Provided is a sliding component capable of stably reducing the frictional resistance of a sliding surface entailing eccentric rotation. A sliding component has an annular shape with high-pressure and low-pressure fluids facing inside and outside of the sliding component and has a sliding surface relatively sliding with eccentric rotation. The sliding surface is provided with a plurality of high-pressure grooves open to a space in which the high-pressure fluid exists and a plurality of low-pressure grooves open to a space in which the low-pressure fluid exists. The high-pressure and low-pressure grooves are arranged in a circumferential direction.

A rotary internal combustion engine with a rotor body made at least in major part of a first material, including at least one land protruding axially from each of its end faces and defining a contact surface extending at a fixed position with respect to the end faces. The contact surface frictionally engages a portion of the inner surface of the internal cavity of the engine, and at least the outer surface of the land includes a second material. The second material has a greater wear resistance than that of the first material with respect to frictional engagement with the portion of the inner surface of the internal cavity contacting the land. A method of axially positioning a rotor of a rotary engine within an internal cavity of an outer body of the engine are also discussed.

The non-lubricated compressor (10) for compressing a gas, comprises: a stationary stator (12) with a housing (18) comprising a rotor cavity (20) delimited by a bottom wall (22), a top wall (24), and a lateral wall (26) connecting said bottom wall (22) and said top wall (24), a rotor element (14) arranged for rotation about an axis (z) within the rotor cavity (20) for compressing a gas therein, a self-supporting sealing element (16) arranged within the rotor cavity (20), wherein the sealing element (16) is made of an abradable carbon material, and comprises a wall portion (34) arranged on an inner surface of the lateral wall (26) of the rotor cavity (20).

In order to construct to be as lightweight and compact as possible, so that it can be used for example in automotive technology, the compressor including a compressor housing, a scroll compressor unit that is arranged in the compressor housing and has a first, stationary compressor body and a second compressor body that is movable in relation to the stationary compressor body, whereof first and second scroll vanes, in the shape of a circle involute, engage in one another to form compressor chambers when the second compressor body is moved in relation to the first compressor body on an orbital path, an axial guide that supports the movable compressor body to prevent movements in the direction parallel to a centre axis of the stationary compressor body and, in the event of movements, guides it in the direction transverse to the centre axis, a drive motor that drives an eccentric drive for the scroll compressor unit, wherein the eccentric drive has an entrainer that is driven by the drive motor, that revolves on a path about a centre axis of a drive shaft and that cooperates with an entrainer receptacle in the second compressor body, and a coupling that prevents the second compressor body from rotating freely, it is proposed that the axial guide should support a compressor body base, which carries the scroll vane, of the second compressor body against an axial support face, in that the axial support face abuts a sliding body such that it is slidable transversely to the centre axis, the sliding body for its part being supported, such that it is slidable transversely to the centre axis, on a carrier element that is arranged in the compressor housing.

The purpose of the present invention is to suppress the occurrence of unevenness in a rotor of an internal gear pump, suppress the formation of gaps between the end surfaces (side surfaces) of an inner rotor and an outer rotor, and to prevent a decline in volume efficiency. Thus, the pump device of the present invention includes an internal gear pump (10), in which an inner rotor (13) is inscribed to an outer rotor (12), and includes a plate member (7) which is provided to an end surface of the rotors. The plate member (7) is formed of a material having high hardness, has a shape that does not block a suction port (150), has a through-hole (73) formed therein, and has O-ring grooves (71,72), which each have a continuous shape and house an O-ring formed therein.

An improved repair method and repair kit for gerotor pumps that have become damaged or worn in order to allow the pump to create a sound seal once more.

The non-lubricated compressor (10) for compressing a gas, comprises: a stationary stator (12) with a housing (18) comprising a rotor cavity (20) delimited by a bottom wall (22), a top wall (24), and a lateral wall (26) connecting said bottom wall (22) and said top wall (24), a rotor element (14) arranged for rotation about an axis (z) within the rotor cavity (20) for compressing a gas therein, a self-supporting sealing element (16) arranged within the rotor cavity (20), wherein the sealing element (16) is made of an abradable carbon material, and comprises a wall portion (34) arranged on an inner surface of the lateral wall (26) of the rotor cavity (20).

A scroll machine, in particular a scroll compressor, has a first scroll unit with a base and a scroll rib protruding from the base with a scroll rib tip, a second scroll unit with a base and a scroll rib protruding from the base with a scroll rib tip. The first scroll unit can be moved along an orbital path relative to the second scroll unit and the first scroll unit and the second scroll unit engage with each other to form pressure chambers, and the scroll rib of a scroll rib tip having a face seal abuts sealingly to the base of the respective other scroll unit. The base of the first scroll unit and/or the base of the second scroll unit include(s) a pocket with an insert plate arranged in the pocket. Also contemplated is a refrigeration system.