Abstract: A motor-driven compressor includes a compression unit that includes movable and fixed scrolls and a compression chamber, an electric motor that includes a rotor and drives the compression unit, a motor drive circuit that drives the electric motor, an injection port that draws intermediate pressure refrigerant into the compression chamber, a controller that performs rotation control on the rotor, and a voltage detector that detects a terminal voltage of the electric motor. The compression unit compresses low pressure refrigerant drawn into the compression chamber to discharge high pressure refrigerant. The controller is configured to output a stop instruction to deactivate the rotation control of the rotor, determine a rotation condition of the rotor based on the voltage detected by the voltage detector after outputting the stop instruction, and perform, based on the determination, restart preparation control that includes outputting a lock instruction to electrically stop rotation of the rotor.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for reducing the power consumption of a pump are provided herein. In some embodiments, a pump power consumption reduction system for use in a substrate processing system may include a vacuum chamber having an exhaust port; a valve; a first pump having a pump inlet port coupled to the exhaust port via the valve and a pump exhaust port to couple the first pump to an exhaust handling system; and a second pump coupled to the pump exhaust port to selectively reduce an exhaust pressure of the first pump.

Abstract: To keep a discharge pressure or a discharge flow rate of a pumping system that jets a fluid from a nozzle selected from a plurality of nozzles a set value every selected nozzle. A pumping system that jets the fluid from the nozzle selected from the plurality of nozzles is provided with: a piston pump as a positive-displacement pump; a permanent-magnet type synchronous motor as a rotational speed variable drive unit; a turret device as selecting arrangement; a discharge pipe; the nozzle; a controller that controls the rotational speed of the drive unit; a storage that stores control parameters and a target value of the discharge pressure corresponding to each nozzle; and a pressure sensor, wherein the controller controls the rotational speed of the drive unit by feeding back the discharge pressure using the control parameters corresponding to the selected nozzle to match the discharge pressure with the target value.

Abstract: A pump, especially for delivering liquid fuel for a vehicle heater, includes a pump body (12) providing a pump chamber (14). The pump body (12) is made with magnetic shape memory material at least in some areas. The pump further includes a field-generating arrangement (44) for generating a magnetic field (M). The magnetic shape memory material of the pump body (12) can be brought from an initial state into a deformed state by generating a magnetic field (M) by the field-generating arrangement (44). A pump chamber volume in the deformed state differs from the pump chamber volume present in the initial state.

Abstract: An actuation apparatus may include a magnetic shape memory (MSM) element configured to contract locally at a portion of the MSM element in response to local exposure to a magnetic field distribution component that is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the MSM element. The apparatus may further include a plurality of conductive coils laterally offset from the MSM element. Central axes of each conductive coil of the plurality of conductive coils may be substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the MSM element.

Abstract: Modules for protecting pumps are provided having a sensor detecting leaks of the pump seal, a sensor detecting rain and/or a sensor detecting that the pump is running dry and thus is overheated. Each sensor communicates with a circuitry configured to shut down the pump until the problem is resolved and to send a notice or alarm to a person or a system. A reset button may be provided to override the shutdown of the pump by the circuitry. Methods of using the modules are also provided.

Abstract: A variable-capacity compressor that includes a housing having an inlet for receipt of refrigerant and an outlet for return of refrigerant, and a plurality of compressing elements contained in the housing between the inlet and the outlet. The variable capacity compressor includes a valve having an electrical control. The valve is dedicated to fewer than all of the compressing elements. The valve is movable between a first state which communicates refrigerant flow to the compressing elements, and a second state that reduces or stops flow to the compressing elements. In an embodiment of the invention, an unloading controller has an operational modulation mode that includes cycling the valve between on and off states to provide a portion of compressor capacity. The unloading controller is further programmed to provide a minimum delay time between transitions between the first and second states, but no maximum dwell time between transitions.

Abstract: An axial blower includes: a housing including a wind tunnel; an impeller that is disposed in the wind tunnel and includes a plurality of blades; and a motor that includes a rotation shaft and is secured to the housing, the impeller being secured to the rotation shaft. When an angle between a chord of the blade at a cross-sectional surface of the blade cut by a virtual cylindrical surface centering the rotation shaft, and a surface perpendicular to the rotation shaft is defined as a mounting angle, the blade includes an intermediate part between an inside diameter side part and an outside diameter side part of the blade, and this intermediate part has a mounting angle equal to or larger than a mounting angle of the inside diameter side part, and larger than a mounting angle of the outside diameter side part.

Abstract: Hydraulic drive and method for driving a pressure booster of a high-pressure apparatus. The hydraulic drive includes a pressure medium pump having one of a constant displacement pump and a pump conveying a constant volume per revolution, a servo motor coupled to drive the pump, and a controller structured to at least one of electrically control, regulate and switch the servo motor, which is arranged on at least one of a low pressure side and a high pressure side of the pressure booster.

Abstract: A high pressure fuel pump unit includes a pump head where an inlet channel opens into a low-pressure chamber itself in fluid communication with a compression chamber. A valve is arranged so that when it is closed the fuel fills the low-pressure chamber and when the valve opens the fuel flows from the low-pressure chamber into the compression chamber. The pump head also includes a resilient member arranged so that when the valve is closed, the resilient member deforms to increase the volume of the low pressure chamber. When the valve opens, the fuel flows into the compression chamber, pushed by the resilient member which takes back its original shape.

Abstract: A conveying device at least for conveying a conveying medium includes at least one conveying space, with at least one conveying space element, which at least partly delimits the conveying space and is embodied in a rigid fashion, and with at least one elastically deformable conveying element which delimits the conveying space together with the conveying space element. The conveying space element includes at least one concave recess for at least partly forming the conveying space, wherein an inner surface of the conveying space element, which delimits the concave recess, forms a wall of the conveying space, wherein the conveying element comprises at least one conveying surface, which is utilizable in targeted fashion for a conveyance of a fluid in the conveying space and/or through the conveying space.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for monitoring air cooling fans including, by way of non-limiting examples, the determination of an upper and lower boundary limit of acceptable fan operation, sends a control signal to a fan being monitored, measures the fan rotation rate or fan power consumption subsequent to sending the control signal; and issues an alarm if the measured fan rotation rate is above the upper boundary limit or below the lower boundary limit.

Abstract: Reciprocating fluid pumps include a pump body including a cavity therein, a plunger located at least partially within the cavity, and a shift canister assembly disposed within the cavity. The shift canister assembly includes a sealing surface for forming a seal against the pump body. An area covered by the seal between the sealing surface and the pump body is less than about 75% of an outer cross-sectional area of the shift canister assembly. The shift canister assembly may include a shift canister and a shift canister cap attached thereto, the shift canister cap comprising the sealing surface. Reciprocating fluid pumps include a shift canister, a shift piston at least partially disposed within the shift canister, and a shift canister cap attached to the shift canister on a longitudinal end of the shift canister opposite the shift piston. Methods include forming such reciprocating pumps.

Abstract: A scroll compression mechanism 11 for compressing refrigerant and a driving motor 13 that is connected to the scroll compression mechanism 11 through a driving shaft 15 and drives the scroll compression mechanism 11 are accommodated in a casing 3, the scroll compression mechanism 11 is supported in the casing 3 by a main frame 21, a stator 37 of the driving motor 13 is directly or indirectly supported in the casing 3, and the driving shaft 15 is connected to a rotor 39 of the driving motor 13 and supported in the casing 3 by a bearing plate 8, and a lower end of the driving shaft 15 is supported by a thrust plate 6 provided to the bearing plate 8, and the center position of the rotor 39 is located to be lower than the center position of the stator 37.

Abstract: A fluid sending apparatus includes a signal generator that generates a signal including a signal component that has a one-sided waveform and is composed of a rising component in a positive voltage direction, a falling component in the positive voltage direction, and a vortex ring formation time component T, and a damping component for driving for a predetermined time with a voltage less than or equal to one-half of a voltage in the positive voltage direction, the waveform of each of the signal component and the damping component corresponding to a single wave.

Abstract: The speed of a cooling fan of a scroll pump is controlled such that fan-generated noise can be kept low. The scroll pump includes a pump head, a pump motor, the fan, a controller and one or more sensors. The pump head includes a plate scroll set in which a tip seal is provided to create a seal between the blade and the opposing plates of the plate scrolls of the set. The speed of the fan is cycled by the controller, and the power draw on the pump motor as a result is checked. These results are used to infer the state of the pump, i.e., to discriminate several different states of the pump from one another, including a state in which a new tip seal is being worn in, and to control the speed of the fan accordingly.

Abstract: A pump control switch for controlling the operation of a pump, where the pump switch includes a pressure activated switch and a run capacitor located in a single housing. The pressure switch is attached by a pipe fitting to be in fluid communication with the water line that feeds into a storage tank, to sense the water system pressure. The water system pressure sensed by the switch moves the electrical contacts in the switch between their open and closed positions. The pressure switch is disposed to operably electrically interconnect a power source, the run capacitor, and the pump motor.

Abstract: The multiple cylinder rotary compressor includes a compressor body including a hermetic case, the hermetic case housing inside a rotating shaft, an electric motor section, and a compression mechanism body. The compression mechanism body includes at least three compression mechanism sections which stack with each other, partition plates between the corresponding adjacent compression mechanism sections, and a primary bearing and a secondary bearing supporting the rotating shaft on both end sides of the compression mechanism body. The compression mechanism sections include a cylinder forming inside a cylinder chamber, an eccentric section provided to the rotating shaft, disposed in the cylinder chamber, a roller fitted to the eccentric section, rotating eccentrically within the cylinder chamber, and a blade dividing the inside of the cylinder chamber into two. At least one partition plate constitutes a partition plate bearing supporting the rotating shaft.

Abstract: An electronic air pump pressurizes object in either manual or automatic mode. In automatic mode, the electronic air pump determines air pressure needed to adjust an object to a set target pressure. The electronic air pump inflates or deflates the ball automatically until the air pressure inside the ball matches the preset value. In manual mode regulation of the air pressure is adjusted by a user.

Abstract: A motor-driven compressor that includes a compression unit adapted to compress refrigerant, an electric motor adapted to drive the compression unit, and a housing that accommodates the compression unit and the electric motor. The housing includes a coupling member. A motor driving circuit is adapted to drive the electric motor. The motor driving circuit includes a circuit board and a capacitor, which is electrically connected to the circuit board. The capacitor includes a side surface and an end surface that faces the coupling member. A resin material is located between the coupling member and the capacitor. The coupling member includes a facing surface that faces the capacitor. The facing surface includes a recess extending away from the capacitor. The recess receives some of the resin material.