A technique for providing a water pumping system suitable for fighting wildfire, flood mediation, sewage transport, and the like is revealed. The system includes an internal combustion engine, a CVT with an input shaft and an output shaft, and a pump with an axial flow impeller. In one variation, multiple impeller stages are used and/or several systems are daisy-chained to provide for suitable delivery of water from its source. In another form, the system is carried by an all-terrain vehicle, side-by-side, or the like, to reach remote areas that need to move water to address a hazardous condition.

An aircraft cabin blower system includes: a transmission configured to receive mechanical power from a first part of a gas turbine engine in the form of a first transmission input; and an electrical circuit including a first electrical machine, a second electrical machine, and a power management system, wherein an output of the transmission is configured to drive a cabin blower compressor when operating in a blower mode, the first electrical machine being configured to receive mechanical power from a second part of the gas turbine engine and act as a generator to provide electrical power to the power management system, and the second electrical machine being configured to act as a motor providing mechanical power to the transmission in the form of a second transmission input, the second electrical machine being driven by electrical power from the power management system.

A connection system for an implantable blood pump including a pump housing having an impeller disposed therein and a motor housing including a motor disposed therein, the motor housing spaced a distance from the pump housing. A flexible outer sheath couples the pump housing to the motor housing, the outer sheath defining a maximum total length between 7 and 10 centimeters. An inner shaft is coaxial with the outer sheath and couples the motor to the impeller.

A lubricant pump for conveying lubricant from a lubricant reservoir to a pump outlet includes a pump housing with a longitudinal axis. The pump housing has a receiving opening for a pump unit, a lubricant inlet opening and a lubricant outlet opening opening into the receiving opening, a pump drive, and a pump unit with a reciprocatingly movable delivery piston. The pump unit has a suction opening, which corresponds with the lubricant outlet opening when the pump unit is inserted into the receiving opening, and an outlet opening for lubricant. A coupling mechanism for driving the at least one pump unit includes an eccentric element which is rotatable about the longitudinal axis, a drive-side coupling section connected to the eccentric element, and a pump-side coupling section. The drive-side coupling section and the pump-side coupling section can be connected to one another automatically via a resilient latching connection.

A vertical pump has a motor support for arranging between a lower pump assembly and an upper motor assembly in relation to a vertical pump axis. The motor support features a base plate for coupling to the lower pump assembly; a mounting plate for coupling to the upper motor assembly; and at least three pairs of truss elements connected between the base plate and the mounting plate and oriented obliquely in relation to the vertical pump axis, each pair having respective truss elements with converging ends coupled to one of the base plate or mounting plate at a substantially common point and with diverging ends coupled to the other of the base plate or mounting plate at different points.

A pump group for a cooling system of an engine of a vehicle, of the dual type is provided. The pump group includes an impeller mounted on a shaft commandable in rotation by an electric drive and a mechanical drive. The mechanical drive includes a rotating member commandable in rotation by mechanical movement devices in the vehicle, a rotary drum operatively connected to the shaft, a centrifugal clutch device including a central body integrally attached to the rotating member and a plurality of engagement elements movably fixed on the central body suitable to translate in a radial direction with respect to the axis (X-X) to engage the rotary drum.

Disclosed are a bailer-type long-shaft pump and a pump station constructed using the long-shaft pump. The long-shaft pump comprises a bailer vehicle (110), a long shaft (120), a bearing (130), a transmission device (140) and an electric motor (150). The transmission device comprises a planetary gearbox (141), an orthogonal shaft gearbox (142) and a frequency converter (143); one end of the long shaft (120) successively passes through the bearing (130), the planetary gearbox (141), the orthogonal shaft gearbox (142) and the frequency converter (143), so as to be in transmission connection with a drive shaft of the electric motor (150); and the bailer vehicle (110) comprises a cylindrical base (112) and at least three blades (111) distributed on the surface of the cylindrical base (112) in an annular array radially extending from the center of the long shaft. Two adjacent blades and the surface of the cylindrical base forms a bailer capable of bailing water from a lower water side of a channel to a higher water side of the channel. The pump station (200) comprises a pump station foundation (210), several equipment rooms (231) transversely distributed at intervals and constructed on the pump station foundation (210), and two ends of the long shaft (120) of the bailer-type long-shaft pump (100) are supported on side walls of two adjacent equipment rooms. The bailer-type long-shaft pump achieve large water flow and low lift, the pump station is space-saving, has shorter construction cycle, and reduces investment and operation costs.

A pump combination guard and methods of use thereof, having an inner housing or guard configured to cover mechanical seal assembly and the motor coupling housed between a drive motor and a fluid pump to enable foam spray nozzles to be directly inserted into the coupling guard housings for fire suppression and an outer Air scoop housing or guard configured to direct motor induced airflow over the mechanical seal assembly thereby enabling fire protection and cooling to extend seal life and to protect mechanical seals from pre-mature failure.

A pump assembly (1) includes a rotor shaft, a pump base (3), a pump housing (5), a motor housing (9) enclosing a motor for driving the rotor shaft, and a motor stool (7) that includes a motor coupling portion (13) and a pump coupling portion (15). The pump housing encloses one or more impeller stages (10) arranged between the motor stool and the pump base. The motor stool is clamped to the pump base by at least two tie rods (17). The motor stool includes at least two fixation protrusions (39) each having a protrusion end (41) in the motor coupling portion. Each of the tie rods is fixed to the motor stool by way of a fastener (37) at least partially extending through one of the fixation protrusions. Each fastener is only accessible when the motor housing is decoupled from the motor coupling portion of the motor stool.

A pump assembly (1) for a vehicle cooling system comprising an impeller (20) and an impeller shaft (200) extending along an impeller axis (X-X). The pump assembly (1) comprises an electric drive (30) and a mechanical drive (40). The pump assembly (1) also comprises transmission means (5) comprising a kinematic transmission assembly (50) comprising an impeller gear (52), a first command gear (53), operatively connected to the electric drive (30) and to the impeller gear (52), and a second command gear (54) operatively connected to the mechanical drive (40) and to the impeller gear (52). Wherein said impeller gear (52) is driven in rotation by the first command gear (53) or by the second command gear (54).