Abstract: A method of assembling a pump for use in a radioactive environment includes positioning tubing between a rotor and a clamp of the pump. The pump includes a pump head that includes a casing, the rotor, and the clamp. The rotor rotates in relation to the casing. The method also includes rotating the rotor for a first period to compress the tubing against the rotor. The tubing is in a dry condition throughout the first period. The method further includes directing liquid into the tubing and rotating the rotor for a second period to compress the tubing against the rotor and direct the liquid through the pump head. The method also includes calibrating the pump.

Abstract: A micro water pump capable of controlling flow precisely includes an upper cover, a valve seat, a water capsule seat, a base casing, a water capsule, a crank lever, a drive shaft, an eccentric wheel, a motor, a photoelectric switch, and an output circuit board. The output circuit board is electrically connected with an external motor controller. Through the photoelectric switch to detect the revolution of the motor and to cooperate with the external motor controller, the revolution of the motor control can be controlled precisely so as to get a stable water flow under different volumes and back pressures.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a piston pump (10) which is driven by means of a coil (1) of an electromagnet. A piston (2) of the piston pump (10) can be moved in a cylinder (3) for pumping purposes by means of the electromagnet. A voltage (U) is applied to the coil (1) during a switch-on period such that a current flows through the coil (1) and the piston (2) is accelerated, said voltage being applied by means of an actuation device (11). A time curve of an electric state variable (I, U) of the coil (1) is qualitatively detected, and the curve or a curve derived therefrom is analyzed in order to detect an impact of the piston (2) against a stop. The invention further relates to an actuation device and a piston pump.

Abstract: A magnetically driven pressure generator including a housing, flexible member, first magnetic force generator, and second magnetic force generator. The magnetically driven pressure generator oscillates the flexible member to increase or decrease the volume of a chamber, inversely increasing or decreasing the pressure of the chamber.

Abstract: Provided is a floating ring type mechanical seal in which a floating ring is pinched and held between a rotary ring provided in a rotary shaft and a stationary ring provided in a seal casing to be movable in an axial direction while being urged toward the rotary ring so that a relative rotation of the floating ring with respect to the stationary ring is inhibited. The rotary ring is made of a sintered compact of SiC or cemented carbide. A diamond film is formed on a sealing surface sliding on the floating ring in the rotary ring. A diamond film continuous to the diamond film of the sealing surface is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the rotary ring and a rear surface, which is a surface opposite to the sealing surface, in the rotary ring.

Abstract: A crescent internal gear pump includes a front cover, an end cover, a ring gear and a pinion gear disposed within a gear housing in an eccentric, intermeshing relationship. The housing is disposed intermediate the front cover and the end cover. A crescent is disposed radially intermediate the ring gear and the pinion gear. The crescent partially extends into a correspondingly shaped slot in the end cover. The gear housing, the ring gear, and the pinion gear can have substantially the same thickness. A shim can be disposed intermediate the end cover and the gear housing for establishing a desired clearance therebetween.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bi-helical toothed wheel (1) with non-encapsulating profile (4) for hydraulic gear apparatuses (2), of the type bound to a support shaft (5) to form a driving or driven wheel of said hydraulic apparatus and comprising a plurality of teeth (6) extended with variable helix angle with continuous function in the longitudinal direction, wherein the teeth profile (4) keeps a shape continuity in each cross section thereof. More particularly, each tooth of the toothed wheel is longitudinally split in three zones: initial (A), central (B) and terminal (C) zones, and the central zone (B) has a variable helix angle, while the initial (A) and terminal (c) zones have a constant helix angle. The invention allows to manufacture contra-rotating rotors, having a non-encapsulating profile and a helix shape such as to suppress the angular point at the center of the rotors themselves and therefore all the problems related to their machining.

Abstract: An external rotor pump, in particular a hydraulic external rotor pump, has a first component which is configured as an outer rotor with a sliding surface which is arranged on the outer side thereof, and a second component which is configured as an opposing body and in which the outer rotor is mounted rotatably by way of the sliding surface thereof on an inner guide surface of the opposing body and is in mechanical contact with the inner guide surface. An inner rotor which is mounted such that it can be rotated eccentrically with respect to the outer rotor is provided. One of the rotors can be driven, in order to be set into a rotational movement, and the rotors are coupled to one another such that, when the drivable rotor is driven, the other rotor is likewise set into a rotational movement as a result, in order to convey fluid from a suction region to a pressure region of the external rotor pump.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pump apparatus capable of preventing or reducing deterioration of efficiency of a pump. The pump apparatus includes a venturi portion provided on the way along a discharge passage. The venturi portion includes a small diameter portion having a smaller inner diameter than an inner diameter of the discharge passage from a discharge port to the venturi portion and an inner diameter gradually-increasing portion formed in such a manner that an inner diameter thereof gradually increases from the small diameter portion toward a downstream side of the discharge passage. The pump apparatus further includes a control valve configured to receive introduction of hydraulic fluid on an upstream side of the venturi portion and hydraulic fluid in the venturi portion.

Abstract: A variable displacement pump includes: a pump constituting section; a movable member; a first control hydraulic chamber; a second control hydraulic chamber; a control mechanism arranged to be actuated by receiving a control hydraulic pressure which is the discharge pressure on a downstream side of the discharge portion, through a single control passage formed within the engine, and to control a supply and a discharge of the discharge pressure with respect to the second control hydraulic chamber; and a switching mechanism arranged to switch a connection and a disconnection between the control passage and the control mechanism.

Abstract: A pump assembly and a method for cooling the same are disclosed. The pump assembly includes a pump, a controller, and a driven electric motor. The pump and the electric motor are on opposing axial sides of the controller. The assembly also has a heat conductive plate positioned between the pump and the controller that conducts heat from the controller. A transfer passage is provided for receiving pressurized fluid output from the pump and to direct the fluid along and in contact with the heat conductive plate to conduct heat therefrom into the pressurized fluid. An outlet passage communicates with the assembly outlet to discharge the pressurized fluid.

Abstract: A rotary screw vacuum pump 10 comprises a housing 12 that has a lower pressure inlet region 14 and a higher pressure outlet region 16 and two intermeshing screws 18 disposed in the chamber and configured to cooperably rotate to compress a gas in working chambers formed between them and the housing while pumping the gas from the lower pressure inlet region to the higher pressure outlet region. The housing 12 has a least one liquid inlet 20 to admit a sealing liquid to seal the working chambers. The intermeshing screws 18 comprise Quimby-type screws.

Abstract: A rotary compressor includes a sealed longitudinal compressor housing which is provided with a discharge portion of a refrigerant at an upper portion thereof, is provided with an inlet portion of a refrigerant at a lower portion thereof, and in which lubricant oil is stored; a compressing unit which is disposed in the compressor housing, compresses a refrigerant sucked from the inlet portion and discharges the refrigerant from the discharge portion; a motor which is disposed in the compressor housing and drives the compressing unit via a rotation shaft; and an accumulator which is attached to a side portion of the compressor housing and is connected to the inlet portion of the refrigerant.

Abstract: An electric compressor includes a cover. The cover is reinforced by forming straight ribs, ring ribs, connection ribs, or hexagonal ribs having a honeycomb structure. The straight ribs, rings ribs, connection ribs, or hexagonal ribs are formed on the inner side or the outer side of a body of the cover on a side of an inverter.

Abstract: A scroll member for a scroll compressor is disclosed. The scroll member includes a base member and a wrap member formed on a major surface of the base member. The wrap member includes a modified portion. The modified portion includes a base, a step, and a scallop. The base extends a first distance from the major surface. The step extends a second distance from the base. The scallop extends a third distance from the scallop. The scallop is located at a wrap surface of the wrap member. The wrap surface is disposed relatively away from the major surface relative to the step.

Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided, comprising: a compression mechanism comprising a non-orbiting scroll member and an orbiting scroll member, wherein the orbiting scroll member is axially displaceable between an engagement position and a disengagement position; a main bearing housing adapted to support the compression mechanism; a back pressure chamber formed between the orbiting scroll member and the main bearing housing, wherein the back pressure chamber is in communication with at least one of the compression chambers via a communication passage provided in the orbiting scroll member or the non-orbiting scroll member and is adapted to apply a back pressure to the orbiting scroll member to bias the orbiting scroll member toward the engagement position; and a first sealing means provided between the back pressure chamber and a suction zone of the compression mechanism and capable of maintaining sealing when the orbiting scroll member is axially displaced.

Abstract: An oil-flooded screw compressor system includes: a first lubricating oil supply system for supplying lubricating oil to screw parts; and a second lubricating oil supply system for supplying the lubricating oil to a bearing. The first lubricating oil supply system includes: a gas-liquid separator; a first supply flow passage; and a first supply path. The second lubricating oil supply system includes: a lubricating oil reservoir; a second supply flow passage; a second supply path; a first discharge flow passage; and a discharge path. It is possible to suppress dissolution of a gas to be compressed in lubricating oil and to suppress damage to a bearing due to deterioration of the performance of the lubricating oil, even in a case where the gas to be compressed is compatible with the lubricating oil.

Abstract: The disclosure describes a flow conditioning device for dampening pulses and improving performance of a compressor. In one approach, a diffuser device includes a housing member having a first end and a second end, the housing member coupled to an outlet of a compressor, and a diffuser member disposed within the housing member. The diffuser member is in fluid communication with a working fluid delivered from the compressor, and includes a core member extending along a longitudinal axis of the diffuser member, and a plurality of flutes extending radially from the core member. In some approaches, the plurality of flutes and an inner surface of the housing define a plurality of fluid channels for delivering the working fluid from the first end to the second end of the housing member. In some approaches, the diffuser member is rotatably coupled to the housing member.

Abstract: Subsea turbomachine for boosting the pressure of petroleum fluid flow from subsea petroleum productions wells or systems, comprising an electric motor and a compressor or pump driven by the electric motor, a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, distinctive that the turbomachine comprises a pressure housing common for the electric motor or stator, and compressor, pump or rotor; a magnetic gear inside the common pressure housing for operative connection between the motor or stator and compressor, pump or rotor; and a partition inside the common pressure housing, arranged so as to separate a motor or stator compartment from a compressor, pump or rotor compartment.

Abstract: A pumping system for at least one aquatic application includes a motor coupled to a pump and a controller in communication with the motor. The controller is adapted to determine a first motor speed of the motor, determine a reference power consumption using a reference flow rate and a curve of speed versus power consumption for the reference flow rate, and generate a difference value between the reference power consumption and a present power consumption. The controller drives the motor to reach a steady state condition at a second motor speed based on the difference value.

Abstract: A method for use with a pumping system includes receiving a pump command signal for starting a pump; initiating a valve command signal for opening a valve, in response to the receiving the pump command signal; receiving a valve sensor signal indicating that the valve is open; and initiating a pump start command signal, in response to the received valve sensor signal.

Abstract: An auxiliary power unit may comprise a twin centrifugal compressor including a first blade. A turbine may be disposed aft of the twin centrifugal compressor. The turbine may include a second blade. The first blade comprises a first material and the second blade comprises a second material. The first material may the same as the second material. The twin centrifugal compressor may include forward centrifugal compressor and an aft centrifugal compressor disposed aft of the forward centrifugal compressor.

Abstract: A vacuum pump lubricant supply system has a lubricant reservoir and a wicking element. The body portion has opposed major surfaces and a finger. The lubricant reservoir has a major surface engaging one of the opposed major surfaces of the body portion so that lubricant can migrate through the engaging major surfaces into the body portion. The finger projects from the body portion to engage a lubricant transfer device provided on a rotor shaft so that lubricant can wick from the body portion to the lubricant transfer device via the finger. The body portion has an edge provided with a cut-out so that the major surface of the body portion that engages the major surface of the lubricant container has a total surface area that is less than the total surface area of the major surface of the lubricant container.

Abstract: A shroud body has a hollow space. A shroud ring is located in the hollow space. Multiple arms radially extend in the hollow space and connect the shroud body with the shroud ring. Multiple terminals are electrically conductive and are equipped to the shroud ring. Multiple wires are electrically connected with the terminals. At least one of the wires is integrally molded with at least one of the arms.

Abstract: A blower is provided that may include a first suction inlet having a first suction opening formed therein; a second suction inlet having a second suction opening formed therein; at least one fan provided between the first suction inlet and the second suction inlet, to generate a flow of air; a discharge ring provided at an outer side of the at least one fan to discharge air to an outside of the blower; a filter provided at any one of the first suction inlet or the second suction inlet, to filter suctioned air; and a heater provided at the other of the first suction inlet or the second suction inlet, to heat suctioned air.

Abstract: A support plate is accommodated in the interior of a casing, the support plate having a bearing member that rotatably supports a rotating shaft of a brushless motor, together with supporting a circuit substrate on which a control circuit is provided. The casing is constituted by combining a lower side half body and an upper side half body. A second flow passage through which cooling air (air) is allowed to flow is formed in the lower side half body, and a protrusion is provided therein, which serves as a guide member for guiding the cooling air toward the side of (a first flow passage of) the upper side half body.

Abstract: A ventilation assembly having a main housing that can be pre-installed in a wall or ceiling aperture. A fan assembly can be inserted through the aperture and releasably mounted within the main housing. The fan assembly can be removed from the main housing and replaced without removing the main housing from the wall or ceiling. An accessory component can be releasably mounted to the fan assembly either through the aperture when the fan assembly is mounted or prior to installation of the fan assembly.

Abstract: A blower is provided that may include an upper fan that generates a first air current suctioned through a first suction inlet and then discharged; a second fan provided adjacent to the first fan, wherein the second fan generates a second air current suctioned through a second suction inlet and then discharged. The first air current and the second air current may be in a same direction or different directions.

Abstract: A turbocharger including a rotating assembly having a compressor wheel and a turbine wheel mounted on opposite ends of a shaft. A bearing housing supports the rotating assembly and comprises at least two segments. Each segment has an opening large enough to radially receive the rotating assembly. The bearing housing segments are fastened together and a flexible seal may be provided between the segments. The bearing housing may house rolling element bearings or journal bearings, for example. The bearing housing is split axially into an upper segment and a lower segment. Alternatively, the bearing housing is split axially into a left segment and a right segment. The turbocharger may further comprise an electric motor stator disposed in the bearing housing. The bearing housing may also include a defined passageway extending around the stator and configured to receive a cooling liquid.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a casing, an impeller, a motor, a diffuser, a magnetic bearing, and a magnetic bearing backup system including at least one dynamic gas bearing and at least one hydrostatic gas bearing. The impeller is attached to a shaft rotatable about a rotation axis. The motor is configured and arranged to rotate the shaft in order to rotate the impeller. The magnetic bearing rotatably supports the shaft. The magnetic bearing backup system is configured and arranged to support the shaft when the magnetic bearing stops operating. The at least one dynamic gas bearing and the at least one hydrostatic gas bearing of the magnetic bearing backup system are disposed radially inwardly relative to the magnetic bearing.

Abstract: A pump is provided having an impeller in combination with a power transmission shaft. The impeller has a tapered bore with impeller threads. The power transmission shaft has a shaft end with tapered threads configured to couple directly to the impeller threads of the tapered bore of the impeller, to transmit torque directly through the tapered threads, and to provide self axial or radial alignment even if the coupling of the tapered threads and the impeller threads of the tapered bore start out of alignment. The tapered thread configuration substantially reduces investment in lifting equipment and time by maintenance personnel because it eliminates the need for maintenance personnel to precisely align the impeller threads and the tapered threads before attaching or removing the impeller and the tapered threads release much more quickly from the impeller than a standard thread configuration, reducing the number of turns the power transmission shaft must be rotated by hand to free it from the impeller.

Abstract: A device for controlling the flow in a turbomachine, in an embodiment, a centrifugal compressor; the device includes a plurality of fixed blades and a plurality of adjustable blades adjacent to the plurality of fixed blades so that each of the adjustable blades has an aerodynamic interaction with one of the fixed blades; each of the adjustable blades is pivoted to rotate about a fixed axis substantially located at the center of pressure of the adjustable blade; the center of pressure is evaluated when the blade is at a reference orientation.

Abstract: There is provided a centrifugal fan capable of minimizing variations of the vent flow amount of the gas in the direction of the height of the vent. The centrifugal fan 1 of the present invention includes a housing 10 including an intake port 11a and an impeller 20 arranged inside the housing 10, including a base part 21 and a plurality of vanes 25, wherein the intake port 11a takes in gas on one end portion side in the rotary axis direction 33, a face of the base part 21 on a side of the intake port 11a includes a gradient face 22 inclined toward a rotary shaft 33 and the intake port 11a, the plurality of vanes 25 are provided at the gradient face 22, and the width of the vanes 22 in the radial direction is increased from the intake port 11a side toward the gradient face 22.

Abstract: A fan assembly (10) includes a housing (20) with an air inlet (70), a fan inlet (60), and an air outlet (80). The fan assembly further includes an impeller (30) and a motor (40) configured to drive the impeller, the impeller having a plurality of circumferentially positioned spaced blades (34). An air-permeable guard (50) is positioned between the air inlet and the fan inlet to prevent users from touching the impeller (30), and is spaced a first distance (54) from the fan inlet (60), and a second distance from the air inlet (70) so that a filter (90) may be provided between the air inlet (70) and the air-permeable guard (50). Preferably, the first distance (54) is such so as to allow incoming air to at least partially rotate prior to entering the fan inlet.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes an impeller that rotates about an axis; an inlet guide vane including a plurality of vanes disposed on an upstream side of the impeller and provided at intervals in a circumferential direction of the axis, the inlet guide vane being directed inward in the radial direction between adjacent vanes, and forming a guide flow path having an exit angle in the radial direction and guiding the fluid; and a suction flow path that introduces the fluid from a part in a circumferential direction into the inlet guide vane. The exit angle of the vane of the first region on the one side when viewed from the suction flow path in the inlet guide vane is displaced to the suction flow path side as compared to the exit angle of the vane of a second region on the opposite side of the one side.

Abstract: A cooling fan extending vertically to define a longitudinal axis, the cooling fan configured to blow air and mist therefrom. The cooling fan includes a base and multiple stacked duct housings with a fan housing therebetween, each of the duct housing being rotatably coupled to each other. The base includes a water tank associated with an atomizer, an axial flow fan, and a misting tube, the misting tube extending upward from the atomizer along the axis through an air duct defined by the duct housings. Each of the duct housings include an air outlet and a misting outlet to independently disperse air and mist therefrom to be mixed upon exiting the cooling fan. With this arrangement, each one of the duct housings is rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to an adjacent one of the multiple duct housings to provide directional misted air flow from multiple selected positions.

Abstract: A method and device for retrofitting a gas turbine engine for improved hot day performance are disclosed. The method can include removing a first selected stator bladerow from the plurality of compressor stages, the first selected stator bladerow having a first inlet swirl angle and including a first plurality of fixed stator vanes. Each stator vane of the first plurality of fixed stator vanes can have a first stator vane angle. The method can also include providing a first improved stator bladerow to replace the first selected stator bladerow. The first improved stator bladerow can have a second plurality of fixed stator vanes, each having a second stator vane angle smaller than the first stator vane angle. The method can also include replacing the first selected stator bladerow with the first improved stator bladerow to produce an increased pressure ratio and flow rate compared to the first selected stator bladerow.

Abstract: A blowing system includes: a blower; a case including: a blower receiving portion for receiving a heat source of the blower; a gas inlet for suctioning the gas from the outside; a gas passage connected from the gas inlet to a blower inlet; and an inverter receiving portion in which an inverter are installed; and a cooling member for cooling the inverter by using air, and has one end coupled to the inverter and the other end exposed to the gas passage, wherein the blower receiving portion is spatially separated from the gas passage, and the gas flows through the gas passage due to a suctioning force of an impeller, and the cooling member is cooled by the gas. According to the present invention, without separate cooling fans, the inverter may be quickly cooled only with the flow of gas generated by the impeller.

Abstract: An electric supercharger includes an electric motor, a motor housing, a drive circuit, a circuit housing, and a compressing portion. The circuit housing includes an accommodating wall having a shape projecting from an outer surface of the motor housing, and a bottom located at a distal end in the projecting direction of the accommodating wall. The circuit housing together with the motor housing, hermetically confines the drive circuit. The bottom includes a heat release portion that faces the outer side of the circuit housing. The drive circuit is thermally coupled to an inner surface of the heat release portion that faces the inner side of circuit housing.

Abstract: a water pump cooler for CPU wherein coolant may efficiently perform heat exchange, comprising at least: at least a heat absorbing component, at least a heat-transfer water pump, at least a heat exchange component and connecting water pipes, wherein a closed loop is formed by the heat-transfer water pump, connecting water pipes and heat exchange component. The heat-transfer water pump is disposed above the heat absorbing component to serve as a cycle power source for the coolant. The heat-transfer water pump includes at least a water pump component, which includes at least a base plate and a plurality of rotor axial impeller sections and rotor centrifugal impeller sections. The coolant is driven by the rotor axial impeller sections to flow into the rotor centrifugal impeller sections, and is then thrown at a high speed by the rotor centrifugal impeller sections to the heat exchange component for efficient heat dissipation.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to separating solid particles from an airflow in a gas turbine engine. A separator includes a plurality of vortex chambers arranged about a longitudinal axis of the gas turbine engine, each vortex chamber having a clean air outlet at a first end, a dirty outlet at a second end, and an air inlet transverse to the vortex chamber located at the first end. The separator also includes a sealable collection chamber in fluid communication with the dirty outlet of the each of the plurality of vortex chambers.

Abstract: A system for removing a volume of liquid including a pressure-sealed-pump-vessel, at least one liquid-aperture, a liquid-level-control-valve, a liquid-discharge, a sump-pump, a pressure-sealed-suction-vessel, and one or more vessel-connections. The one or more vessel-connections configured to fluidly couple the pressure-sealed-pump-vessel and the pressure-sealed-suction-vessel, in the preferred embodiment. The sump-pump is located within the pressure-sealed-pump-vessel and includes a pump-inlet and a pump-outlet. The pump-inlet fluidly coupled to the liquid-aperture, and the pump-outlet is fluidly coupled to the liquid-discharge. The sump-pump configured to pump the volume of liquid from the pressure-sealed-pump-vessel and from the system via the liquid-discharge to remove the volume of water from a roof surface or other similar horizontal or substantially horizontal surface.

Abstract: A pressure intensifier device for increasing pressure in a pressurized fluid chamber of a piston/cylinder unit and a casting unit provided therewith for a diecasting machine, and also an associated operating method are provided. The pressure intensifier device has a pressure intensifier cylinder and a pressure intensifier piston, which is guided in an axially movable manner in the cylinder, wherein the pressure intensifier cylinder has an outlet region, an inlet region upstream of the outlet region and a piston guiding chamber, and the pressure intensifier piston has a piston part, which is guided in the piston guiding chamber, and a piston rod, which extends from the piston part to the inlet region, in a maximally retracted release position releases a fluid connection between the inlet region and the outlet region and, in a maximally advanced blocking position, blocks this connection with a free end portion, with which it extends into the outlet region.

Abstract: A method for facilitating the distribution of the flow of one or more streams within a bed vessel is provided. Disposed within the bed vessel are internal materials and structures including multiple operating zones. One type of operating zone can be a processing zone composed of one or more beds of solid processing material. Another type of operating zone can be a treating zone. Treating zones can facilitate the distribution of the one or more streams fed to processing zones. The distribution can facilitate contact between the feed streams and the processing materials contained in the processing zones.

Abstract: A phononic material and a method of using a phononic material for use in interacting with a fluid or solid flow are provided. The phononic material includes an interface surface and a subsurface feature. The interface surface is adapted to move in response to a pressure, and/or velocity gradients, associated with complex motion of a turbulent flow exhibiting a polarity of frequencies exerted on the interface surface. The subsurface feature extends from the interface surface. The subsurface feature comprises a phononic crystal or locally resonant metamaterial adapted to receive the pressure, and/or velocity gradients, from the turbulent flow via the interface surface and alter the phase and amplitude of a polarity of frequency components of the turbulent flow in order to reduce or increase the kinetic energy of the turbulent flow.

Abstract: A fluid supply pipe according to an embodiment of the invention includes an internal structure and a pipe body configured to house the internal structure. The pipe body has an inlet and an outlet and has a circular cross-section. The internal structure includes a first portion for diffusing a fluid flowing into the fluid supply pipe through the inlet radially from the center of the fluid supply pipe, the first portion being placed in the inlet side of the pipe body when the internal structure is housed in the pipe body, a second portion placed downstream from the first portion and including a plurality of spiral vanes to swirl the fluid diffused by the first portion, and a third portion placed downstream from the second portion and including a plurality of protrusions on its outer circumferential surface.

Abstract: A post clamp is disclosed as it may include one or more buffer components. In an example, each buffer component has a first shape on a post side and a second shape on a strap side. The post side is substantially flat and the strap side is substantially arc shaped. In an example, the post clamp also includes a fastener configured to strap the at least one buffer component against a post to secure the at least one buffer component to the post. In an example, the strap side of each of the buffer components has ridges forming a valley between the ridges. The fastener is configured to sit within the valley between the ridges so that the ridges maintain the fastener each of the buffer components and keep the fastener from slipping partially or fully off of the buffer components.

Abstract: Connection devices for connecting together a filter, a regulator, and a lubricator, which constitute a fluidic unit, are each provided with: a base member having a hole; a pair of first and second fastening members which are mounted to one side surface and the other side surface of the base members; and first and second holders held by the first and second fastening members. The first and second holders are engaged with the engagement protrusions of the filter, the regulator, and the lubricator, and first and second nuts are engaged with the first and second fastening members through threads to connect the fluidic devices together through the first and second holders. Caps are fitted over the first holders and the first nuts.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses an apparatus for assembling a multi-component structure. The apparatus for assembling includes a pushing member fixed to a first component, a latch unit corresponding to the pushing member, the latch unit fixed to a second component. when the first component is not installed to a predetermined position of the second component, the latch unit stays in a locking position to prevent the second component from being installed to a third component; when the first component is installed to the predetermined position of the second component, the latch unit stays in an unlocking position and the second component is released to be installed to the third component. A multi-component structure is further disclosed.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a connecting arrangement comprising a first connecting part and a second connecting part, which are mechanically connectable to one another, wherein the first connecting part has a first clamping surface, wherein the first clamping surface has a first embossed pattern, the second connecting part has a second clamping surface, wherein the second clamping surface has a second embossed pattern, wherein the second embossed pattern is at least partially a negative pattern of the first embossed pattern, and wherein, when bringing together the first clamping surface and the second clamping surface, the first embossed pattern engages positively into the second embossed pattern.