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Fuggerei-Waterpump
A hand-pump

A pump is a machine which moves a liquid from one place to another, often upwards.

Pumps need some kind of power, often kinetic energy, to make them work. Sometimes the power comes from a person. Sometimes the power comes from a motor.

Types of pumps

There are many different kinds of pumps. Some types of pumps are:

Metering pump head
Drawing of the inside of a metering pump head to show how it works. The piston moves back and forth inside the pump head.

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Images for kids

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    A small, electrically powered pump

  • Pompe à palettes

    Rotary vane pump

  • Old hand water pump

    Antique "pitcher" pump (c. 1924) at the Colored School in Alapaha, Georgia, US

  • Gear pump

    Gear pump

  • Lysholm screw rotors

    Screw pump

  • Progressive cavity pump animation

    Cavity pump

  • Lobbenpomp

    A Roots lobe pump

  • Eccentric pump

    360° Peristaltic Pump

  • Centrifugal 2

    A centrifugal pump uses an impeller with backward-swept arms

  • Regenerative Turbine Pump Animatic

    Regenerative Turbine Pump Animatic

  • MTH Pump - regenerative turbine pump closeup

    Regenerative turbine pump rotor and housing, 1⁄3 horsepower (0.25 kW). 85 millimetres (3.3 in) diameter impeller rotates counter-clockwise. Left: inlet, right: outlet. .4 millimetres (0.016 in) thick vanes on 4 millimetres (0.16 in) centers

  • Derelict windpump with water tank in the foreground next to the Boorowa railway in Galong NSW Australia

    Derelict windmill connected to water pump with water storage tank in the foreground

  • Dosierpumpe

    Metering pump for gasoline and additives.

  • Al-Jazari Automata 1205

    Arabic depiction of a piston pump, by Al-Jazari, c. 1206.

  • Taccola first piston

    First European depiction of a piston pump, by Taccola, c. 1450.

  • Pump-enabled Riverside Irrigation in Comilla, Bangladesh, 25 April 2014

    Irrigation is underway by pump-enabled extraction directly from the Gumti, seen in the background, in Comilla, Bangladesh.

  • Pump recycle

    Schematic of pump minimum flow protection arrangement

See also

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