EP0084070B1 - Pumpeinrichtung mit Druckausgleich - Google Patents

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EP0084070B1
EP0084070B1 EP19820100271 EP82100271A EP0084070B1 EP 0084070 B1 EP0084070 B1 EP 0084070B1 EP 19820100271 EP19820100271 EP 19820100271 EP 82100271 A EP82100271 A EP 82100271A EP 0084070 B1 EP0084070 B1 EP 0084070B1
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William H. Eburn
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
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  • the present invention relates to pumping apparatus that minimizes variations in the flow rate of the material that it pumps, in general, and to such apparatus for so controlling the flow rate of a coating fluid, in particular.
  • One piece of apparatus in present use that is able to control the flow rate of coating materials to within acceptable limits utilizes a substantially overpressurized coating material reservoir that has means for regulating the pressure of the coating material flowing from said reservoir. While this type of apparatus will produce a relatively smooth flow rate of material, the flow is not steady due to the limited capacity of such reservoirs. If the flow rate of the material being deposited on a substrate could be maintained for extended periods of time, the production rate of coated finished products such as photographic film, would be substantially increased.
  • Apparatus for pumping semifluid materials such as a plaster mixture or the like from a reservoir to a use point are presently available.
  • a pair of cylinder/piston pumps having overlapping pumping cycles, alternately deliver material to said use point.
  • a problem with this type of pumping apparatus is the unacceptably high variations in the flow rate of the material being pumped during that portion of the pumping cycle where there is a changeover from one cylinder/piston pump to another, partially because of the suddenness of said changeover, and therefore such apparatus would be unable to provide the constant flow rate that is required in order to obtain the desired coating thickness mentioned above.
  • an intensifier unit including two reciprocating rams.
  • the pistons are returned quicker than they are extended and the cylinder motors are precompressed prior to their forward stroke. Precompression continues even if the ram and its driving piston move from their retracted position.
  • a similar two-cylinder pump is known from DE-B-2 737 062 wherein for purposes of obtaining pulseless output in the transition phase the outputs of both cylinders are summed. This is obtained with constant length of the precompression stroke by reducing rotational speed of the drive at the beginning of the precompression stroke and by continuously increasing it to the normal value towards the end of the precompression stroke. Also the rotational speed is decreased proportionally in accordance with the additional supply caused by precompression.
  • the invention is concerned with a pump comprising:
  • a bumpless pump apparatus like this is known from US-A-4 127 360.
  • this pump relies on a pressure transducer to provide pumped outputs at a common displacement rate.
  • the technical problem to be solved by the invention is to improve a pump of last mentioned type so that variations in the flow rate of the material that it pumps are minimized especially in application for an apparatus to control the flow rate of a coating material.
  • the invention therefore differs from the known pump in a very important aspect, i.e. the stepper motors are driven at varying and complementary speeds for purposes of pressure equalization within the two pressure chambers.
  • Pumping apparatus 10 includes pumping chambers 12 and 14 into which pumpable material 16 flows from reservoir 18, is pressurized and then delivered to common conduit 20. Pumpable material flows out of the reservoir because said reservoir has a slightly positive pressure head.
  • Pumping chamber 12 includes cylinder 22 into which pumping member or piston 24 and rolling seal 26 radially connected between said cylinder 22 and the end of said piston 24, have been fitted.
  • Rolling seal 26 is of the type disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 3,488,763 to LOSQUIST, JR., a device that minimizes friction between said piston 24 and said cylinder 22 and the contamination of material 16 at it is being pumped by pumping apparatus 10.
  • Pumping chamber 12 also includes outlet valve 28 for controlling the flow of material 16 from chamber 12 to common conduit 20, inlet valve 30 for controlling the flow of material 16 from reservoir 18 to pumping chamber 12 and pressure sensor 32 for sensing the pressure in pumping chamber 12.
  • Outlet valve 28 is of a low shear, zero displacement type. Reciprocating movement of piston 24 is generated by bidirectional stepper motor 34 which is coupled to said piston 24 by lead screw 36. Screw threads (not shown) in housing 38 cooperatively engage the threads (not shown) of lead screw 36. Reciprocating movement of piston 24 is produced when lead screw 36 is twisted in said cooperating threads in said housing 38 by stepper motor 34.
  • Rod 40 which is fixedly attached to and extends vertically downward from piston 24 has upper limit and lower limit microswitch actuators 42 and 44, respectively, that are attached to and project laterally outward from said rod 40.
  • Piston travel sensor 46 includes a set of microswitches that are actuated when engaged by said actuators 42 and 44 at preselected travel positions of piston 24. Piston travel information produced by piston travel sensor 46 is routed to microprocessor control means 48 through path 50. The function of microprocessor control means 48 will be explained elsewhere herein.
  • Pumping chamber 14 includes cylinder 52 into which pumping member or piston 54 has been fitted, and rolling seal 56 which has the same function as rolling seal 26 described above with respect to pumping chamber 12.
  • Pumping chamber 14 also includes outlet valve 58 for controlling the flow of material 16 from chamber 14 to common conduit 20, inlet valve 60 for controlling the flow of material 16 from reservoir 18 to pumping chamber 14 and pressure sensor 62 for sensing the pressure in pumping chamber 14.
  • Outlet valve 58 is of a low shear, zero displacement type. Reciprocating movement of piston 54 is generated by bidirectional stepper motor 64 which is coupled to said piston 54 by lead screw 66. Screw threads (not shown) in housing 68 cooperatively engage the threads (not shown) of lead screw 66. Reciprocating movement of piston 54 is produced when lead screw 66 is twisted in said cooperating threads in said housing 68 by said stepper motor 64.
  • Rod 70 which is fixedly attached to and extends. vertically downward from piston 54 has upper limit and lower limit microswitch actuators 72 and 74, respectively, that are attached to and project laterally outward from said rod 70.
  • Piston travel sensor 76 includes a set of microswitches that are actuated when engaged by said actuators 72 and 74 at preselected travel positions of piston 54. Piston travel information produced by piston travel sensor 76 is routed to microprocessor control means 48 through path 78.
  • Outlet valve opening means 80 is actually a part of microprocessor control means 48. However, for convenience only, opening means 80 and microprocessor control means 48 have been shown as separate entities. Outlet valve opening means 80 determines when the pressures in chambers 12 and 14 are equal and utilizes this information to open outlet valves 28 and 56, at the appropriate time, by sending valve opening signals through paths 82 and 84. Outlet valve opening means 80 also advises microprocessor control means 48 as to when the pressures in chambers 12 and 14, as sensed by sensors 32 and 62, are equal, by sending a signal that includes such information through path 86.
  • Microprocessor control means 48 which is connected to a source of electrical power (not shown) through switch 88, has preprogrammed control instructions incorporated therein for controlling the rate of rotation of stepper motors 34 and 64, for controlling the opening and closing of inlet valves 30 and 60, and for controlling the closing of outlet valves 28 and 58.
  • Microprocessor control signals for stepper motors 34 and 64 are routed through power amplifier 89 and path 90, and power amplifier 91 and path 92, respectively; microprocessor control signals for controlling inlet valves 30 and 60 are routed through paths 94 and 96, respectively; and microprocessor control signals for controlling the closing of outlet valves 28 and 58 are routed through paths 98 and 100, respectively.
  • microprocessor control means 48 produces these control signals is dependent upon piston travel information provided by piston travel sensors 46 and 76 and chamber pressure information provided by outlet valve opening means 80.
  • the sequence of operation or timing of these signals is best understood by additionally referring herein to Figs. 2 and 3.
  • Fig. 2 is a signal flow block diagram of a control system for controlling the pumping apparatus of Fig. 1
  • Fig. 3 is a time line showing the time and the extent of displacement of the input valves, output valves, and pistons in the pumping apparatus of said Fig. 1.
  • the movement of outlet valve 28 and inlet valve 30 of pumping chamber 12 corresponds to traces 102 and 104, respectively; the movement of pistons 24 and 54 in cylinders 22 and 52, respectively, correspond to traces 106 and 108, respectively; and the movement of outlet valve 58 and inlet valve 60 of pumping chamber 14 correspond to traces 110 and 112, respectively, with all of said movements varying as a function of time.
  • outlet valves 28 and 58 are in the open position; that inlet valves 30 and 60 are in the closed position; that pumpable material 16 is being moved through outlet valve 28 of pumping chamber 12 into common conduit 20 by the upward movement of piston 24 within cylinder 22; and that pumping chamber 14 has been filled with material 16 and that this material has previously been pressurized to the same pressure as that of the material in said chamber 12.
  • This condition occurs at time T 1 in the time line of Fig. 3.
  • upper limit microswitch actuator 42 actuates piston travel sensor 46 as it is moved to a preselected upper travel limit of piston 24 by the rotation of lead screw 36 in housing 38 and the rotation of stepper motor 34.
  • the upper limit signal produced by said sensor 46 is routed to microprocessor control means 48 through path 50.
  • microprocessor control means 48 Prior to time T 2 , microprocessor control means 48 was transmitting a constant rate of pulses to stepper motor 34 through path 90 causing the constant rate of rotation of said stepper motor 34 and a corresponding constant rate of linear upward movement of piston 24 in cylinder 22, said piston 24 being coupled to said motor 34 as previously described.
  • This upper limit signal is, in effect, instructions to microprocessor control means 48 that piston 24 is nearing the current limit of its ability to push material 16 through outlet valve 28 and into common conduit 20 and that it is time to change over to another source of material 16 and means for moving same into said common conduit 20.
  • control means 48 Upon receipt of said upper limit signal by microprocessor control means 48 at time T 2 , said control means 48 starts reducing the number of pulses that it is transmitting to stepper motor 34 which reduces the rate of upward movement of piston 24, and simultaneously, and to the same extent, starts sending pulses to stepper motor 64 through path 92 in accordance with preprogrammed instructions in said control means 48 causing said stepper motor 64 to start moving piston 54 upward until the rate of pulses being sent to stepper motor 34 has been reduced to zero and the rate of pulses being sent to stepper motor 64 has been increased by control means 48 to the pulse rate that was being applied to stepper motor 34 immediately prior to time T 2 . More specific details of the times of occurrence and the rates of change of the pulses that are applied to stepper motors 34 and 64 by microprocessor control means 48 when changing from one pumping chamber combination to another, will be discussed below with reference to Fig. 4.
  • the downward or cylinder 22 filling movement of piston 24 is terminated by microprocessor control means 48 in response to a lower piston travel limit signal from piston travel sensor 46, and at said time T 6 said microprocessor control means 48 sends a preprogrammed valve close signal through path 94 to initiate the closing of chamber 12 inlet valve 30.
  • the downward or cylinder filling movement of piston 24 is approximately twice the rate of its upward or material 16 pumping movement.
  • inlet valve 30 has fully closed and at said time T 7 microprocessor control means 48 sends a preprogrammed sequence of pulses to stepper motor 34 to cause said motor 34 to move piston 24 upward and compress the material 16 within pumping chamber 12 if the pressure in pumping chamber 12 is less than the pressure in pumping chamber 14 as determined by outlet valve opening means 80, information that is routed to said microprocessor control means 48 through path 86.
  • stepper motor 34 is in a quiescent state waiting for a series of pulses from microprocessor control means 48 that will cause said stepper motor 34 to rotate and move piston 24 upward in cylinder 22 and push material 16 within pumping chamber 12 through outlet valve 28 and into common conduit 20.
  • upper limit microswitch actuator 72 actuates piston travel sensor 76 as it is moved to a preselected upper travel limit of piston 54 by the rotation of lead screw 66 in housing 68 and the rotation of stepper motor 64.
  • the upper limit signal produced by said sensor 76 is routed to microprocessor control means 48 through path 78.
  • control means 48 was transmitting a constant rate of pulses to stepper motor 64 through path 92 causing a constant rate of rotation of said stepper motor 64 and a corresponding constant rate of linear upward movement of piston 54 in cylinder 52, said piston 54 being coupled to said motor 64 as previously described.
  • the upper limit signal produced by piston travel sensor 76 notifies control means 48 that piston 54 is near the current limit of its ability to push material 16 through outlet valve 58 and into common conduit 20, and that it is time to change over to another source of said material 16 and means for moving same into said common conduit 20.
  • control means 48 Upon receipt of the upper limit signal from piston travel sensor 76 by microprocessor control means 48 which occurs at time T jo , said control means 48 starts reducing the number of digital pulses that it is transmitting to stepper motor 64 which reduces the rate of upward movement of piston 54, and simultaneously, and to the same extent, start sending pulses to stepper motor 34 through path 90 in accordance with preprogrammed instructions in said control means 48 causing said stepper motor 34 to start moving piston 24 upward until the rate of pulses being sent to stepper motor 64 has been reduced to zero and the rate of pulses being sent to stepper motor 34 has been increased by control means to the pulse rate that was being applied to stepper motor 64 immediately prior to time T jo .
  • microprocessor control means 48 sends a preprogrammed valve close signal through path 100 to initiate the closing of chamber 14 outlet valve 58.
  • Outlet valve 58 is closed when the pressures on both sides are equal, which minimizes shearing of the pumped material.
  • microprocessor control means 48 sends a preprogrammed valve open signal through path 96 to initiate the opening of chamber 14 inlet valve 60.
  • inlet valve 60 is fully opened and at said time T 13 microprocessor control means 48 sends a motor reverse signal to stepper motor 64 through path 92 which reverse the rotational direction of stepper motor 64 and the linear direction of piston 54 mechanically coupled thereto.
  • the reverse direction linear speed of piston 54 is approximately twice that of its upward or forward direction.
  • Material 16 in reservoir 18 begins to flow through inlet valve 60 and into pumping chamber 14 under the influence of the pressure in reservoir 18 at said time T 13 . A pressure head is maintained in the reservoir to prevent the collapse of rolling seal 56.
  • microprocessor control means 48 Just prior to time T, 4 the downward or cylinder 52 filling movement of piston 54 is terminated by microprocessor control means 48 in response to a lower piston travel limit signal from piston travel sensor 76, and at said time T 14 said microprocessor control means 48 sends a preprogrammed valve close signal through path 96 to initiate the closing of chamber 14 inlet valve 60.
  • microprocessor control means 48 sends a preprogrammed sequence of pulses to stepper motor 64 to cause said motor 64 to move piston 54 upward to compress the material 16 within pumping chamber 14 if the pressure in pumping chamber 14 is less than the pressure in pumping chamber 12 as determined by outlet valve opening means 80, information that is routed to said microprocessor control means 48 through path 86.
  • microprocessor control means 48 When the pressure in said pumping chamber 14 is equal to the pressure on material 16 in pumping chamber 12 as determined by pressure sensors 32 and 62 and outlet valve opening means 80, which occurs at time T 16 , a signal indicating such pressure equalization is sent to microprocessor control means 48 by outlet valve opening means 80 through path 86 which causes said control means 48 to terminate the pressurizing rotation of stepper motor 64 and to initiate the closing of inlet valve 60 once such stepper motor 64 rotation has been terminated. At time T 16 microprocessor control means 48 also initiates the opening of chamber 14 outlet valve 58. Outlet valve 58 is opened when the pressures on both sides of same are equal, which minimizes shearing of the pumped material.
  • outlet valve 58 has fully opened and stepper motor 64 is in a quiescent state waiting for a series of pulses from microprocessor control means 48 that will cause said stepper motor 64 to rotate and move piston 54 upward in cylinder 52 and push material 16 within pumping chamber 14 through outlet valve 58 and into common conduit 20.
  • stepper motor 34/piston 24 to chamber 14 stepper motor 64/piston 54 is initiated by the actuation of piston travel sensor 46 by upper limit microswitch actuator 42.
  • the sequence of operations that occur at times T 18 , T 19' T 20 and T 21 are the same as the sequence of operations that occur at times T 2 , T 3 , T 4 and T s , respectively.
  • Change- overs in the manner described from times T 1 through T 21 from the pumping and filling apparatus associated with chamber 12 to the pumping and filling apparatus associated with chamber 14, and vice versa, will continue so long as the above-described pumping apparatus of the present invention continues to operate in the manner described above.
  • Fig. 4 two traces, 114 and 116, show the times of occurrence and the rates of change of the pulses that are applied to stepper motors 34 and 64 by microprocessor control means 48 when changing from one pumping chamber to another.
  • These two changeover sequences are designated changeover A and changeover B in both Figs. 3 and 4.
  • changeover A the rotational speed of stepper motor 34 and the linear speed of piston 24 which is mechanically coupled to said stepper motor 34 are reduced from a maximum rate of speed to zero and the rotational speed of stepper motor 64 and the linear speed of piston 54 which is mechanically coupled to said stepper motor 64 are increased from zero to their maximum rates of speed.
  • stepper motor 64 the sum of the pulses being applied to both stepper motors 34 and 64 is always equal to the number of pulses being applied to either stepper motor 34 or stepper motor 64 immediately before or immediately after said changeovers A or B.
  • stepper motor 64 every time an input pulse is added to the input of stepper motor 64 (piston 54), an input pulse is simultaneously subtracted from the input to stepper motor 34 (piston 24) until the rate of rotation of stepper motor 34 is reduced to zero and the rate of rotation of stepper motor 64 has increased to what the rate of rotation of stepper motor 34 was immediately prior to the occurrence of changeover A.
  • stepper motor 34 every time an input pulse is added to the input of stepper motor 34 (piston 24), an input pulse is simultaneously subtracted from the input to stepper motor 64/piston 54 until the rate of rotation of stepper motor 64 is reduced to zero and the rate of rotation of stepper motor 34 has increased to what the rate of rotation of stepper motor 64 was immediately prior to the occurrence of changeover B.
  • Stepper motors are presently available that utilize 6,400 input pulses in order to generate a single stepper motor revolution. Stepper motors requiring 3,200 input pulses for one revolution are utilized in the preferred embodiment of the present invention. For convenience, only a very small fraction of the actual number of stepper motor pulses have been shown in the changeover portion of the traces depicted in Fig. 4. By utilizing a stepper motor requiring a high number of input pulses to a stepper motor revolution and simultaneously adding and subtracting pulses to at least a pair of such stepper motors in the manner described above, and by utilizing zero displacement outlet valves, only minimal flow rate variations are introduced into material 16 which makes it possible to deposit a uniform thickness of such material on a substrate such as a moving ' web.
  • a pair of cylinder/piston pumps have been described in the preferred embodiment of the pumping apparatus of the present invention.
  • the present inventive concept also encompasses pumping apparatus that utilizes a plurality of such cylinders/pistons or any pumping apparatus where it is possible to simultaneously increase and decrease the pumping rates of pumping apparatus having overlapping compression cycles such that minimal pressure variations are introduced into the material being pumped.
  • Microprocessor control means 48 is a conventional programmable device that is able to store instructions and issue specific commands and/or pulses in accordance with said instructions when certain pump conditions such as chamber pressure or piston travel positions exist. Apparatus capable of functioning in the same manner as microprocessor control means 48 have been and are presently available in the marketplace.
  • outlet valves described herein have been described as valves of the low shear, zero displacement type. While the structure of these valves does produce an extremely low amount of shear when actuated between their open and closed positions, the way in which these valves are operated has more of an effect on fluid shearing than the specific valve structure. As described above, outlet valves 28 and 58 are actuated between their open and closed position only after the pressures on both sides of said valves have equalized. While valve structure significantly reduces fluid shearing, it is the actuation of these valves between their open and closed position after such pressure equalization that has the greatest effect on the reduction of fluid shear.
  • the stepper motor/lead screw combination depicted in Fig. 1 is one in which the lead screw moves through the center of its associated stepper motor for proper piston movement. Less complex apparatus may be utilized when vertical space is not at a premium, apparatus where no linear movement occurs between the stepper motor and the lead screw. This apparatus would vary the coupling between the lead screw and its associated piston in order to achieve proper piston movement.
  • pumpable matter or material means a liquid and/or a gas, or a slurry mixture.

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1. Eine Pumpe, die folgende Merkmale umfaßt: eine erste und zweite Pumpkammer (12,14), die jeweils einen Einlaß (30, 60), einen Auslaß (28, 58) und ein bewegliches Teil (24, 54) aufweisen, um ein pumpfähiges Material innerhalb der Kammern unter Druck zu setzen und um das Material zwischen Einlaß und Auslaß der zugeordneten Pumpkammern (12, 14) zu bewegen;
Mittel (40, 70) um ein Signal zu erzeugen, welches gewählten Stellungen eines jeden beweglichen Teils (24, 54) entspricht;
Mittel (32, 62) zur Erzeugung eines Signals, das dem Druck in jeder Pumpkammer (12, 14) entspricht;
Erregbare erste und zweite Schrittmotoren (34, 64), von denen jeder Glieder aufweist, die um gleiche Winkelschritte drehbar sind;
Mittel zur Kopplung des drehbaren Gliedes des ersten Schrittmotors (34) mit dem beweglichen Teil (24) der ersten Pumpkammer (12) und Mittel zur Kopplung des drehbaren Gliedes des zweiten Schrittmotors (64) mit dem beweglichen Teils (54) der zweiten Pumpkammer (14), wobei jede Kupplung den gleichen mechanischen Gewinn zwischen Schrittmotor und beweglichem Teil liefert;
Mittel (80), die auf die Kammerdrucksignale (40, 70) ansprechen, um den Auslaß (28) einer (12) der Kammern mit dem Auslaß (58) der anderen (14) der Kammern zu verbinden, wenn die Drücke in den Kammern gleich sind, ohne daß irgendwelches Material von der einen Kammer in die andere überführt wird, gekennzeichnet durch
Mittel (48), die auf die Signale des beweglichen Teiles und die Kammerdrucksignale ansprechen, um die Drehgeschwindigkeit jedes Schrittmotors (34, 64) in der Weise zu verändern, daß zunehmende Schritte gleichzeitig dem ersten Schrittmotor (34) hinzgefügt und vom zweiten Schrittmotor (64) abgezogen werden, bis die Drehgeschwindigkeit des zweiten Schrittmotors (64) auf Null vermindert ist und die Drehgeschwindigkeit des ersten Schrittmotors (34) auf jene Drehzahl erhöht ist, die der zweite Schrittmotor (64) hatte, unmittelbar bevor die gleichzeitige Veränderung der Drehgeschwindigkeiten der Schrittmotoren erfolgte, um selektiv die Einlässe (30, 60) der Pumpkammern (12, 14) an eine Quelle (16,18) pumpfähigen Materials für die nachfolgende Bewegung des Materials in eine gewählte Pumpkammer anzuschließen, um die gewählte Pumpkammer von der Quelle pumpfähigen Materials abzuschalten, nachdem genügend Material in die gewählte Pumpkammer durch das bewegliche Glied eingedrückt ist, und um die Bewegung des beweglichen Teils umzusteuern, bis die Drücke in den beiden Pumpkammern gleich sind.
2. Pumpe nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Mittel (48), die auf das erste Lagesignal (40) ansprechen, die von der Bewegung des beweglichen Teiles (24) der ersten Kammer (12) herrühren, anzeigen, daß die bewegliche Teile sich seiner Bewegungsgrenze nähert, um gleichzeitig zunehmende Bewegungsschritte vom ersten Schrittmotor (34) zu subtrahieren und zunehmende Schritte dem zweiten Schrittmotor (64) hinzuzufügen, bis die Bewegungsgeschwindigkeit des ersten Schrittmotors (34) auf Null reduziert ist und die Bewegungsgeschwindigkeit des zweiten Schrittmotors (64) auf die Geschwindigkeit erhöht ist, die der erste Schrittmotor (34) unmittelbar vor der gleichzeitigen Schrittbewegung der Motoren hatte und um den Einlaß (30) der ersten Pumpkammer (12) an eine Quelle (16) pumpfähigen Materials anzuschalten, nachdem die Bewegungsgeschwindigkeit des ersten Schrittmotors (34) auf Null reduziert ist, um danach das Material in die erste Kammer (12) zu bewegen, und zwar gemäß dem zweiten Lagesignal (70), welches von der Bewegung des beweglichen Teiles (24) der ersten Kammer (12) herrührt und anzeigt, daß eine genügende Menge pumpfähigen Materials in die erste Pumpkammer (12) durch das bewegliche Teil (24) der ersten Kammer (12) überführt wurde, um den ersten Kammereinlaß (30) zu schließen und die Drehrichtung des ersten Schrittmotors (34) und des beweglichen Teils (24) der ersten Kammer (12) zu ändern, und das Material innerhalb der ersten Pumpkammer (12) unter Druck zu setzen, nachdem der erste Pumpkammerauslaß (28) geschlossen ist, wobei gemäß dem Drucksignal die Bewegung des beweglichen Teiles (24) der ersten Kammer (12) beendet wird, wenn die Drücke in den beiden Pumpkammern (12, 14) gleich sind.
3. Pumpe nach den Ansprüchen 1 oder 2, bei welcher die Pumpkammern (12, 14) einen Zylinder (22, 52) aufweisen und das bewegliche Teil ein Kolben (24, 54) ist.
4. Pumpe nach den Ansprüchen 1 oder 2, bei welcher die Mittel, die auf die ersten und zweiten Lagesignale und das Drucksignal ansprechen, von einem Mikroprozessor (80, 48) gebildet werden, der in der Lage ist, vorprogrammierte Instruktionen zu speichern, die das Öffnen und Schließen der Einlässe (30, 60), das Öffnen und Schließen der Auslässe (28, 58) und die Drehung des ersten und zweiten Schrittmotors (34, 64) gemäß gewählten Pumpenbedingungen steuern.
5. Pumpe nach den Ansprüchen 1 oder 2, bei welcher das pumpfähige Material eine Flüssigkeit ist.
6. Pumpe nach den Ansprüchen 1 oder 2, bei welcher das pumpfähige Material ein Gas ist.
7. Pumpe nach den Ansprüchen 1 oder 2, bei welcher das pumpfähige Material schlammartig ist.
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