An axial flux motor water pump comprising a housing, a cover attached to the housing, a stator mounted within the housing, the stator comprising a plurality of stator poles mounted in a ring, each stator pole comprising an electric wire winding, a rotor journaled to the housing in cooperating relation to the stator on a single bearing, an impeller fixed to an end of the rotor, a plurality of magnets mounted to an end of the rotor in cooperative relation to the stator poles, a seal between the rotor and housing whereby the stator and magnets are in a dry zone, the stator enrobed in thermal potting within the housing; and power electronics contained in the cover. The rotor portion of the rotor may be manufactured in a sintering process.

A smart molten metal pump system and method automatically controls the operating speed of the pump rather than requiring an operator to control the speed. The system includes a pump, a controller for controlling the speed of the pump and one or more vibration sensors (such as an accelerometer) to measure vibration. The controller receives input about the vibration of the pump or one or more pump components, and possibly other data, such as the temperature of the molten metal, and/or the depth of the molten metal, ad/or parameters related to the operation of the pump. The controller analyzes the one or more inputs to vary the speed of the pump, turn the pump off, and/or send a communication to an operator.

To design the rotor (6, 6′, 6″, 6′″, 60, 60′) as compressible in the radial direction in a fluid pump, in particular for microinvasive medical use, said rotor is configured as stretchable in its longitudinal direction (16) by push elements and pull elements acting axially on it.

A pump assembly is disclosed comprising, a pump including a pump housing having a fluid inlet. At least one fluid outlet extends from the pump housing. An impeller driven by a motor is mounted in the pump housing arranged to move a fluid from the fluid inlet to the at least one fluid outlet. A valve rotatably mounted between the impeller and the at least one fluid outlet selectively controls the flow of fluid through the at least one fluid outlet.

An electric submersible pump includes a pump, an electric motor that is coupled to the pump by a rotatable shaft, a seal section that is positioned between the pump and the electric motor. The seal section contains an additive and a motor oil for the electric motor. The additive includes one or more superabsorbent polymers or imidate salts to contact the motor oil and to react with a wellbore fluid from a wellbore to prevent premature failure of the electric submersible pump from the wellbore fluid contamination of the motor oil.

A related heating or cooling apparatus, namely a fluid circulator (100) for heating or cooling systems comprising: a body pump (1) having an impeller for moving the fluid; an electric motor (2) for rotating the impeller, the electric motor (2) comprising at least one electrical winding (21); at least one terminal (22) of an electrical power supply wiring of the electric motor (2); at least one electrical connection (5) between the terminal (22) and an end of the at least one electrical winding (21). The at least one electrical winding (21) is made of aluminum or alloys thereof, and the fluid circulator is provided with a protection element configured for sealingly enclosing the at least one electrical connection (5).

In a pump housing having an interior for accommodating a pump rotor, which may be transferred from a radially compressed state into a radially expanded state, and comprises a housing skin revolving in circumferential direction, as well as at least one reinforcement element, a stretch-resistant element revolving in circumferential direction is provided, which is stretched less than 5% in the expanded state as opposed to the force-free state in circumferential direction, and which limits any further expansion of the pump housing in radial direction.

A plastic pump comprises a complete body having an inner body made of a fluorine resin and an outer body made of a plastic material by molding the plastic material in a first mold after fixing a pre-manufactured inner body to the first mold, an impeller made of a fluorine resin material by means of injection molding, and an impeller cover made of a plastic material by molding the plastic material in a second mold to protect the impeller, and a fluid transporting path is lined with the fluorine resin of the inner body.

A stop seal for application of high temperature and high pressure is disclosed. A stop seal contains a first seal member and a second seal member, wherein the stop seal can prevent a fluid of high temperature and high pressure from leaking into an atmospheric space because, when the fluid of high temperature is introduced and the first seal member is moved toward a direction adjacent to a pump shaft, an opposite side of the second seal member is moved from a first position to a second position by the first seal member so as to block a gap between a pump side and a housing.

A system according to aspects of the invention includes a pump and a refractory casing that houses the pump or is in fluid communication with the pump. As the pump operates it moves molten metal upward through an uptake section of the casing until it reaches a rectangular outlet wherein it exits the vessel. The rectangular outlet is configured to be connected to, or may be attached to, a launder. Another system uses a wall to divide a cavity of the chamber into two portions. The wall has an opening and a pump pumps molten metal from a first portion into a second portion until the level in the second portion reaches an outlet and exits the vessel.