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Pumps, in a nutshell, are devices that use cyclic motion to attain the steady transport of some cargo. In a bicycle pump, the repeated up and down strokes of a piston create air flow. In a Archimedean ...

The C-Series air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pump from Almatec, part of PSG, a Dover company, is an alternative to similar plastic pumps and is suited for almost any pumping application that uses ...

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