The technology involved in coal mining around the world has advanced a great deal over the years, especially in terms of improving the health and safety of the miners. At the same time mining ...

Recently the Practical Engineering YouTube channel featured a functional recreation of a pump design that is presumed by some ...

It's generally accepted that OEMs are under the regulatory gun to reduce noise and vibration from machines they make. And hydraulic pumps, especially high-pressure ones, often generate noise and ...

To minimize wasted energy in hydraulic systems, variable-displacement pumps were developed. They reduce power loss by adjusting the relationship between pressure and flow for various power levels.

In hydronic heating and cooling systems, circulator pumps move water or refrigerant throughout a closed-loop system in order to transfer energy from the source to the point of need. While older ...

The Kate Gleason College of Engineering’s multidisciplinary senior design program provides a unique opportunity for students to gain hands-on expertise and participate in top-level research while ...

A new counter-flow heart pump being developed by Queensland University of Technology has the potential to revolutionize future designs of the mechanical heart. A new counter-flow heart pump being ...

What better time to "prime the pump" than the beginning of a new year. It's a time of refreshed ambitions, renewed resolutions and the reassurance of a better tomorrow. Before the advent of the public ...