Water pump by ... motorcycle engine

An engineer in Ho Chi Minh City has built a water pump that works by . motorcycle engine! Located in the palm of the hand, the machine can pump water up to 12m high.

The pump works thanks to this motorcycle engine that is compact in the palm.

The pump weighs only 1,450 grams, fits in the palm and is named the Gamma-P100 pump.

The machine works by installing the shaft section of the motorcycle engine. After that, the engine explosion is the pump can work. Of course, during the pumping process, the motorbike must leave the gear lever at 0 and tighten the scooter to the engine as well as the pump to operate stably. (see picture below)

Pumping process, fuel consumption of car engine is 0.6-0.7 liters / hour

Although small, but this pump can absorb water at a depth of 6-8 meters and pump up to 12 meters with a maximum water flow of 12–18m / hour, pump pressure reaches 4.5 - 6.5 kg. / cm2.

According to engineer Nguyen Van Thang, who built the pump, this pump is convenient for irrigation and spraying pesticides.

Just pumped into the motor motor is enough to pump water!In the photo: A farmer is watering crops with a Gamma-100 pump.

In addition, it is also useful in fire prevention and fighting in small areas due to the use of motorcycles as a popular means among people. On the other hand, extremely simple pump removal and removal operations can ensure fire fighting in the shortest time .

According to the explanation of engineer Nguyen Van Thang, Gamma-P100 is due to the abbreviation of ' Holding into a motorbike with an engine capacity of at least 100 cubic centimeters '.

Not only can it be fitted into a motorcycle engine, but the pump can also be fitted to any engine with the same power and rotation speed of 2200–3000 rpm with 'joint' connecting 42mm pipe size.

Engineer Nguyen Van Thang has registered with the National Office of Intellectual Property about his innovative pump. He also set up a company called Khanh Son Company Limited (228/10 Le Quang Dinh, Ward 14, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City) to trade the product.

Gamma-P100 is sold for VND 350,000 / unit.

Engineer Nguyen Van Thang and his pump.

He added that a forest protection unit has been ordered with 200 Gamma-P100 pumps.

At the same time, Khanh Son Company is also planning to sponsor fire prevention and fighting at Ward 14, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City by asking to set up fire hydrants that have pumps and connecting pipes at locations important.

When needed, people just need to install a Gamma pump on the motorbike and the fire hydrant is able to fire on the spot.

Engineer Nguyen Van Thang was born in 1958, a former military attendant and later graduated in shipbuilding engineering engineer - Maritime University in 1995

Assembling pumps into motor vehicles:

Phuong Dinh Nguyen