing. The lower part of the inner casing containing the motor is sealingly closed by a bottom, and at least one vertical chimney is arranged in the annular space formed between the outer casing and the lower casing, the chimney being arranged substantially vertically along the motor and the lower casing, and communicating in its upper part with the low-pressure zone of the compressor and, in its lower part, with the inside of the lower casing, one or more openings being made between the chimney and the bottom of the motor.

Abstract: An impeller pump has a pump casing (6) that defines a pump chamber. The pump chamber includes a first chamber (21) and a second chamber (22). An impeller (10) is rotatably disposed within the pump chamber. The impeller has a first groove group and a second groove group on opposite surfaces. The first groove group and the second groove group oppose to the first chamber and the second chamber, respectively, so that a fluid is draw into and discharged from the first and second chambers as the impeller rotates. The flows of the fluid discharged from the first and second chambers are converged at a converging channel (26). Pulsations of the fluid discharged from the fist and second chambers are canceled each other when the flows converge at the converging channel.

Abstract: A turbine pump includes a casing having an inlet, an outlet and front and rear arc-shaped pump passages and an impeller. The impeller has plural impeller partitions respectively disposed between every two of the blades thereby forming impeller grooves at front and rear sides of the partitions and an outer ring at the peripheral edge of the blades. Each impeller groove, each of pump passage and the outer ring form a space for circulating fuel. The outside diameter of the impeller is smaller than the pump passages so that the impeller does not contact the pump passages.

Abstract: A compound vacuum pump includes a regenerative section and a Holweck section. An annular abutment is formed on the radially innermost rotating cylinder of the Holweck section. The abutment acts to cause dust and foreign particles entering an inlet of the pump to be trapped before entering an inlet of the regenerative section. A circular barrier may be used with the abutment to assist with trapping the dust and foreign particles.

Abstract: A vacuum pump includes a housing having an inlet port and an exhaust port, a plurality of vacuum pumping stages located within the housing and disposed between the inlet port and the exhaust port, and a motor. The vacuum pumping stages include gas drag stages, each including a stator and an impeller. The impellers of successive ones of the gas drag stages are configured for efficient operation at progressively higher pressures. The impellers of the gas drag stages may have pumping surfaces with a surface topography for efficient operation at progressively higher pressures. The motor rotates the impellers such that gas is pumped from the inlet port to the exhaust port.

Abstract: In a multi-stage side channel pump, the efficiency can be optimized in that the geometry of each subsequent stage (14) is adapted to the specific volume of the medium at the outlet of the preceding stage (12) by determining the dimensions of the impeller diameter (D) and of the flow channel diameter (d). The stage pressure is the same for both stages (12, 14). The impeller geometry of the next stage (14) is determined by means of the volume ratio of the preceding stage (12) to the next stage (14), assuming geometric similarity.