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  2. Schwing (company) - Wikipedia

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    Schwing Concrete pump. The Schwing Group was founded as a medium-sized enterprise on 17 March 1934, by Friedrich Wilhelm Schwing (* 1909; † 1992), a locksmith from Wanne-Eickel. In 1957, Schwing built the world's first oil-hydraulic two-cylinder concrete pump. Starting in 1964, the company also built the first large concrete mixers.

  3. Concrete pump - Wikipedia

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    A concrete pump is a machine used for transferring liquid concrete by pumping. There are different types of concrete pumps. A common type of concrete pump for large scale construction projects is known as a boom concrete pump, because it uses a remote-controlled articulating robotic arm (called a boom) to place concrete accurately. It is ...

  4. Comparison of pumps - Wikipedia

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    Different types of pumps are suitable for different applications, for example: a pump's maximum lift height also determines the applications it can be used for. Low-lift pumps are only suitable for the pumping of surface water (e.g., irrigation, drainage of lands, ...), while high-lift pumps allow deep water pumping (e.g., potable water pumping ...

  5. Boom: America’s answer to Concorde completes its first ...

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    The XB-1 test craft has been used to prove new technologies developed by Boom Supersonic. The XB-1 demonstrator on December 19, 2024, on one of its 12 successful test flights. - BOOM

  6. Pumpjack - Wikipedia

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    A short video recording of such a pump in action can be viewed on YouTube. [ 6 ] Although the flow rate for a water well pumpjack is lower than that from a jet pump and the lifted water is not pressurised, the beam pumping unit has the option of hand pumping in an emergency, by hand-rotating the pumpjack cam to its lowest position, and ...

  7. Windpump - Wikipedia

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    A windpump is a wind-driven device which is used for pumping water. The windmills at Kinderdijk in the village of Kinderdijk, Netherlands is a UNESCO World Heritage Site De Olifant at Burdaard, Friesland. Windpumps were used to pump water since at least the 9th century in what is now Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. [1]

  8. Schwing - Wikipedia

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    Anna-Lena Schwing (born 1996), German actress; Carl Georg Schwing (1778–1858), German jurist and mayor of Stralsund; Hans-Elmar Schwing (born 1972), German chess player; Hellmuth Schwing, German infantry commander; Roland Schwing (1949–2017), German politician; William Schwing Patout III (1932–2017), American businessman and agricultural ...

  9. Volute (pump) - Wikipedia

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    Pump and volute casing. A volute is a curved funnel that increases in area as it approaches the discharge port. [1] The volute of a centrifugal pump is the casing that receives the fluid being pumped by the impeller, maintaining the velocity of the fluid through to the diffuser. As liquid exits the impeller it has high kinetic energy and the ...