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A recip pump is in the positive displacement family of pumps. PD pumps work by positively displacing a fluid, as with gears meshing, a piston moving back and forth, or a diaphragm pulsing in and out, etc. A recip typically uses piston(s) to move fluids and build up req'd pressure in a system. Recips can develop very high pressures, above 10,000 psi, and are normally low flow devices. There are some high flow, and very expensive, recips being used in pipelines to pump many miles and at relatively high flows.

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