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Mineral mining
The extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth for economic interests.
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self-priming centrifugal pump
Mining; General mining
A pump of the centrifugal type that combines in a single hydraulic stage and with a single hydraulic impeller and casing the dual ability to pump, under vacuum, either liquids or gases. These pumps ...
trunk pumping engine
Mining; General mining
A pump that commands the drainage of underground waters over a considerable area of mine workings, being a substitute for a number of smaller, independent pumps.
hollow-plunger pump
Mining; General mining
A pump used for mining and quarrying, as in muddy and gritty water.
single-action pump
Mining; General mining
A pump valved so as to discharge liquid at only one end of the water cylinder. Compare: double-action pump
positive displacement pump
Mining; General mining
A pump which discharges the same amount of water for a given power, regardless of the head against which it operates.
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