Abstract:
Some embodiments of the present invention provide an accumulator tank assembly and method in which a flexible bladder is received within an accumulator tank. The accumulator tank and the flexible bladder can each have an inlet aperture through which fluid is received within the accumulator tank assembly and an outlet aperture through which fluid exits the accumulator tank assembly. In some embodiments, inlet and outlet flanges positioned adjacent the inlet and outlet apertures of the accumulator tank are used to couple the flexible bladder to internal or external surfaces of the accumulator tank, thereby creating fluid tight seals between the flexible bladder and the accumulator tank.
Abstract:
1. Hydrospeicher. 2. Die Erfindung betrifft einen Hydrospeicher, insbesondere Membranspeicher (12), mit einem Speichergehäuse (10), bestehend aus mindestens einem (12) oder mehreren, insbesondere zwei Gehäuseteilen (32) und einem darin befindlichen Trennelement (14), insbesondere in Form einer Trennmembran, die das Speichergehäuse (10) in einen Gasraum (20) und einen Fluidraum (22) unterteilt, wobei der Gasraum (20) mit einer Gasnachfülleinrichtung über eine Verbindungseinrichtung gasführend verbunden ist. Dadurch, daß die Gasnachfülleinrichtung aus mindestens einem weiteren Gehäuseteil (34) gebildet ist, das mit dem Speichergehäuse (10) unter Bildung einer Baueinheit verbunden ist, und daß die Verbindungseinrichtung aus mindestens einer Verbindungsöffnung (36) im Speichergehäuse (10) besteht, die das Innere (38) des weiteren Gehäuseteils (34) mit dem Gasraum (20) verbindet, ist bei zusätzlichem Gasspeichervolumen die sonst übliche Verrohrung vermieden, was Kosten und Einbauraum sparen hilft und es kommt im Bereich der Verrohrung nicht mehr zu den sonst üblichen Undichtigkeitsstellen. 3. Fig. 2.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing a membrane reservoir with a metal case. The inventive method comprises the following steps; a) rotating a tubular piece around its longitudinal axis, b) preheating one end of the tubular piece for deformation through heat retraction by strain-hardening, c) strain-hardening the end of the tubular piece by applying at least one pressure tool, selectively heating the target area of said pressure tool to deformation temperature in order to form a floor at the end of the tubular piece with an opening at a collar, said collar being turned outwards, d) forming an inner circular groove in the central area of the tubular piece, e) introducing a membrane system, said membrane system being sustained in the circular groove by a corresponding clamping ring, and f) forming a second floor at the second end of the tubular piece according to steps b) and c).
Abstract:
A hydraulic accumulator has a partition (12) arranged in a housing (10) that divides inside the housing (10) a liquid chamber (14) from a gas chamber (16) and that is retained by means of a retaining member (30) linked to a connecting member (32). In order to establish this connection, the retaining member (30) surrounds the connecting member (32) at least partially.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to charge accumulators are described An example system to charge an accumulator apparatus (100) includes a piston (104) disposed within a housing (102) to define a first chamber adjacent a first side (106) of the piston and a second chamber adjacent a second side (108) of the piston. A fill probe (202) having a body and a passageway between a first end (306) of the fill probe and a second end (308) of the fill probe removably couples to the piston to fluidly couple to the passageway of the fill probe to the second chamber of the housing when the accumulator is in a charging condition. A valve (142) is fluidly coupled to the piston to enable fluid flow to the second chamber of the housing via the piston (104) when the fill probe is coupled to the piston (104).
Abstract:
A method for filling a printing ink reservoir with a housing (1) is disclosed, the interior of which is divided into two chambers (3, 4), by means of a metallic bellows (2), serving as a medium separator. The first chamber (3) is filled with a gas and the second chamber (4) is filed with a fluid. A bottom valve (6) is provided n a hydraulic connection (5), the closing body (7) of which may be operated by the medium separator (2), permitting a filling of the second chamber (4) with fluid and preventing a complete emptying of the second chamber (4). According to the invention, a reliable filling of the said chambers (3, 4) with the corresponding medium may be achieved without damaging the bellows (2), by means of a combination of the following method steps: a) evacuation of the second chamber, b) filling the second chamber with printing ink and c) filling the first chamber with the gas.
Abstract:
A method for filling a printing ink reservoir with a housing (1) is disclosed, the interior of which is divided into two chambers (3, 4), by means of a metallic bellows (2), serving as a medium separator. The first chamber (3) is filled with a gas and the second chamber (4) is filed with a fluid. A bottom valve (6) is provided n a hydraulic connection (5), the closing body (7) of which may be operated by the medium separator (2), permitting a filling of the second chamber (4) with fluid and preventing a complete emptying of the second chamber (4). According to the invention, a reliable filling of the said chambers (3, 4) with the corresponding medium may be achieved without damaging the bellows (2), by means of a combination of the following method steps: a) evacuation of the second chamber, b) filling the second chamber with printing ink and c) filling the first chamber with the gas.
Abstract:
A method for producing a foam body, in particular for a pressure accumulator, such as a hydraulic accumulator, the bubble- or diaphragm-shaped, elastically flexible separating layer (12) of which separates two media chambers from each other within the accumulator housing, in particular a gas working chamber from a liquid chamber (18), with at least the following production method steps: —introducing a flowable, preferably liquid, foam material into the pressure accumulator, said foam material being at least partially surrounded by the separating layer (12), —curing the foam material in the pressure accumulator, and in the process—building up a pressure gradient, in which the visibly curing foam material expands the separating layer (12) from an originally partially filled starting state in the direction of an end state, in which the accumulator is finally filled with the cured foam (38).