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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2010
Mark D. Mccourt, Rittman, OH (US);
Haihong Zhu, Marietta, GA (US);
Michael Brace Orndorff, Douglasville, GA (US);
Jevawn Sebastian Roberts, Atlanta, GA (US);
Charles Randolph Abbott, Marietta, GA (US);
Mark D. McCourt, Rittman, OH (US);
Haihong Zhu, Marietta, GA (US);
Michael Brace Orndorff, Douglasville, GA (US);
Jevawn Sebastian Roberts, Atlanta, GA (US);
Charles Randolph Abbott, Marietta, GA (US);
Warren Rupp, Inc., Mansfield, OH (US);
Abstract
A method for increasing compressed air efficiency in a pump utilizes an air efficiency device in order to optimize the amount of a compressed air in a pump. The air efficiency device may allow for controlling the operation of the air operated diaphragm pump by reducing the flow of compressed air supplied to the pump as the pump moves between first and second diaphragm positions. A sensor may be used to monitor velocity of the diaphragm assemblies. In turn, full position feedback is possible so that the pump self adjusts to determine the optimum, or close to optimum, turndown point of the diaphragm assemblies. As such, air savings is achieved by minimizing the amount of required compressed air.