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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160123328 | Pump Arrangement and Method for Producing a Containment Shell for the Pump Arrangement - A pump arrangement, particularly a magnetic clutch pump arrangement, is provided. The pump arrangement includes a containment can with a central longitudinal axis which hermetically seals an enclosed chamber with respect to the inner chamber formed by the pump housing. The containment can has a base with at least one bead extending into the inner chamber. The at least one bead is radially spaced from the central longitudinal axis of the containment shell by at least one defined distance relationship. A method for producing a such containment can for a pump arrangement is also provided. | 05-05-2016 |
20160115961 | Pump Arrangement - A pump arrangement, in particular a magnetic clutch pump arrangement, is provided. The pump arrangement includes a pump housing containing an impeller shaft, a containment shell which seals an enclosed chamber within the inner chamber of the pump housing, an impeller mounted on one end of the impeller shaft, an inner rotor mounted on the other end of the impeller shaft, a drive motor, a drive shaft that can be driven by the drive motor, and an outer rotor which is mounted on the drive shaft and co-operates with the inner rotor. The external rotor has a hub with a through-bore having a hub interior surface. The hub interior surface includes an axial groove extending parallel to the axis of rotation which cooperates with a feather key and a key groove of the drive shaft to rotationally secure the hub to the drive shaft. At least one radially circumferential first groove and at least one radially circumferential second groove in the hub interior surface receive tolerance rings. | 04-28-2016 |
20160108923 | Pump Arrangement - A pump arrangement, in particular a magnetic coupling pump arrangement, includes a pump housing having an interior, a split case which hermetically seals a chamber surrounded by the split case from the interior formed by the pump housing, an impeller shaft with an impeller thereon which can be driven in a rotatable manner about a rotational axis, an inner rotor arranged at an end of the impeller shaft opposite the impeller end, an outer rotor which interacts with the inner rotor, and an adapter element which connects the split case to the pump housing or to a component paired with the pump housing, in particular a housing cover. The adapter element includes a mounting flange which rests against a support surface of the pump housing, in particular of the housing cover ( | 04-21-2016 |
20160084258 | Pump Arrangement Comprising a Plain Bearing Arrangement - A pump arrangement, in particular a magnetic clutch pump arrangement, is provided. The pump arrangement includes a pump housing containing an impeller shaft, an impeller, a casing cover adjacent to the impeller and supporting a plain bearing arrangement. The pump arrangement also includes a containment shell which seals an enclosed chamber within the inner chamber of the pump housing. The plain bearing arrangement includes first and second bearing sleeves connected to the impeller shaft, a first bearing bush which cooperates with the first bearing sleeve via a radial bearing surface and is connected to the pump housing or to a component secured to the pump housing a second bearing bush which cooperates with the second bearing sleeve via a radial bearing surface and is connected to the pump housing or to a component secured to the pump housing, and a retainer ring mounted between the first and second bearing sleeves. The retainer ring has, in the end surface facing the first bearing bush a first annular groove which receives a first axial bearing ring, and in the end surface facing the second bearing bush a second annular groove which receives a second axial bearing ring. | 03-24-2016 |
20160036356 | Method for Starting a Variable-Speed Electric Motor - The invention relates to a method for starting a variable-speed electric motor, wherein upon detection of locking of the motor shaft a positive torque is applied to the motor shaft, and wherein the positive torque is continuously modified with different frequencies to overcome the locking. | 02-04-2016 |
20150372577 | Rotor, Reluctance Machine and Production Method for a Rotor - A rotor for a reluctance machine is provided. The rotor includes a cylindrical soft-magnetic element having cutouts for forming magnetic flux barriers. Some or all of the flux barriers are divided by one or more webs, with the profile of the individual webs forming a closed line which divides the rotor in the radial direction into an inner and an outer region. The cut-outs may be partially or fully filled with a a paramagnetic or diamagnetic filler material. | 12-24-2015 |
20150340971 | Method for synchronizing a synchronous reluctance electric machine - A method of synchronizing a synchronous reluctance electric machine wherein the machine has no speed and/or residual magnetization voltage sensor and includes power terminals and rotating masses whose mechanical rotation frequency is subjected to speed transients caused by power cut-off conditions. The method includes at least one step of applying a control voltage with predetermined amplitude and duration to the terminals after the transients, and one step of detecting the electric current induced by the control voltage, the current induced by the voltage having a harmonic spectrum variable according to the frequency differential between the frequency of the control voltage and the mechanical rotation frequency of the rotating masses, to restore power and synchronous rotation control of the machine. | 11-26-2015 |
20150192452 | Filling Level Measurement - Apparatus and method for determining the filling level of a liquid in a container is provided. The apparatus includes at least one element coupled with a body at least partially immersed in the liquid, the at least one element transmitting and/or receiving acoustic signals. The at least one element may include an element that both transmits and receives acoustic signals, and may include elements that have a transmitting-only element and a receiving-only element. The acoustic signals generated by the at least one element propagate along a surface of the body, which may be solid or hollow. The body is arranged in such a manner that at least one part of a surface can be wetted by the liquid. The body has, at different container heights, regions which reflect the acoustic signals that may be detected and analyzed by a unit to determine the container liquid level. | 07-09-2015 |
20140284934 | Energy Generating Unit - An energy generating unit for generating electric energy from water power is provided. At least one turbine system is installed in a conventional standard container in a channel which rungs in the standard container. The channel is arranged in the flow direction of a surrounding body of water. A fishway is provided on or in the standard container. | 09-25-2014 |
20140248141 | Turbocompressor and Use - A radial turbocompressor having at least two compressor stages is provided. A motor is co-axially located on a shaft with radial impellers of the compressor stages, and the motor and the compressor stages are arranged in a common, vertically-split housing. The medium to be compressed enters the housing through an intake opening in the housing, flows past and/or through the motor, and then is compressed in the compressor stages. The medium leaves the housing through an discharge opening that is arranged co-axially with the shaft, thereby minimizing axial forces in the turbocompressor. | 09-04-2014 |
20140202544 | Fitting For Changing Liquid Paths - A fitting for changing liquid paths, in particular for systems with a pressure exchanger, is provided. The pressure exchanger has pipes having alternating flow direction. The casing of the fitting includes an inlet piece, an outlet piece and a connection piece and at least one shut-off member connected to an actuator. The actuator is connected to a control device that controls the actuator to control a liquid flow between the inlet piece and the connection piece, or between the connection piece and the outlet piece. An actuator displaces a respective shut-off member arranged in each of the inlet piece and the outlet piece, with the shut-off members being axially displaceable to vary the size of flow openings that permit flow between the inlet piece and the connection piece or between the connection piece and the outlet piece. | 07-24-2014 |
20140202450 | Solar Array, Arrangement with a Plurality of Solar Arrays and Use of the Solar Array or the Arrangement - A solar array is provided with a first heat-transfer fluid transporting line (parabolic trough loop) for transporting a first heat transfer fluid, and at least one further heat-transfer fluid transporting line for transporting a further heat transfer fluid arranged to receive solar energy from, for example, a parabolic-trough solar array. The first heat-transfer fluid transporting line and the further heat-transfer fluid transporting line are coupled to form an overall heat-transfer fluid transporting line (for example, as a parabolic trough loop). The first heat-transfer fluid transporting line is connected to at least one main line pump for pumping the first heat transfer fluid through the heat-transfer-fluid transporting line and the further heat-transfer fluid transporting line is connected to at least one further main line pump for pumping the further heat transfer fluid through the further heat-transfer-fluid transporting line. The first and further heat-transfer fluids may be the same fluid. | 07-24-2014 |
20140196277 | Rotor Having a Squirrel Cage | 07-17-2014 |
20140134013 | Immersion Pump and Method for Assembling an Immersion Pump - An immersion pump is provided, the pump having an integral housing with an inlet opening on an intake side, an outlet opening on a delivery side, a passage for electrical lines, an electronic unit for processing power and optionally information signals, an electric motor, a pressure chamber and a pump unit. The electronic unit, the electric motor, the pressure chamber and the pump unit may be pre-assembled to an insert, with the pre-assembled insert being supported on one end of the housing. An axial clamping and/or fastening system, in particular a tapered locking arrangement, is provided on the opposite end of the housing. | 05-15-2014 |
20140064970 | Impeller for Centrifugal Pumps - An impeller of a centrifugal pump is provided. The impeller includes at least two blades ( | 03-06-2014 |
20130251540 | Method and Control Device for Variable Rotational Speed Control of a Displacement Pump Unit and Displacement Pump Arrangement - A displacement pump arrangement, method for operating the displacement pump arrangement and a control device for controlling the displacement pump arrangement provide rotational-speed-variable control of an expeller pump unit for feeding a fluid. The arrangement includes an expeller pump and a drive, the drive being composed of an electric drive motor and a frequency converter, and a control device. The control device controls a state value such as a final pressure of the expeller pump a setpoint value. The control device detects state values of a control variable are supplied by the drive, in particular relating to the position, rotational speed and torque of the drive motor, and adjusts the displacement pump output to reach the setpoint value without using sensors. | 09-26-2013 |
20130243638 | Magnetic Material And A Method For Producing Same - A magnetic material is provided, the magnetic material including a powder composite material sintered from at least one magnetizable alloy powder of a high energy density, and fibers admixed with the powder composite. The fibers may be aligned in one direction to improve at least one of high-melting, high-modulus and high-strength material properties. | 09-19-2013 |
20130230381 | Device For Monitoring A Pump - A device and a method for monitoring rotating components in centrifugal pumps or systems which comprise centrifugal pumps is provided. The device includes a first unit which is located on or in the component to be monitored having at least one component property sensor, a sensor signal evaluation unit, a transmitting unit for transmitting analysis results to a receiver arranged spatially separate from the monitored component, and a source for supplying power. The device further includes a second unit having a receiver unit, a transmitted signal evaluation unit, and a sensed component property display and/or information communication element. The analysis result transmission from the first unit to the second unit is acoustic. | 09-05-2013 |
20130121817 | Centrifugal Pump - A centrifugal pump including a rotor and a housing surrounding the rotor, the housing having a connection on the pressure side and another on the intake side, respectively. The housing surrounding the rotor is constructed as a composite part in which a first thin-walled layer ( | 05-16-2013 |
20130029315 | Control of Biogas Plants - A method and an apparatus for producing biogas from organic matter including a container ( | 01-31-2013 |
20120282122 | Rotor Having a Squirrel Cage | 11-08-2012 |
20120242046 | Slide Ring Seal Arrangement for High Circumferential Velocities - A slide ring seal for high circumferential velocities for sealing liquids with little or no electrical conductivity, such as low-salt feed water for feed water pumps including a pair of slide rings, one of which is rotationally fixed and the other of which rotates with a rotating component. The slide rings have interacting sliding surfaces which form a region loaded with the liquid to be sealed relative to a sealing gap. One ring is formed of material with satisfactory electrical conductivity and the other of low conductivity material. The seal is arranged in a dead-end circuit of a rotating component to be sealed and is connected to a cooling system. A metering device is provided in the circuit for introducing a substance as a function of a slide ring seal leak to maintain the electrical conductivity of the liquid between 3 and 500 μS/cm. | 09-27-2012 |
20120217677 | Boxless Casting Mold and Method for the Production Thereof - A boxless casting form which is separated horizontally and which is composed of a lower casting body ( | 08-30-2012 |
20120188843 | Axially Operating Stirring Element Manufactured from Sheet Metal - An axially operating stirring element, preferably a propeller manufactured from sheet metal, having propeller blades arranged radially around an axis (A) and in which at least one propeller blade has a sharpened edge on the discharge or trailing edge side. | 07-26-2012 |
20120111419 | Method for Delivering Fluids Using a Centrifugal Pump - A method for delivering a fluid using a centrifugal pump ( | 05-10-2012 |
20120111114 | Method and Apparatus for Determining an Operating Point of a Work Machine - Method and apparatus for determining an operating point of a work machine and/or asynchronous motor driving the same, the operating point being characterized by the power consumed by and/or output rate of the machine, in which one or more operating point-dependent measurement variables of the machine are detected by sensors, and the measured values are evaluated and/or stored during operation of the machine. The operating point is determined without using electric measurement variables of the motor by determining a frequency linearly proportional to the fundamental tone of the machine through signal analysis, especially frequency analysis of a measured mechanical variable selected from pressure, differential pressure, power, vibration, and solid-borne or air-borne sound. From this, the rotational speed of the driving machine is determined, and the operating point characterized by the power consumed by and/or output rate of the machine is determined utilizing the rotational speed/torque relationship of the motor. | 05-10-2012 |
20120107093 | Pitot Tube Pump - A pitot tube pump having a hydraulic chamber, a fluid supply line, a fluid discharge line, and a drive, in which the supply line, the discharge line and the drive are all arranged on the same side of the hydraulic chamber. A pitot tube preferably is mounted in the hydraulic chamber on a shoulder of a fixed shaft in communication with the discharge line. The drive is preferably an electric motor with a stator which is connected in a rotationally secure manner to the fixed shaft, and a rotor which forms a part of the hydraulic chamber or which is connected in a rotationally secure manner to the hydraulic chamber. | 05-03-2012 |
20120076643 | Sealing System for Centrifugal Pumps - A centrifugal pump for delivering hot fluids, having a contacting shaft seal, a seal housing ( | 03-29-2012 |
20110303297 | Flow-Ducting Unit with Pump and Fitting - A flow-ducting system with a combined pump-drive module, the pump-drive module including a drive module, and a pump module having an impeller that can be driven by the drive module, the unit including a casing having at least one inlet side and at least one outlet side and a s moveable shut-off device arranged between them, a flow path between the inlet side and the outlet side being formed in at least one position of the shut-off device, and the pump module being arranged in the flow path between the inlet side and the outlet side. In at least one further position of the shut-off device ( | 12-15-2011 |
20110283780 | Device and Method for Detecting Deposits - A device and a method for detecting deposits ( | 11-24-2011 |
20110248505 | Energy Generating Unit and Method for Maintaining an Energy Generating Unit - An energy generating unit especially for installation on a bed of a stream of water or floating in the water, composed of a plurality of components, such as an inlet housing, a turbine housing, a drive unit arranged in the turbine housing, and a downstream draft tube, in which at least one component is provided with remotely operable connectors and with guides so as to be separable from at least one other component while in the water such that the at least one component, such as the drive unit, can be removed from the water for maintenance while the at least one other component, such as the draft tube, remains in the water, as well as a method for maintaining such an energy generating unit by selectively removing at least one component from the water while at least one other component remains in the water. | 10-13-2011 |
20110210268 | Disinfecting Device Having a Power Supply and a Fluid Outlet - A disinfecting device having an outlet ( | 09-01-2011 |
20110198476 | Stirrer Stand - A stirrer stand ( | 08-18-2011 |
20100296364 | Guiding Device for Submersible Motor Agitators - A guiding device for submersible motor agitators having a guiding tube and a sliding carriage for carrying a submersible motor agitator. The guiding tube is held in a pivotable lower mount and in an upper mount composed of a bracket and an adjusting lug, and the angular position of the guiding tube can be adjusted via the adjusting lug. The sliding carriage, the adjustment lug and any optional connecting lug are dimensioned in such a way that the sliding carriage carrying the submersible motor agitator can be removed from the guiding tube without disassembling the guiding device. | 11-25-2010 |
20100221127 | Main Coolant Pump - An engine pump assembly ( | 09-02-2010 |
20100189567 | Rotor Mounting - A rotor mounting on one end of a shaft, particularly a shaft end of a centrifugal pump unit, in which an adjusting surface and at least one contact surface are constructed on the shaft end, and in which a rotor hub is provided at least on the end facing the shaft with a central bore having an internal thread. The rotor hub is attached to the shaft end by a screw connection. The shaft has a central bore ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100135105 | Apparatus and Method for Monitoring a Cleaning and/or Aeration System - An apparatus for monitoring and supporting the maintenance of a cleaning and/or aeration system for a device serving to receive and temporarily store contaminated liquid, in which the cleaning system includes one or more assemblies aspirating liquid present in the device and discharging the liquid into the device in the form of a jet or stream, and a method of monitoring and supporting the maintenance of a cleaning and/or aeration system including such a device. One or more measuring devices ( | 06-03-2010 |
20100111680 | Delivery Pump - A delivery pump for conveying a liquid between a pump inlet and a pump outlet, the pump being constructed as a single-stage centrifugal pump with a radial impeller ( | 05-06-2010 |
20090191065 | Feed Pump - A feed pump with a variable-speed drive for adjustably metering a feed quantity, which is designed as a single-stage centrifugal pump with a radial wheel arranged to rotate, without a sealing gap, in an impeller chamber of a pump casing, to convey a fluid between a pump inlet and outlet. The radial wheel is connected to a variable speed drive motor having a five-digit rotational speed range, receives the flow centrally, is provided with feed ducts, and has an outside diameter of up to 50 mm, while the centrifugal pump is designed for partial-load operation, the feed quantities of which range from 0 to 3600 ml/min with lifts of 20 to 300 meters. The inside diameter of the impeller chamber is at most 4% larger than the outside diameter of the radial wheel. A seal is arranged between the impeller chamber and the radial wheel or its shaft, and the circumference of the impeller chamber is provided with one or more outlet ducts arranged at an acute angle or tangentially to the outside diameter of the radial-wheel. | 07-30-2009 |
20090125252 | Device for Transmitting Measured Values - A device for transmitting measured values having a sensor module including miniaturized components and an evaluation unit, in which the sensor module has connections for different sensors, one or more sensors are connected to the sensor module, and the sensor detect operating states of a centrifugal pump arrangement including a pump and a drive motor as measured values, and in which the sensor module is connected to a power supply and processes the measured values. The sensors ( | 05-14-2009 |
20080318083 | Super High Strength Stainless Austenitic Steel - The combined alloying of a CrMnMo steel with carbon and nitrogen creates a stainless austenitic steel of high strength which according to the invention contains (in % by mass) 16-21 Cr, 16-21 Mn, 0.5-2.0 Mo, 0.8-1.1 C+N at a C/N ratio of 0.5-1.1 The steel is subjected to open melting and is suited for uses exhibiting one or more of the following features: strength, ductility, corrosion resistance, wear resistance, non-magnetizability. | 12-25-2008 |
20080310968 | Waste Water Lifting System - A waste water lifting system with a collecting tank ( | 12-18-2008 |