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FLIP Pump

FLIP Pump

FLIP Pump

(OP)

Hi! We are Spanishh-English translator and we have to translate a handbook about Water Pumps.
We really don't understand what the author wants to say with Flip Pump. We've been searching on the Internet but we haven't found anything.
Could anyone help us?
Thank you very much indeed!  

RE: FLIP Pump

Can you put it in context - it may be a bit clearer

RE: FLIP Pump

(OP)
The problem is that the context is in Spanish and we don't know how to transalte it into English if we don't know the meaning of this concept..

RE: FLIP Pump

put the Spanish text here, there are people here who can translate.

RE: FLIP Pump

(OP)
This is the Spanish context:

Existe gran cantidad de variaciones de bombas de inducción(...)
En la bomba FLIP, el conducto de la bomba es un tubo con un diámetro inferior, como si estuviera estirado, el cual pasa a través del espacio existente entre dos estatores. La acción de bombeo está creada por la reacción entre la corriente inducida en el metal líquido y el campo inducido a las bobinas del estátor.


 

RE: FLIP Pump

It appears to be an electromagnetic pump, for pumping conductive fluids, liquified metals, etc.
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There's a lot of variations of induction pumps..
With the Flip pump, the flow conduit is a smaller diameter tube smaller than what, I don't know stretched actoss the space between the stators.  The pumping action is created by the reaction between the induced flow, the liquid metal and the field induced by the stator bobbins.
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Not my kind of pump, so I know nothing aobut it other than what appears in the translation.

 

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"Pumping systems account for nearly 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25% to 50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities." - DOE statistic  (Note: Make that 99.99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/

RE: FLIP Pump

BigInch
Just about to run a rough translation on it - but seems you are on the ball - think I have a good idea what it is but need to do some research on it - later.

  

RE: FLIP Pump

One foot on the ball.  Just saw it should be "the reaction between the induced current", not induced flow.

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"Pumping systems account for nearly 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25% to 50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities." - DOE statistic  (Note: Make that 99.99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/

RE: FLIP Pump

sounds like a flexible tube which is squeezed between opposing stator which are shuttled back and forth - giving a perastalic pump action.
A search under electromagnetic pumps turns up a great number of sites to investigate.

RE: FLIP Pump

Art, it says "conductive liquids", so I definately get the impression that this thing is forcing flow via electromagnetic fields alone.  No squeezing, squashing, piston pushing, spinning, of any kind.  I suspect that the stators and bobbins are electromagnets that turn on and off to alternatly push and pull the liquid through the conduit.  I also think that the conduit narrows in diameter a bit from one stator to the next, tending to increase pressure-velocity at exit.

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"Pumping systems account for nearly 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25% to 50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities." - DOE statistic  (Note: Make that 99.99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/

RE: FLIP Pump

Did you check the link I posted - it followed a search after my comment re peristaltic pumps.  

RE: FLIP Pump

That just "appeared" now.  I sware it wasn't there before now.  That looks's like it is indeed the gizmo we're looking for.

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"Pumping systems account for nearly 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25% to 50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities." - DOE statistic  (Note: Make that 99.99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/

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