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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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    Old hand water pump (c. 1924) at the Colored School in Alapaha, Georgia, US

  • 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

  • Taccola first piston

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

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

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    A small, electrically powered pump

  • Wasserwerk pumpe01

    A large, electrically driven pump (electropump) for waterworks near the Hengsteysee, Germany

  • Drehkolbenpumpe

    Horizontally mounted lobe pump (right) shown with its electric motor (left) and drive-shaft bearing (middle)

  • Hand pump

    Simple hand pump

  • Gear pump

    Gear pump

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    Screw pump

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    Cavity pump

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    A Roots lobe pump

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    360° Peristaltic Pump

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    A centrifugal pump uses an impeller with backward-swept arms

  • Dosierpumpe

    Metering pump for gasoline and additives.

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