Abstract:
A variable displacement compressor includes a plate having a variable inclination angle, and a piston engaging the plate. The piston reciprocates within a bore of the compressor in accordance with a rotation of the plate, and the piston has a stroke length which is determined by the inclination angle of the plate. The compressor also includes a sensor positioned adjacent to the piston. The sensor generates an output signal when a predetermined portion of the piston is aligned with the sensor. The compressor also includes a processing unit operationally coupled to the sensor. The processing unit estimates the inclination angle of the plate based on the output signal from the sensor.
Abstract:
The reliability of a compressor may be improved by affixing an inertia-increasing member to the drive shaft of the compressor in order to reduce the forces imposed on a mechanical coupling between the drive shaft and a compression member when the rotation of the drive shaft is initiated. A method of selecting the size and configuration of the inertia-increasing member is also provided.
Abstract:
The reliability of a compressor may be improved by affixing an inertia-increasing member to the drive shaft of the compressor in order to reduce the forces imposed on a mechanical coupling between the drive shaft and a compression member when the rotation of the drive shaft is initiated. A method of selecting the size and configuration of the inertia-increasing member is also provided.
Abstract:
An air conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circulation circuit that has a compressor. A driving status of the compressor is detected by first detector. A first calculator calculates a theoretical torque and a driving efficiency of the compressor based on information from the first detector. A second calculator calculates a necessary torque required for driving the compressor. The second calculator calculates the necessary torque based on the theoretical torque.
Abstract:
A compressor includes a front housing, a cylinder block, a cylinder head, and a torque transmission mechanism. The torque transmission mechanism includes a pulley, a plate-shaped elastic member connected to the pulley, a hub connected to the plate-shaped elastic member, a drive shaft connected to the hub, and a rotor connected to the drive shaft. The compressor also includes a reciprocating mechanism connected to the torque transmission mechanism. The compressor further includes torque determination means. The torque determination means includes a first marker affixed to the pulley and a second marker affixed to the hub. The torque determination means also includes a first sensor affixed to the front housing which generates a first timing signal when the first marker is positioned within substantially the same vertical plane as the first sensor. The torque determination means further includes a second sensor affixed to the front housing which generates a second timing signal when the second marker is positioned within substantially the same vertical plane as the second sensor. Further, there is a time differential between when the first marker is positioned within substantially the same vertical plane as the first sensor and when the second marker is positioned within substantially the same vertical plane as the second sensor. Moreover, the time differential corresponds to the angular offset and the torque of the compressor is determinable from the time differential.
Abstract:
A hydraulic pump control system is shown that can control the absorbing torque of a hydraulic pump with respect to the engine power for driving the hydraulic pump in a well-balanced manner, and reduce a deviation of an actual revolution number from a target revolution number of the engine. A torque of hydraulic pumps during operation is estimated from a pump pressure and first and second line pressures. Based on the estimated torque, an output torque of the hydraulic pumps is controlled so that an error between a target revolution number and an actual revolution number of the engine becomes null.
Abstract:
There is provided a displacement control system for a variable displacement hydraulic pump which has a displacement control piston assembly (6) having a large diameter chamber (7) for operating a displacement control member (5) of the variable displacement hydraulic pump selectively in a direction of smaller displacement and in a direction of larger displacement, first control valve (8) and second control valve (9) for selectively communicating the large diameter chamber of the displacement control piston assembly with a pump discharge line and a tank, the first control valve being placed at a supply position by the pump discharge pressure, and at a drain position by a spring associated with the displacement control piston assembly via a feedback lever, and the second control valve being placed at a first position by the pump discharge pressure for communicating the pump port and the large diameter chamber and at a second position by a load pressure for communicating the pump port and the large diameter chamber and at a second position by a load pressure for communicating the large diameter chamber to the first control valve, the flow path area is varied at the intermediate position of a fluid passage from the large diameter chamber to the pump discharge passage or to a tank. With the construction set forth above, supply speed and drain speed of the pump discharge pressure to and from the large diameter chamber of the displacement control piston assembly is varied by variation of cross-sectional flow area at the intermediate position of the fluid passage. By this, response characteristics in displacement control of the variable displacement hydraulic valve can be adjusted to improve operability of a work implement.
Abstract:
A pump displacement control for a variable displacement pump includes a torque control valve serially disposed between a remotely controllable displacement control valve and a variable torque limiter in axial alignment within a common bore. A displacement control sleeve is disposed within the bore for normally controlling the fluid pressure in an actuating chamber of an actuator connected to a swashplate of the pump when the pump discharge pressure is below a predetermined high pressure. The torque control valve assumes control of pump displacement when the pump discharge pressure exceeds the predetermined high pressure and includes a sleeve and a valve spool movable relative to each other to establish a first condition communicating discharge pressure into the actuator chamber to move the swashplate toward a minimum displacement position or a second condition communicating the actuating chamber with an exhaust passage so that the swashplate is moved toward its maximum displacement position. A feedback piston continuously subjected to pump discharge pressure moves the valve spool in a direction to establish the first condition when discharge pressure exceeds the predetermined high pressure. The feedback piston is disposed in axial alignment with the valve spool within an insert disposed within the displacement control sleeve. The predetermined high pressure is varied by increasing or decreasing the level of a control pressure directed into a bore receiving a piston acting on the opposite end of the valve spool.
Abstract:
Test benches are useful, for example, for testing the operation of new or repaired pumps and motors. Current test benches involve directly driving the test pump with an electric motor, the horsepower of which must at least equal the horsepower rating of the test pump. The subject test bench utilizes an electric motor to drive a variable displacement pressure compensated pump. The discharge fluid from the pump drives a variable displacement hydraulic motor which in turn drives the test pump. The discharge fluid from the test pump is also directed to the hydraulic motor to add additional driving energy thereto in a regenerative manner. Thus, pumps having a higher horsepower rating several times greater than the horsepower rating of the electric motor can be effectively tested at their maximum rated displacement and pressure settings. The electric motor also drives another variable displacement pressure compensated pump, the discharge flow of which is directed to a test motor. The test motor in turn drives the variable displacement motor which thus functions as a pump to direct pressurized fluid to the variable displacement pump, which in turn functions as a motor to add additional power to the variable displacement pump through the electric motor in a regenerative manner. Thus, motors having a higher horsepower rating than the horsepower of the electric motor can also be tested on the same test bench.
Abstract:
A fluid operated pump displacement control system is provided wherein a self pressure is defined as a first control signal, and characterized in that an arbitrary switchable second control signal different from the first control signal is added to the first control signal, and a displacement is adapted to be switched to a displacement corresponding to a value of the second control signal as added to the first control signal. Further, a fluid operated pump displacement control system is provided comprising a control circuit connected to respective displacement control devices of variable displacement pumps and adapted to be operated by discharge pressure fluid from a discrete control pump. A variable torque control valve has a proportional electromagnetic solenoid provided in a circuit connecting the control circuit with the control pump and is adapted to produce a pressure reduction by a discharge fluid pressure of the variable displacement pumps and a propelling force of the proportional electromagnetic solenoid. A detector detects set output conditions of a prime mover for driving the variable displacement pumps, and current is supplied to the proportional electromagnetic solenoid according to the difference between a set reference rotational speed in each of the set output conditions and an actual rotational speed of the prime mover.