Training Manual . - Voronezh: Voronezh State Technological Academy, 2001. - 220 s. The training manual is compiled in accordance with the requirements of the qualification characteristics of the State Committee of Internal Affairs for the training of an engineer in the specialty 170600 - "Machines and apparatuses of food production" . It is designed to consolidate the theoretical knowledge of the disciplines "Hydraulics and hydraulic machines" and "Hydraulics, hydraulic and pneumatic drive" of the OPD cycle. Classification, device and principle of operation of pumps are considered. The main parameters of operation of pumps and their characteristics, theoretical foundations and ways of regulation of work on the network are given. Here is an example of choosing a pump and regulating its operation on the network. Information on the design of technological schemes.