Systems for a plastic pump/actuator capable of containing and pumping organic solvents and lubricants and having a more desirable lubricity within the system. The system has at least two cylinders, with plungers therein, oppositely disposed from each other and configured to operably connect to a pump.

The present disclosure relates to a mixer device having a housing including at least first and second adjacent mixing cells (2, 3), each cell (2, 3) including a fluid inlet opening (21, 31) and a fluid outlet opening (22, 32), the inlet opening being offset from the outlet opening so that the axis of the inlet opening is parallel to the axis of the outlet opening, the outlet opening of the first cell being connected to the inlet opening of the second cell via a connecting channel.

An insert assembly for a foam generating device includes a first insert and a second insert with a channel defined therethrough. Inserts may be formed by two shell halves that are coupleable to one another to define the channel. A plurality of ribs extends along an interior surface of the channel. The channel is configured to grip porous pad structures by the plurality of ribs for generating form by breaking-up the cleaning solution and agitating. The ribs may be arranged horizontally relative to a longitudinal axis of the insert assembly. Inserts may be arranged in series along a longitudinal axis of the foam generating device.

The present disclosure relates to a method for forming a transport mechanism for transporting at least one of a gas or a liquid. The method may comprise using a 3D printing operation to form the mechanism with an inlet and an outlet, and controlling the 3D printing operation to create the mechanism as an engineered surface structure formed in a layer-by-layer process. The method may further comprise controlling the 3D printing operation such that the engineered surface structure includes a plurality of cells propagating periodically in three dimensions, with non-intersecting, non-flat, continuously curving wall portions which form two non-intersecting domains, and where the wall portions have openings forming a plurality of flow paths extending in three orthogonal dimensions throughout from the inlet to the outlet, and such that the engineered cellular structure has wall portions having a mean curvature other than zero.

Provided in one embodiment is a method of making, comprising: exposing a raw material having a first viscosity to a first pressure and a first temperature such that the raw material after the exposure has a second viscosity, wherein the raw material comprises particles comprising at least one electrically conductive material, and wherein the second viscosity is sufficiently low for the raw material to be adapted for a hydrodynamic cavitation process; and subjecting the raw material having the second viscosity to the hydrodynamic cavitation process to make a product material having a third viscosity. Apparatus employed to apply the method and the exemplary compositions made in accordance with the method are also provided.

A water processing system is provided for processing or conditioning water to be distributed to a downstream function or system. The system includes a water processor with a conditioning element disposed inside a housing between an inlet and outlet of the housing. The conditioning element includes a series of plates having apertures with sharp edges to direct the flow of water and facilitate splitting of small gas bubbles into even smaller nano-bubbles. The plates may have different configurations of apertures. Optionally, a mixer injector introduces a gas, in the form of gas bubbles, into the water flow upstream of the water processor. The injector introduces additional gas volume in the form of relatively large bubbles, which are subsequently split into smaller bubbles (including nano-bubbles) in the water processor.

A method for producing an ultrafine-bubble-containing liquid includes: supplying a liquid containing at least one substance selected from a group stated below to a liquid supply region where an ejection orifice forming member in which an ejection orifice with a minute diameter is formed is disposed; and ejecting the liquid from the ejection orifice as a droplet by causing a pressure application unit in contact with the liquid to apply pressure to the liquid supplied to the liquid supply region. The group consists of a thermally denaturing material, inorganic salts, amino acids and their salts, carbohydrates/sugars and their salts, organic polymers and their salts, inorganic polymers and their salts, a dispersion, and an organic liquid.

A method for producing an ultrafine-bubble-containing liquid includes: supplying a liquid containing at least one substance selected from a group stated below to a liquid supply region where an ejection orifice forming member in which an ejection orifice with a minute diameter is formed is disposed; and ejecting the liquid from the ejection orifice as a droplet by causing a pressure application unit in contact with the liquid to apply pressure to the liquid supplied to the liquid supply region. The group consists of a thermally denaturing material, inorganic salts, amino acids and their salts, carbohydrates/sugars and their salts, organic polymers and their salts, inorganic polymers and their salts, a dispersion, and an organic liquid.

The invention generally relates to a mixing device. In certain embodiments, devices of the invention include a fluidic inlet, a fluidic outlet, and a chamber, the chamber being configured to produce a plurality of fluidic vortexes within the chamber.

The present disclosure relates to a mixer device having a housing including at least first and second adjacent mixing cells (2, 3), each cell (2, 3) including a fluid inlet opening (21, 31) and a fluid outlet opening (22, 32), the inlet opening being offset from the outlet opening so that the axis of the inlet opening is parallel to the axis of the outlet opening, the outlet opening of the first cell being connected to the inlet opening of the second cell via a connecting channel.