“…In a sliding-vane rotary pump (or a balanced vane-type pump) having a number of vanes which are free to slide into or out of slots in the pump rotor, two discharge cavities placed diametrically opposite each other keep the rotor in hydraulic balance, relieving the bearings of heavy loads [6,7]. Inspired by this, we conceived a new gear pump with flexible ring gear by combining the characteristics of harmonic gear drive [10,11] with the working principle of gear pump. Figure 1 presents a sketch of the new gear pump, the main components include pump body (1), end cover, pinion (2), flexible ring gear (4), sealing block (5), roller (3) and side plate (6).…”