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• volute casing — A progressively expanding pump casing proportioned to reduce the liquid velocity gradually so that some of the velocity energy of the liquid is converted into static pressure …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• casing — [1] The outside shell of something such as the shell of an alternator or starter motor. Also see axle casing differential casing spiral casing turbine casing volute casing [2] The tire casing …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• volute — voluted, adj. volution, n. /veuh looht /, n. 1. a spiral or twisted formation or object. 2. Archit. a spiral ornament, found esp. in the capitals of the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders. 3. Carpentry. a horizontal scrolled termination to… …   Universalium

• volute pump — noun : a centrifugal pump with a spiral casing …   Useful english dictionary

• spiral casing — See volute casing …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Centrifugal pump — Warman centrifugal pump in a coal preparation plant application A centrifugal pump is a rotodynamic pump that uses a rotating impeller to create flow by the addition of energy to a fluid. Centrifugal pumps are commonly used to move liquids… …   Wikipedia

• vo|lute — «vuh LOOT», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a spiral or twisted thing or form. 2. Architecture. a spiral or scroll like ornament, especially one of those on lonic, Corinthian, and Composite capitals. 3. Zoology. a) a turn or whorl of a spiral shell. b)… …   Useful english dictionary

• pump — pump1 pumpable, adj. pumpless, adj. pumplike, adj. /pump/, n. 1. an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes. 2. Engin., Building Trades. a shore …   Universalium

• centrifugal pump — Machine for moving liquids and gases. Its two major parts are the impeller (a wheel with vanes) and the circular pump casing around it. In the most common type, called the volute centrifugal pump, fluid enters the pump at high speed near the… …   Universalium

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• Centrifugal compressor — Centrifugal compressors, sometimes termed radial compressors, are a sub class of dynamic axisymmetric work absorbing turbomachinery.[1] Centrifugal impeller with a highly polished surface likely to improve performance …   Wikipedia