Abstract: An inner ring of a fluid flow machine includes fixing rings and seal carriers split into at least two fixing ring segments and into at least two seal carrier segments, respectively. The fixing ring segments and the seal carrier segments are arranged with the respective end faces facing each other. A first fixing ring segment has a first ring segment shoulder and a second fixing ring segment has an offset second ring segment shoulder. A first seal carrier segment has a first carrier segment shoulder, and a second seal carrier segment has a second carrier segment shoulder, which is offset with respect to the first carrier segment shoulder. In a separation plane of the inner ring, the first carrier segment shoulder abuts the second ring segment shoulder at the end face. Also in the separation plane, the second carrier segment shoulder abuts the first ring segment shoulder at the end face.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a portable source of air flow. The apparatus provides a base on casters, a support member coupled to the base, and a panel connected to the support member. The panel comprises at least one plate containing a plurality of apertures to expel air traveling from the blower. The panel position is adjustable relative to the base and the apparatus is free-standing and portable. The device is effective for people in need of a constant air source. The mobility allows the device to move with the person as he or she gets dressed, returns to bed rest, or simply desires a controlled temperature while walking into another room. The device can be positioned directly next to an individual, or if necessary positioned above. The adjustable panel position allows the panel to have directional air flow in ways not possible with conventional air systems.

Abstract: An adjustable seal and method for varying a radial distance between the adjustable seal and a rotor of a turbomachine are provided. The adjustable seal may include a first annular member defining a plurality of radial channels, and a second annular member defining a plurality of slots at least partially extending therethrough. The second annular member may be concentric with the first annular member and configured to rotate relative to the first annular member. The adjustable seal may also include a plurality of seal segments interposed between the first annular member and the second annular member. Each seal segment of the plurality of seal segments may be slidably disposed in a respective radial channel of the plurality of radial channels and may have an axial projection slidably disposed in a respective slot of the plurality of slots.

Abstract: A system may include at least one computer device configured to attain a two-dimensional used profile of a leading edge at a specified radial position on a turbomachine airfoil after use. The system aligns opposing substantially straight alignment portions of the two-dimensional used profile with opposing substantially straight alignment portions of a previously attained, two-dimensional, baseline profile of the turbomachine airfoil. The alignment portions of each profile are in substantially identical radial locations of the turbomachine airfoil. Comparing the used profile to the baseline profile determines whether the leading edge at the specified radial position of the used turbomachine airfoil has erosion. The system may also include a laser profiler for measuring the turbomachine airfoil.

Abstract: The invention provides a wind turbine, a control system for a wind turbine and a method for controlling a wind turbine where asymmetry in load on the rotor is compensated by individual pitching by comparing a load distribution over the rotor plane with a threshold value. To avoid unnecessary compensation, the threshold value is adjusted based on a loading of the wind turbine or based on climate conditions under which the turbine operates.

Abstract: A method of operating a wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine comprises a turbine rotor with at least two blades, each blade having a variable pitch angle. The method comprises determining mechanical loads on the blades, determining an asymmetric load moment experienced by the turbine rotor based on the mechanical loads on the blades, determining high order harmonics from the asymmetric load moment, and determining an individual pitch control signal for each of the blades for varying the pitch angle of each blade to compensate for the asymmetric load moment. The individual pitch control signal for each blade is determined at least based on the high order harmonics.

Abstract: Embodiments of wind turbine control systems, and related methods, are disclosed herein. For example, a wind turbine control system may include: a measurement system, including one or more measurement devices disposed on a blade of a wind turbine, to generate a measurement signal representative of a response of the blade to turbulence or flow non-uniformity; a force generation system to generate lift proximate to a trailing edge of the blade by generating a blowing jet of air at the trailing edge of the blade in response to a control signal; and a controller device to generate the control signal, based at least in part on the measurement signal, for provision to the force generation system to reduce the response of the blade to turbulence or flow non-uniformity. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.

Abstract: A balancing apparatus for a rotary element is provided and includes a central hub portion and radial elements extending outwardly from the central hub portion. The balancing apparatus includes a conduit extending along the radial elements via the central hub portion, a mass movable within the conduit between the radial elements via the central hub portion and a mass balancing system which directs a movement of the mass within the conduit into and out of the central hub portion and along the radial elements.

Abstract: A balancing apparatus for a rotary element is provided and includes a central hub portion and radial elements extending outwardly from the central hub portion. The balancing apparatus includes a conduit extending along the radial elements via the central hub portion, a mass movable within the conduit between the radial elements via the central hub portion and a mass balancing system which directs a movement of the mass within the conduit into and out of the central hub portion and along the radial elements.

Abstract: A lightning current transfer unit (100) for a wind turbine, the lightning current transfer unit (100) comprising a first portion (20a) configured to be electrically coupled to an electrically conducting portion of a blade of a wind turbine electrically connected to a down conductor of the blade and a second portion (20b) configured to be electrically coupled to an electrically conducting portion of a nacelle of the wind turbine connected to a down conductor connected to earth. The first portion (20a) and the second portion (20b) are both independently movable to maintain electrical coupling to the electrically conducting portion of the blade and nacelle respectively. A lightning current transfer portion (104) is provided that comprises a spark gap (106) formed between an electrical connection (108) to the first portion (20a) and an electrical connection (110) to the second portion (20b). The electrical connections (108, 110) are moveable with their respective first or second portion (20a, 20b).

Abstract: A fan platform for a gas turbine engine may include an outer flow path surface extending between a first side and a second side. An inner surface extends between the first side and the second side, and faces radially oppositely the outer flow path surface. A plurality of platform hooks may extend radially inwardly from the inner surface.

Abstract: A rigid template for aligning surface features on a rotor blade is disclosed. The rigid template is shaped to correspond to the surface of the rotor blade. Further, the rigid template includes a base end and a tail end opposite the base end. The base end is configured to connect to an alignment structure, the alignment structure being fixed relative to the rotor blade. The tail end includes at least one marker configured to locate at least one surface feature on the surface of the rotor blade.

Abstract: A rotor (10) has a basic rotor body (12) and a plurality of rotating blades (14) mounted on the basic rotor body (12). The rotating blades (14) in this case are mounted rigidly or non-detachably, in particular, cohesively, on the basic rotor body (12). Thus, at least one rotating blade (14) has at least one integral sealing element (24), by means of which a root intermediate space (22) is sealed in the region of a blade root (20) radially underneath a blade platform (18) of the rotating blade (14). In addition, the invention relates to a method for producing a rotor (10), in particular, for an aircraft engine, in which a plurality of rotating blades (14) is mounted on a basic rotor body (12), wherein at least one rotating blade (14) having at least one integral sealing element (24) is mounted on the basic rotor body (12).

Abstract: A wing or blade in at least two sections facing each other. Each section has a longitudinal bearing structure provided with at least one sole of which the link between the sections includes at least one first link plate linking the end of the soles of the sections facing each other. A method of producing such wing or blade.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine. The rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade extending from a blade root to a blade tip. The rotor blade has a pressure side surface and a suction side surface. The pressure side surface and the suction side surface each extend between a leading edge and a trailing edge. The assembly also includes a blade root extension configured to attach to one of the pressure side surface or the suction side surface of the rotor blade adjacent to the blade root. The blade root extension includes at least one blade fence and at least one airflow modifying element. The blade fence extends between a proximal end and a distal end in a chord-wise direction. The proximal end is configured to attach to the rotor blade such that the distal end remains free and spaced apart from the rotor blade. The airflow modifying element is configured at the proximal end of the blade fence.

Abstract: A foundry core for manufacturing a blade of a turbomachine including a tip section offset, including a core element for forming various internal cavities, the core element including a leading-edge cavity internal core, central cavity internal cores, and a trailing-edge cavity internal core. The internal core for the central cavity adjacent to the internal core for the trailing-edge cavity includes a bulge extending toward the core for the leading-edge cavity.

Abstract: An erosion shield for a wind turbine blade is described, the erosion shield having a plurality of layers of erosion resistant material. The layers of erosion resistant material have an adhesive bond strength between adjacent layers less than the cohesive tensile strength of the layers, such that the outer layers of erosion resistant material are arranged to peel away or delaminate from the erosion shield under the action of the wind once the particular layer is ruptured or eroded. This dynamic removal of the outer layers of the erosion shield provides for increased shield lifetime, and a reduction in the maintenance operations required for a wind turbine blade having such an erosion shield.

Abstract: A rotor blade of a wind turbine with a raked tip portion is provided. The tip portion is raked, i.e. curved, in a rotor blade plane comprising the tip base chord and a line which is parallel to the pitch axis of the rotor blade. Additionally, the orientation of the chords with reference to the chord at the tip base changes between the tip base and the tip. In other words, the trailing edge of the tip portion is twisted. Optionally, the tip portion is additionally swept out of the rotor blade plane, which is characterized by a cant angle.

Abstract: An airfoil comprises an airfoil body with an internal cavity and inner and outer covers. The airfoil body defines a first major surface of the airfoil, and a rib extends along the internal cavity. The inner cover is bonded to the airfoil body over the internal cavity, and includes a coupling element extending along the internal cavity in cooperative engagement with the rib. The outer cover is bonded to the airfoil body over the inner cover, and defines a second major surface of the airfoil.

Abstract: A weld joint (30) having asymmetric sides and providing reduced restraint of weld metal shrinkage and a reduced propensity for weld centerline cracking. The weld joint may have a first side (38) formed at an angle (A1) of 35-60° relative to the component surface (36), and a second side (40) formed at an angle (A2) of 10-35° relative to the surface. The sides may be extended to intersect (44) without the necessity for a flat bottom surface (20) as is typical for prior art weld joints (10). The inventive weld joint may be formed by moving an end mill tool (60) into and along the surface with its axis of rotation (64) being transverse to the surface.

Abstract: It is an objective of the invention to provide a precipitation-hardening martensitic stainless steel having a far better balance between a high mechanical strength and a high toughness than conventional ones as well as having good corrosion resistance properties. There is provided a precipitation-hardening martensitic stainless steel throughout which precipitates of intermetallic compounds are dispersed, the martensitic stainless steel including: 0.1 mass % or less of C; 11 to 13 mass % of Cr; 7.5 to 11 mass % of Ni; 0.9 to 1.7 mass % of Al; 0.85 to 1.35 mass % of Mo; 1.75 to 2.75 mass % of W; and the balance including Fe and inevitable impurities, in which “[Mo content]+0.5×[W content]” is from 1.9 mass % to 2.5 mass %, and “[Mo content]/[W content]” is from 0.4 to 0.6.

Abstract: A propeller nut designed to replace a conventional hexagonal nut to secure a boat propeller to a motor. The propeller nut includes a leading portion and a trailing portion. The leading portion has a nut part having internal threads sized and configured to engage external threads of a drive shaft and to secure the boat propeller about the drive shaft and a diverging part extending outwardly from the nut part to a maximum outer circumference. The trailing portion extends from the maximum outer circumference to a trailing end of the propeller nut, wherein the trailing portion has an outer surface that converges from the maximum outer circumference to the trailing end.

Abstract: A propulsion mechanism (100) for a maritime vessel (200) including a rotor (75) mounted for rotation about a rotor axis. The rotor (75) includes a plurality of vanes (20) extending essentially radial to the rotor axis and the vanes are arranged to define spaces (25) in between the vanes (20). The propulsion mechanism (100) further includes means configured for freeing the spaces (25) of water by means of application of air.

Abstract: A turbine airfoil usable in a turbine engine and having at least one snubber with a snubber cooling system positioned therein and in communication with an airfoil cooling system is disclosed. The snubber may extend from the outer housing of the airfoil toward an adjacent turbine airfoil positioned within a row of airfoils. The snubber cooling system may include an inner cooling channel separated from an outer cooling channel by an inner wall. The inner wall may include a plurality of impingement cooling orifices that direct impingement fluid against an outer wall defining the outer cooling channel. In one embodiment, the cooling fluids may be exhausted from the snubber, and in another embodiment, the cooling fluids may be returned to the airfoil cooling system. Flow guides may be positioned in the outer cooling channel, which may reduce cross-flow by the impingement orifices, thereby increasing effectiveness.

Abstract: A dual speed pump controller includes a motor controller for operating a dual speed motor. The controller includes an operating speed circuit for operating the motor in one of a first speed or a second speed, the first speed being greater than the second speed; an event circuit for operating the motor at the first speed before a predetermined event and operating the pump at the second speed after the predetermined event.

Abstract: An electric fan comprises a motor, a plurality of blades, a shroud and a control unit, wherein the motor is fixedly mounted to a rear net of the shroud; the blades are mounted inside the shroud, and are fixedly connected with the motor; the control unit comprises a capacitor, a switch and a power line; and the capacitor, the switch and the power line are electrically connected with the motor respectively. The control unit and the motor are connected integrally. The electric fan adopts a design of integrating the control unit and the motor, so that installation is simpler, and assembly efficiency is improved; and the fan is more compact in structure, and the space is saved.

Abstract: A method of compressing gas includes maintaining a volume of gas at a first pressure within a first chamber. Pressurized liquid is forced into the first chamber through a nozzle having a curved profile. Based on the Coanda effect, the liquid compresses the volume of gas to a second pressure greater than the first pressure. The liquid is separated from the gas in a second chamber while maintaining the gas at the second pressure to provide compressed, dry gas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of hydraulic machinery, and relates to, by using the law of motion conversion and Bernoulli's equation, a generating station formed with a water level speed-increasing water tunnel set on a special ship or offshore floating city increasing a natural flow velocity V1?1 msec of a water source to a high speed of V2?200 msec to propel a turbine, and drive a generator; a power station formed with the turbine driving various load machinery; and a water supply station formed with an outlet of the speed-increasing water tunnel being connected to a lift tube. Hence, the present invention can replace high dams of a small number, to convert planar flow dynamics of wide rivers, seas, and oceans into inexhaustible, cheap, clean, and sustainable energy, which is a major theme project of the third industrial revolution.

Abstract: A pump system for movement of fluids having a reciprocating piston power pump having at least three reciprocating pistons operable to displace fluid from a housing having a pumping chamber, an integrally forged crankshaft operably connected to the pistons, at least one sensor operable to sense ambient conditions on the pump, and a computer control for processing data from the sensor to regulate the operation of the pump in response to the data. The system also utilizes protective infused treatments for lubricity and enhanced lubrication sprayers and a reset relief valve and pressure sensors operably connected to the computer system for control and monitoring of the pump.

Abstract: This variable displacement compressor comprises: a housing; a piston; a drive shaft rotatably supported by the housing; a rotor that rotates in unison with the drive shaft; a swash plate that rotates in synchronism with the rotation of the rotor connected via a connecting means; a conversion mechanism that converts the rotation of the swash plate into a reciprocating motion of the piston; and a pressure control valve that is capable of controlling the internal pressure of a crank chamber. The variable displacement compressor is characterized in that: the connecting means directly or indirectly connects a first arm projecting from the rotor and a second arm projecting from the swash plate; and the drive shaft is eccentrically inserted into a through-hole that is perforated through the swash plate.

Abstract: A vehicle energy harvesting roadway is provided. The vehicle energy harvesting roadway includes a deformable driving surface that is longitudinally flexible and transversely stiff. The deformable driving surface is disposed between a passing vehicle and one or more transducers or one or more compressible hoses.

Abstract: A pump device having a drive shaft which has a drive section that can be coupled with a drive system. The pump device includes a vacuum pump that can be driven by the drive shaft. The vacuum pump includes a rotor and at least one blade that can be moved in radial direction in the rotor and that divides pressure chambers. The pump device also includes a lubrication pump that can be driven by the drive shaft. The vacuum pump is arranged between the drive section and the lubrication pump. A locking device is provided between the rotor and the lubrication pump in which, when activated, the at least one blade remains in a radially internal position when the rotor is rotating.

Abstract: A swash plate type variable displacement compressor includes, a housing, a swash plate disposed in the housing and having therethrough an insertion hole, a rotary shaft inserted through the insertion hole of the swash plate, a plurality of pistons engaged with the swash plate, and a connecting member disposed between the rotary shaft and the swash plate and connecting the rotary shaft and the swash plate so as to change inclination angle of the swash plate relative to the rotary shaft. A pair of projections are provided in the insertion hole so as to extend toward the rotary shaft and restrict the movement of the swash plate relative to the rotary shaft. The paired projections are spaced away from each other so as not to be in contact with the rotary shaft simultaneously.

Abstract: A plunger pump includes a pump fluid end having a fluid chamber and a suction bore, discharge bore, and plunger bore in communication with the fluid chamber. A plunger is arranged to reciprocate into and out of the fluid chamber through the plunger bore. The plunger has a plunger body with an inner cavity and an insert disposed in the inner cavity such that the combined stiffness of the insert and plunger body is greater than the stiffness of the plunger body. A crank mechanism is coupled to the plunger and operable to reciprocate the plunger.

Abstract: An electric submersible pumping system includes a motor that is filled with motor lubricant fluid and a pump driven by the motor. The electric submersible pumping system further includes a fluid expansion module connected to the motor that is designed to accommodate the expansion and contraction of the motor lubricant fluid in the motor. The fluid expansion module preferably includes a piston seal housing in fluid communication with the motor and a bag seal housing in fluid communication with the piston seal housing. The fluid expansion module further includes at least one axially movable barrier in the piston seal housing and at least one expansible barrier in the bag seal housing. The axially movable barrier and the expansible barrier cooperate to permit the expansion of the motor lubricant fluid without contaminating the motor lubricant fluid with fluids or and solids from the wellbore.

Abstract: An electrical submersible pump assembly has a centrifugal primary pump having a primary pump housing. An electrical motor is operatively coupled to the primary pump. An instrument sub has a housing secured by threaded fasteners to one end of the primary pump housing. A pump stage in the instrument sub housing is driven by the electric motor along with the primary pump, the pump stage including an impeller and a diffuser. A sensor within the instrument sub monitors parameters in the instrument sub. A sensor line port extends through a wall of the instrument sub housing. A sensor line extends sealingly through the sensor line port to the sensor for conveying sensed information from the sensor to a remote instrument panel.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electric fan. The electric fan includes a casing, a rotary unit and a cover. The casing has a frame shape such that a first opening is formed in a central portion of the casing. An inlet hole and an outlet hole are respectively formed in inner and outer peripheral surfaces of the frame. A space is defined in the casing. The rotary unit includes an impeller installed in the space, and a drive unit. The rotary unit is configured such that when the impeller is rotated by the drive unit, external air is drawn into the space through the inlet hole and then discharged out of the space through an outlet hole. The cover is installed on a front part of the casing in a direct contact manner. The cover defines a second opening communicating with the first opening so that air supplied from the outlet hole is discharged out of the second opening.

Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, a stator of a linear compressor comprises first stator pieces that are circumferentially and sequentially arranged about an axial direction and are radially disposed, second stator pieces that are provided between outer parts of the adjacent first stator pieces, and an outer side, away from a motor axis, of the second stator pieces assembled at an outer circumference of the stator. The stator can reduce the magnetic losses of the stator caused by the gap, and improve the efficiency of the motor. It can also improve the performance, stability, durability and reliability of the linear compressor. It can also reduce the bulk of the linear compressor.

Abstract: A slim-type fan structure includes a stator (1) and a fan blade (2). The stator includes a circuit board (11) and a plurality of layout circuits (12) disposed to circumference the circuit board (11). The stator (1) includes an axial center (10) at a center portion thereof. The fan blade (2) includes a blade wheel (20), an axial sleeve (21) at a center of the blade wheel (20) and extended axially therefrom, a plurality of blades (22) formed to circumference an outer of the blade wheel (20), and a magnetic unit (23) disposed on the blade wheel (20). Also, the axial sleeve (21) is pivotally attached to the axial center (10). Accordingly, the magnetic unit (23) is formed by a plurality of N and S pole areas (230), (231) arranged alternatively in circular rows and corresponding to the layout circuits (12) along a vertical direction for the slim design.

Abstract: A hydraulic system for a hybrid module which is located between an engine and a transmission includes a parallel arrangement of a mechanical pump and an electric pump. Each pump is constructed and arranged to deliver oil to other portions of the hydraulic system depending on the operational mode. Three operational modes are described including an electric mode, a transition mode, and a cruise mode. Various monitoring and control features are incorporated into the hydraulic system.

Abstract: A compressor and an air conditioner having the compressor, and a protective cover of a connecting terminal of the compressor is installed while spaced apart from a barrier of the connecting terminal. The protective cover is additionally provided with a noise preventing member. Vibration generated from the compressor is delivered to the protective cover via the barrier, but as the protective cover is provided to be spaced apart from the barrier, the vibration is delivered to the barrier through the noise preventing member. Thus, regardless of the state of vibration of the compressor, noise being generated by the protective cover is minimized.

Abstract: A high-pressure pump includes a pump body, a cylinder, a plunger, and a plug. The pump body has a fuel chamber therein into which fuel is supplied. The cylinder is disposed inside the pump body and having one end immediately adjacent to the fuel chamber. The cylinder has an inner threaded portion formed on an inner wall of the cylinder at the one end. The plunger is disposed inside the cylinder and is reciprocally movable in an axial direction to change a volume of a pressurizing chamber within which the fuel supplied from the fuel chamber is pressurized. The plug is screwed into the inner threaded portion of the cylinder from the fuel chamber in the axial direction and closing the one end of the cylinder. The plug has an end surface that faces an end surface of the plunger and defines the pressurizing chamber together with the end surface of the plunger. The end surface of the plug is parallel to the end surface of the plunger.

Abstract: A high-pressure pump includes a plunger, a cylinder, a pressuring chamber, a pump body, a main fuel chamber, an auxiliary fuel chamber and a return passage. The cylinder slidably houses the plunger therein. Fuel is pressurized inside the pressurizing chamber by sliding movement of the plunger. The pump body houses the cylinder and has an end surface on an opposite side of the pump body relative to the pressurizing chamber in an axial direction. The main fuel chamber is disposed inside the pump body into which fuel is supplied. The auxiliary fuel chamber has a side defined by one end of the cylinder on an opposite side of the cylinder relative to the pressurizing chamber. The return passage is disposed inside the pump body and is in fluid communication with an external cooling unit.

Abstract: Rotary components are described that include a housing comprising a rotor having a rotor working face and a gate having a gate working face and a pocket; at least one vane, wherein the vane is coupled to the rotor; at least one wiper coupled to the vane; a plurality of endplates coupled to the housing, wherein at least one of the endplates is a float plate; an intake chamber; and an outlet chamber. In addition, methods of aspirating a working medium by utilizing the rotary component having at least one float plate includes pulling the working medium into the intake chamber, depositing the working medium into a working chamber that is located between the intake chamber and the outlet chamber; maintaining the working medium in a stationary position until the vane sweeps around toward the outlet chamber; accumulating the working medium into the outlet channel of the outlet chamber; and centrifugally ejecting the working medium into the outlet chamber and out of the system.

Abstract: A compressor (100) comprises: a compressor main body (60) being formed so that one cycle of stroke is performed by a compression room (43) which is partitioned by a rotor (50), cylinder (40), both side blocks (20, 30), and vanes (58) during one revolution of the rotor (50); a cyclone block (70) which separates a refrigerant oil (R) from refrigerant gas (G), wherein a second discharge section (46) which discharge the refrigerant gas (G) when the pressure inside the compression room (43) reaches the discharge pressure before the compression room (43) faces a first discharge section (45) is formed, and a communicating path (39) which connects a discharge chamber (45a) in the first discharge section (45) and a discharge chamber (46a) in the second discharge section (46) is formed on the upper stream side of than the cyclone block (70).

Abstract: The invention relates to a positive displacement pump, including a pot-shaped housing, a rotor rotatably supported in the housing, and at least one blade movably guided in the rotor, the blade tip of which contacts the inner circumferential wall of the housing and divides the interior into chambers, wherein a locking mechanism that inhibits or brakes the movement of the blade in the rotor is provided.

Abstract: A pump unit includes a housing which has an outwardly open recess, in which a pump is arranged. The recess is closed by a cover. The pump unit also has a pressure relief valve which is arranged in an opening of the housing which opens to the outside. The pressure relief valve has a valve seat which is formed in the opening and against which a seat valve member is loaded in the closing direction by way of a prestressed compression spring. The seat valve member can be loaded in the opening direction by the outlet pressure of the pump.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns a Roots-type blower comprising a housing defining first and second transversely overlapping cylindrical chambers and at least one inlet port and an outlet port; first and second meshed, lobed rotors, each lobe having a top land sealingly cooperating with the cylindrical chambers; a plurality of control volumes for transfer of fluid, each control volume being defined by a pair of adjacent lobes on one of the rotors, and at least one of the cylindrical chambers; and blowholes formed within the cylindrical chambers in connection with meshing of the lobes of the first and second rotors. The blower further comprises at least one backflow slot extending through the housing wall of each cylindrical chamber for effecting a leakage of fluid from downstream the at least one outlet port into a control volume.

Abstract: The invention relates to a micro pump, comprising an inner rotor arranged on a shaft and an outer rotor, which form a rotor unit including a delivery chamber for fluid, wherein the pump comprises a multi-functional bearing member for the shaft with improved lubrication, to a bearing member for a micro pump and to an operating method.

Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus (10) and process including selectively heating a processing plane of a bed of powdered material (14) that includes a powdered metal material (14?), and may also include a powdered flux material (14?). The heating may be accomplished by directing an energy beam, such as a laser beam (20), toward a processing plane (27) of the bed. One or more masking elements (61, 62) are disposed between a source (18) of the beam and the processing plane; and the masking elements are variable to change a beam pattern at the processing plane according to a predetermined shape of a component (22) to be formed or repaired.