Abstract:
A flow control system for controlling a variable displacement pump including a metering valve in fluid communication with the pump for metering an output of the pump. A regulating valve receives a portion of the output of the pump as a bypass flow at a first pressure, wherein an output of the regulating valve is at an interim pressure. The interim pressure is substantially equal to an average of the first pressure and a low reference pressure. An actuator sets a displacement of the pump by acting on a piston connected to a cam ring of the pump. The actuator receives the interim pressure and, thereby, the output of the variable displacement pump is determined.
Abstract:
A motor, such as an internal combustion engine or an electric motor, drives two or more pumps, which pump fluid through a discharge system, and a speed measuring device is provided for producing a signal when the speed of the motor is reduced due to the load on the motor reaching a predetermined high value, short of an overload. Two or more pump discharge regulators are provided, one for each pump, cooperating with the measuring device to reduce the output of at least one of the pumps in response to a signal to thereby prevent overloading of the engine or motor.
Abstract:
A radial cylinder hydraulic motor having continuously variable displacement capabilities includes: oscillating hydraulic cylinders which are driven to oscillate through an eccentric crankpin formed on the motor shaft and carrying a radially movable ring adapted to be shifted along the radial direction of the crankpin by actuation of opposed counteracting hydraulic cylinders housed within the crankpin; a hydraulic control circuit for controlling and adjusting the positions of said counteracting hydraulic cylinders in a continuous manner; an electronic control circuit adapted to control the hydraulic control circuit and process signals from at least one position sensor arranged to detect the positions of said oscillating cylinders; a rotary joint for hydraulic conduits through which said counteracting hydraulic cylinders are controlled and adjusted.
Abstract:
A radial cylinder hydraulic motor having continuously variable displacement capabilities comprises: oscillating hydraulic cylinders (1) which are driven to oscillate through an eccentric crankpin (2) formed on the motor shaft (3) and carrying a radially movable ring (14) adapted to be shifted along the radial direction of the crankpin by actuation of opposed counteracting hydraulic cylinders (5, 6, 7) housed within the crankpin; a hydraulic control circuit for controlling and adjusting the positions of said counteracting hydraulic cylinders in a continuous manner; an electronic control circuit adapted to control the hydraulic control circuit and process signals from at least one position sensor arranged to detect the positions of said oscillating cylinders; a rotary joint (8) for hydraulic conduits (9, 10) through which said counteracting hydraulic cylinders are controlled and adjusted; wherein the sensor (45) is an angular position sensor placed close to the oscillation axis (C) of at least one oscillating cylinder (1) to measure, based upon changes in the signal, an angular position currently entered by the cylinder liner during the swing.
Abstract:
A pump or compressor includes a rotating shaft, and at least a first piston rod substantially perpendicular to the rotating shaft and connecting a first pair of pistons at opposite ends of the piston rod. The piston rod moves back and forth relative to the rotating shaft. The compressor additionally includes a circular eccentric, and a circular ring connected to the circular eccentric via a bearing. A drive pin engages the circular ring at a fixed position on the circular ring and engages the at least a first piston rod. When rotational motion of the shaft rotates either the first piston rod and first pair of pistons or the circular eccentric, the drive pin and the first piston rod move back and forth relative to the rotating shaft.
Abstract:
A variable displacement vane pump includes: a control orifice that imparts resistance to a flow of working oil discharged from pump chambers; a flow-amount control valve that operates in accordance with an upstream-downstream differential pressure of the control orifice and controls a flow amount of the working oil discharged from the pump chambers; a variable control valve that is operated by the working oil that has passed through the control orifice and controls an amount of eccentricity of a cam ring with respect to a rotor by controlling a pressure difference between a first fluid pressure chamber and a second fluid pressure chamber; and a return passage that is connected to the flow-amount control valve and circulates a part of the working oil discharged from the pump chambers through a suction passage.
Abstract:
A hydrostatic radial piston machine 10 is proposed, whose adjustable reciprocating ring 18 has integrated means for detecting the eccentricity 20 between the reciprocating ring 18 and the rotor 14. In combination with the rotating rotor 14 and the binding of the sliding blocks 17 to this reciprocating ring 18, the eccentric location of the reciprocating ring 18 leads to a reciprocating motion of the work pistons 16 in a radial direction. Together with the kinematic conditions in the radial piston machine 10, this leads to a change in the spacing between two successive sliding blocks 17. This change in spacing varies in proportion to the eccentricity 20 of the reciprocating ring 18 and is therefore detected by a measuring instrument. To that end, this measuring instrument has a measured value pickup 27, which is integrated in the reciprocating ring 18 and outputs an increased voltage signal as long as sliding blocks 17, which act as measured value transducers, move past it. The signal course is delivered to an electronic evaluation unit 28 and used by it to determine eccentricity, rotor rpm, and other characteristic variables.
Abstract:
Two adjustable-stroke pumps are driven off a common drive shaft and supply fluid to respective consumers via respective control valves settable by the user of the system. Each pump is provided with its own pressure regulator operative for regulating the output pressure of the respective pump by automatically adjusting the setting of the stroke-adjustment member of the pump. Transducers generate first signals indicative of the settings of the stroke adjustment members and second signals indicative of the settings of the control valves. A control arrangement maintains the settings of the volume-adjustment members in correspondence with the settings of the control valves by automatically altering the operation of the pressure regulators in response to discrepancies between the settings indicated by the first and second signals. An anti-overload arrangement responds to overloading of the common drive machine for the pumps by altering the operation of the regulators in a way decreasing the stroke of one or both pumps. However, even during the anti-overload stroke decrease, the relative settings of the plurality of stroke-adjustment members are maintained in correspondence with the relative settings of the plurality of control valves.