Design and Fabrication of a Pump for Peristaltic Flow of variable viscosity fluids

Due to the widespread use of peristaltic pumps in the pharmaceutical industries, manufacturers are searching for new type of pumping machines, based on the mathematical models. Researchers have predicted the results of peristaltic transport in many applications mathematically and failed to interpret the results. One of the reasons is the difficulties faced in generation of peristaltic transportation of the fluid mechanically. This paper has made an effort to generate the design & characteristics of peristaltic transport of the fluid. The parameters identified in designing the pump are generation of constant contraction and expansion of the tube with small amplitudes, considerable pressure development in the fluid and flow characteristics. The fabricated model is different from existing conventional pumps while the characteristics of the pump being same.