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Thoughtflow developed a hydraulic and pneumatic pump and motor to improve operation.

The company sought to implement a cost effective or simple method of construction and employ positive displacement of gases or fluids. The company also wanted to use rotary translations of forces exerted by fluids/gases or the exertion of forces upon them in a rotary fashion and needed provisions to meter a pressurized gas for expansion with optimum efficiency.

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