Abstract: A pump assembly with improved sealing includes an outer housing and an insert arranged therein. The insert includes a rotatable shaft and at least two pressure stages. Each pressure stage has a housing, an impeller, and a seal that separates a first pressure chamber from a second pressure chamber. At least one of the pressure stage housings includes a first casing part having a first region having an enlarged inner diameter and a second region having a reduced inner diameter, and a second casing part having at least one first portion having a reduced outer diameter and a second portion having an enlarged outer diameter. The first region surrounds the first portion and at least partially surrounds the second portion, such that an annular chamber is formed between the first casing part and the second part, with the annular chamber being connected to the second pressure chamber.

Abstract: A fitting for changing liquid paths, in particular for systems with a pressure exchanger, is provided. The pressure exchanger has pipes having alternating flow direction. The casing of the fitting includes an inlet piece, an outlet piece and a connection piece and at least one shut-off member connected to an actuator. The actuator is connected to a control device that controls the actuator to control a liquid flow between the inlet piece and the connection piece, or between the connection piece and the outlet piece. An actuator displaces a respective shut-off member arranged in each of the inlet piece and the outlet piece, with the shut-off members being axially displaceable to vary the size of flow openings that permit flow between the inlet piece and the connection piece or between the connection piece and the outlet piece.

Abstract: The invention relates to a radial bearing which can be used for bearing problems in which an angular displacement occurs during operation by virtue of the elastically flexible shaping of a bearing sleeve on which an elastically flexible bearing element with an essentially matrix-type fibrous structure is arranged.