Cylindrical Energy Module
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This article about a mechanical engineering topic is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.The Cylindrical Energy Module or CEM Rotary Pump is a modified swash-plate pump. The rotating rotor assembly are moved back and forth via piston drive pins which follow a stationary Sinusiodal Cam Track that encircles the rotor assembly.
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The pump/compressor/engine was invented by Eddie Paul, president of EP Industries in El Segundo, CA. (patented in 1993)
Highlights of pump design:
- Only 7 moving parts
- Virtually clog-free operation
- Its weight is about one-sixth that of an equal-capacity unit
- Its output is 24 times that of most pumps or compressors of equal bore and stroke, and twice that of most engines.
The new pump design has been used in fire extinguishers, as well as mobile biological and chemical control units for the US military.
The CEM also has been announced to be used as the new motor power-plant for the Duesenberg Torpedo Coupe. Which will make an appearance at Pebble Beach, August 2007.
