Abstract:
A power or moment regulation device for an adjustable hydraulic pump having a servo setting apparatus providing for a smooth stepless setting of the pump delivery quantity. In the device, the delivery quantity setting is determined in dependence upon the delivery pressure of the hydraulic pump in a delivery pressure line and a control pressure in a control line. The setting apparatus has a spring setting a pump setting member in the direction of maximum delivery quantity and a piston acting upon the pump setting member in the opposite direction of delivery quantity reduction. The piston is acted upon via a hydraulically actuated control valve with the delivery pressure. The actuation of the control valve is effected by the control pressure in the control line. A moment valve is provided, the closure force of which is determined by a metering spring arrangement connected with the pump setting member and biased in dependence upon the delivery quantity setting. The moment valve connects the control line with a discharge in dependence upon the control pressure in the control line and the biasing of the metering spring arrangement. A settable choke device, for setting the control pressure acting upon the control valve and the moment valve, is arranged in the control line branching off from the operating pressure line of the pump.
Abstract:
A pump displacement control for a variable displacement pump includes a torque control valve disposed between a variable torque limiter and a force applying device disposed in axial alignment within a common bore. A sleeve and a valve spool are movable relative to each other to establish a first condition communicating discharge pressure into an actuator chamber to move a swashplate toward a minimum displacement position against the bias of a spring or a second condition communicating the actuating chamber with an exhaust passage to allow the spring to move the swashplate toward its maximum displacement position. A torque control piston disposed between opposing springs resiliently bias the valve spool in a direction to establish the second condition when control fluid is directed into a control chamber. Pump discharge pressure communicated into a pressure chamber exerts a force against the valve spool proportional to the discharge pressure so that the valve spool moves in a second direction to establish the first condition when the control force exceeds the biasing force exerted by the torque limiter.
Abstract:
The present invention is a sludge pump system which includes a means for monitoring operation of a sludge pump. The sludge pump includes a material cylinder and a piston moveable in the material cylinder. A pump drive moves the piston during working cycles which include a pumping stroke and a filling stroke. A pump valve mechanism connects the material cylinder to an outlet during pumping strokes and connects the material cylinder to an inlet during filling strokes. A means for monitoring operation of the pump is provided. The means for monitoring includes a means for sensing a first parameter related to operation of the pump drive, a means for sensing a second parameter indicative of operation of the piston, and a means for determining errors in the operation of the pump based upon the first parameter and the second parameter.
Abstract:
A system for the transport of high solids sludge includes a positive displacement pump for pumping sludge through a pipeline. The volume of sludge transported is accurately measured by determining the fill percentage during pumping cycle.
Abstract:
A control system for a variable displacement pump or pumps driven by a vehicular engine for supplying pressurized fluid to implement actuators via implement control valves. The engine has several output conditions each with a different output torque characteristic. The control system includes a servomechanism comprising a servoactuator section coupled to the pump for varying the per cycle displacement thereof, a servovalve section for operating the servoactuator section by fluid pressure from a fixed displacement pump, and a control section for actuating the servovalve section. The servomechanism control section is fluid operated from a torque control valve, which delivers a controlled degree of fluid pressure from the fixed displacement pump to the control section in order to correspondingly vary the torque requirement of the variable displacement pump. The torque control valve is solenoid operated from a controller in association with a sensor capable of sensing each output condition in which the engine operates, in such a way that the torque requirement of the pump is controlled to suit the sensed output condition of the engine. The servomechanism control section is further under the control of a drain sensor effective to control the pump displacement in accordance with the flow rate of the fluid being drained from the implement control valves.
Abstract:
A control system for variable displacement hydraulic pumps for use in a hydraulically operated construction vehicle having a fixed displacement hydraulic pump, a plurality of reducing valves operatively interlocked with work implement control valve units of the vehicle disposed on the delivery sides of the variable displacement pumps, control sections for controlling respective flow rate of the variable displacement pumps and equipment for exerting delivery pressures of both the fixed and variable displacement pumps and output pressure of the reducing valve on the control units. The control system exhibits three control functions, i.e., flow control for varying the angle of the swash plate of the variable displacement pump in proportion to the manipulating position of the respective work implement controlling valve, constant torque control in proportion to the delivery pressures of the variable displacement pumps, and cut-off control for reducing relief losses.
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:
A method and apparatus for controlling a variable displacement hydraulic pump having a swashplate pivotally attached to the pump. The method and apparatus includes determining a desired swashplate angle as a function of a power limit of the pump, determining an actual swashplate angle, determining a value of discharge pressure of the pump, moving a servo valve spool to a desired position as a function of the desired swashplate angle, the actual swashplate angle and the discharge pressure, and responsively moving the swashplate to the desired swashplate angle position.
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:
The present invention is a sludge pump system which includes a means for monitoring operation of a sludge pump. The sludge pump includes a material cylinder and a piston moveable in the material cylinder. A pump drive moves the piston during working cycles which include a pumping stroke and a filling stroke. A pump valve mechanism connects the material cylinder to an outlet during pumping strokes and connects the material cylinder to an inlet during filling strokes. A means for monitoring operation of the pump is provided. The means for monitoring includes a means for sensing a first parameter related to operation of the pump drive, a means for sensing a second parameter indicative of operation of the piston, and a means for determining errors in the operation of the pump based upon the first parameter and the second parameter.