Patent Application
20160341223
Applicant hereby claims foreign priority benefits under U.S.C. §119 from German Patent Application No. DE 102015209074.4, filed on May 18, 2015, the content of which is incorporated by reference herein.
The invention relates to a hydraulic machine, for example a hydraulic motor, which is operated by means of two working lines conducting hydraulic fluid, in particular by means of a high pressure line and a low pressure line. The displacement volume of a drive mechanism of the hydraulic machine is adjustable in a controlled manner by means of a control unit, a control valve and a servo displacement unit; thereby, the displacement volume can be determined by the displacement of a servo piston within the servo displacement unit. For this purpose, hydraulic fluid under servo pressure is provided to the servo displacement unit via a servo pressure line and a control spool arranged movable in a control valve such that the servo displacement unit is able to adjust the displacement volume of the hydraulic machine in a controlled manner.
A generic hydraulic machine adjustable in that manner is known from DE 33 07 570 A1, for example. In this document a hydraulic machine designed as a hydraulic motor is described, whose control cylinder is fed with pressure fluid under high pressure via a branch-off line of a working line. The pressure fluid under high pressure is conducted to a servo piston of a servo displacement unit by means of a control piston arranged in the control cylinder, wherein the servo piston is displaceable in two directions, and wherein the servo displacement unit displaces a wobble plate of the hydraulic motor. One of the working lines of the hydraulic motor described in DE 33 07 570 A1 is loaded with pressure fluid under high pressure, whereas the other one serves to discharge hydraulic fluid under low pressure. A change of rotational speed and/or a reversion of rotation of the hydraulic motor shown here, can be effected by adjusting the displacement of the wobble plate. The feeding of the servo cylinder of the hydraulic motor described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,191,094 is effected on the high pressure side of the hydraulic motor, as is the rule. Hydraulic fluid under high pressure is supplied as servo pressure to the servo displacement unit via the control cylinder and is usually provided either directly by the hydraulic pump driving the hydraulic motor or by a separate charge pump or is taken out of the working line conducting high pressure.
The state of the art is disadvantageous in that the servo displacement units of hydraulic motors are always operated with hydraulic fluid under high pressure, and in that the units of hydraulic pumps are usually operated with hydraulic fluid under charge pressure of a charge pump. The level of the high pressure or charge pressure can vary due to changes in performance requirements of the hydraulic machine or due to the adjustment of the corresponding hydraulic machine. Therefore, the control pressure for controlling the displacement volume and the resulting rotational speed of the hydraulic machine depends on the pressure, by which, for example, variations in the displacement speed occur during the regulation of the rotational speed and the torque. Additionally, pressure fluid displaced by the servo displacement unit is often directly discharged to the tank and, therefore, is not available for the preferred closed circuit. This branching-off of high pressure fluid from the circuit additionally signifies a loss of hydraulic energy. Further losses arise from unavoidable leakage in the control system of the hydraulic machine, which are of course greater, the higher the corresponding control system pressure is. These losses reduce the overall efficiency factor of the hydraulic machine.
Therefore, the invention is based on the problem of providing a hydraulic machine, in particular one of the type mentioned above, and to provide a corresponding method of its operation. By this method the aim is to achieve a control of the displacement volume and the resulting rotational speed of a hydraulic machine that is independent of control pressure variations; furthermore, a maximum high efficiency factor should be achieved in all operational conditions, whereby leakage should be kept to a minimum. A further objective of the invention is to provide a control of a hydraulic machine, with which a quicker adjustment of the displacement volume can be achieved without design changes to the driving mechanism or to the servo displacement unit of the hydraulic machine being necessary. For this purpose, the inventive control should be simple, robust and costeffective in its design and be retrofitable in already existing hydraulic machines.
According to the invention, these problems are solved with a hydraulic motor comprising the features pursuant to the characterizing part of claim 1 in that in a corresponding hydraulic motor hydraulic fluid can be forwarded from the low pressure line to the servo pressure line via the control valve. Other preferred embodiments of an inventive hydraulic motor are given in the sub-claims, which depend directly or indirectly on claim 1. In general and independently of the operational conditions, the pressure in the low pressure line shows a constant pressure level, though, sufficiently high to ensure a reliable control at least in the partload operational range of a hydraulic motor. In general, a drive mechanism of a hydraulic motor relieves hydraulic fluid supplied at high pressure of varying levels, to a largely invariant low pressure level, thereby providing mechanical power, which in turn depends on the pressure level of the high pressure.
The objective on which the invention is based is also solved by a hydraulic pump according to claim 8. Preferred embodiments of the inventive hydraulic pump are given in the sub-claims directly or indirectly depending on claim 8.
In the state of the art, at least for hydraulic motors, hydraulic fluid from the high pressure line is usually used for controlling the displacement volume in order to be able to regulate or control a drive mechanism of a hydraulic machine in all operational conditions, in which a hydraulic machine can be. For hydraulic pumps, normally a charge pressure is used for this purpose, which is generated by a separate charge pump. For this purpose, for example in hydraulic pumps, the level of the charge pressure and the size of the servo piston surfaces are matched such that a reliable adjustment of the displacement volume of the hydraulic pump is ensured over the whole displacement range. This cannot be ensured sufficiently with a servo displacement unit of hydraulic motors which are fed by low pressure. For this reason, high pressure from the working lines is usually used in hydraulic motors in order to be able to provide the displacement volume adjustment at any time with hydraulic fluid at a sufficient high pressure level. This leads to the disadvantages already mentioned above.
However, in order to control the displacement volume of a drive mechanism of a hydraulic motor and the resulting rotational speed, high pressure is only necessary if the displacement, i.e. the displacement volume of the drive mechanism, is in the range of the maximum performance of the hydraulic motor, or if a rapid, time quick adjustment of the displacement volume is necessary. For all other operational conditions, a high level of control pressure is generally not necessary. Hence, according to the invention, hydraulic fluid under pressure from the low pressure line is used for hydraulic motors in part-load operational conditions. By doing this, it is achieved on one hand that the control pressure remains generally constant, even if the high pressure level in the hydraulic motor fluctuates. This leads to a control which is more predictable, more reliable and more constant, which is preferable, in particular in the application of a hydraulic motor in a hydraulic drive with automotive control. On the other hand in many operational conditions un-necessary leakage is avoided, which occurs when pressurizing the control unit and the servo displacement with high pressure.
However, if a hydraulic machine is to be adjusted rapidly in its displacement volume or if the same is operated near its maximum displacement volume and with high load, the low pressure is often not sufficient for its control. This is also valid for hydraulic pumps, which are generally adjustable over the whole adjustment range by means of a charge pressure; however, for instance in emergency situations, a quick displacement is often not achievable or the displacement with charge pressure is too slow.
Therefore, in a preferred embodiment of the invention the hydraulic motor or the hydraulic pump is provided with a switching valve, which also is hydraulically connected with the inlet of the control valve. By means of this switching valve, hydraulic fluid under pressure from the low pressure line, the charge pressure line or the high pressure line can be directed to the control valve according to a signal set by the electronic control unit. By means of the control valve in accordance with the electronic control unit, hydraulic fluid under high pressure is forwarded to the servo adjustment unit for a controlled displacement of the displacement volume of the hydraulic motor. Further preferably the switching valve is designed so as to be integral with the control valve. In this way, a particularly compact design and low material requirement can be achieved. Hence, an inventive hydraulic motor or an inventive hydraulic pump can be controlled reliably with hydraulic fluid under high pressure as needed and according to the operational conditions by means of the switching valve.
The control spool of inventive hydraulic machines is actuable preferably by means of a first actuator, which, for instance, is operable by means of a control signal of an electronic control unit. The switching valve too can be actuated by means of the first actuator, in particular if the switching valve is integrated in the control valve.
Preferably, the first actuator actuating the control valve is operable by means of an electronic control and an electric control signal, which is transformed by the first actuator into a corresponding force acting on the control valve spool. For this purpose, further preferably, proportional solenoids are used, which displace the control valve spool according to a control current, which is set by the electronic control unit. By means of such a displacement of the control spool, the force balance at the servo piston can be influenced hydraulically according to the setting of the electronic control unit. For this purpose the servo displacement unit preferably comprises a servo cylinder, which is divided into two chambers by means of a servo piston. In general, when displacing the servo piston in the servo cylinder, one servo chamber of the servo displacement unit is filled with hydraulic fluid and hydraulic fluid is discharged from the other servo chamber. The displacement of the servo piston is transferred by means of a displacement element to the drive mechanism of the hydraulic motor, by means of which the drive mechanism is adjusted in its displacement volume.
From this it can be seen that the more constant the pressure at the inlet side of the control valve, the more predictably and calculably it is possible to fulfil a demand of the electronic control unit to the first actuator and, hence, to the control valve in terms of its timing. The inventive use of constant low pressure or, respectively, of charge pressure as control pressure—at least with regard to the high pressure—results in the inventive power control of hydraulic machines being simpler and easier to be calculated in its time response as it is the case in commonly known controls. Each fluctuation in the level of a high pressure used as control pressure may be forwarded as servo pressure to the servo displacement unit and, hence, to the displacement volume adjustment. As already explained above, in common hydraulic motor control systems the high pressure depends on the load imposed on the hydraulic motor. In hydraulic pumps, constant pumps are used commonly as charge pumps and the charge pressure generated is limited by means of a pressure relief valve. Hence, every load condition results according to the state of the art in different adjustment parameters for the displacement volume of the hydraulic motor to be adjusted. This means also that the adjustment force generated by the servo pressure is higher, the higher the hydraulic fluid pressure which is being forwarded to the servo displacement unit. This also means that in common servo displacement units known from the state of the art, the adjustment speed depends on the level of the pressure forwarded to the servo displacement unit. Furthermore, in high pressure systems known from the art, the counterforce on the side of the servo cylinder on which hydraulic fluid is discharged is normally relatively high, which has a negative effect on the level of adjustment speed.
This is not the case with inventive adjustable hydraulic machines. At least in the constant load or in the partial load range of the hydraulic machine and by using hydraulic fluid under low pressure or charge pressure for the supply of the servo displacement unit, not only the adjustment speed remains largely constant due to the generally constant pressure, while the load is variable; also for each requested displacement volume a single signal value can be assigned in a more definite manner, for instance a single control power value. This is detectable not only in drive comfort but also in reduced re-adjustment response, in particular that of a hydraulic motor, making its control more reliable and steadier. Thereby, the invention can be realized in proportional as well as in two point control units having displacement angle sensors or other suitable displacement detectors.
Furthermore, it is achieved by means of the inventive hydraulic machines that adjustments—increase or reduction of the displacement volume—can be performed quicker as it is the case in the state of the art. This is due to the fact that according to the invention in the constant or partial load operation both servo chambers comprise hydraulic fluid under low pressure or charge pressure; in case of a intentional (quick) adjustment of the displacement volume, only one of the two servo chambers can be loaded with hydraulic fluid under high pressure, wherein the corresponding other servo chamber comprise hydraulic fluid under essentially lower pressure. Via this pressure difference a high adjustment force is created to act on the servo piston such that a quicker adjustment of the displacement volume can be achieved as it is the case if both servo chambers are loaded with largely the same pressure. If the demanded displacement volume is reached, a pressure balance on both sides of the servo piston is re-established, preferably at low pressure level. If the control valve is controlled by means of an electronic feedback of the displacement, the control valve spool is commanded back to the centered position or to the initial position after the desired displacement volume is reached.
Needless to say that the inventive hydraulic machine adjustment can be used also in operational conditions in which adjustment forces acting on the servo piston are necessary, which can be achieved only with supply of hydraulic fluid under high pressure to the servo displacement unit. Here it is ensured by means of the switching valve that hydraulic fluid loaded with high pressure is forwarded accordingly to the servo displacement unit via the control valve, whereby here also the servo chamber, which is not loaded with increased servo pressure, is fluidly connected to an area with low hydraulic fluid pressure. This also ensures an agile and quick displacement volume adjustment in operational conditions of the hydraulic machine, in which high torques are required from the same.
The actuation of the switching valve for switching whether low pressure or high pressure should be used as control pressure, can be done at one's convenience mechanically, pneumatically, electrically, or hydraulically; the same applies for the actuation of the control spool. In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the switching valve is operable by means of a pressure relief valve, which opens a connection line, if a predefined pressure value in the high pressure line is exceeded and pressurizes a front face of the control spool or a front face of the switching valve spool with hydraulic fluid under pressure such that hydraulic fluid under high pressure can be forwarded to the servo displacement unit by means of the control valve. Further preferably, the switching valve and/or the actuation device is controlled by means of a switching signal of the electronic control unit.
In general, the control of the displacement volume adjustment is done such that pressure from the low pressure line or from the high pressure line is forwarded via the control valve and the servo pressure line to the servo piston according to a signal of the electronic control unit. Thereby, the control valve guides hydraulic fluid under low pressure or charge pressure or under high pressure to the servo pressure line until the commanded displacement volume is adjusted at the hydraulic motor and until the same is in its force-balanced initial position again, in which a forwarding of hydraulic fluid under pressure to the servo displacement unit is interrupted. Thereby, the pushback of the control valve spool to its initial position is carried out in a proportional hydraulic machine successively by the displacement of the servo piston; in a 2-point machine it is carried out by means of the displacement detection and by means of setting a correspondent control signal, when the commanded displacement is reached.
With regard to the inventive method mentioned in independent claim 12, the problem mentioned above is solved in that way that a hydraulic motor adjustable in its displacement volume, comprising a low pressure line, a high pressure line and also an electronic control unit as well as a servo displacement unit, is adjusted in its displacement volume by means of displacing according to a control signal of the electronic control unit a control spool arranged in a control valve. By doing this, the hydraulic fluid under pressure is forwarded from the outlet side of the control valve to the servo displacement unit via a servo pressure line. The hydraulic fluid under pressure is applied to a servo piston within the servo displacement unit and displaces in a controlled manner the displacement volume of the hydraulic motor by means of a displacement element. For this purpose, hydraulic fluid under pressure from the low pressure line is supplied to the control valve at the inlet side.
According to the inventive method, hydraulic fluid under pressure from the high pressure line is supplied to the control valve of the hydraulic machine, if a predetermined threshold value for the control signal is exceeded or if an additional control signal is generated by the electronic control unit. In this cases, the increased or forwarded control signal causes a switching valve to direct hydraulic fluid under pressure from the high pressure line to the servo pressure line and, hence, to the servo displacement unit via the control valve such that the displacement of the servo piston is done proportional to the level of the control signal. In a 2-point controlled motor having a proportional control valve and a displacement sensor, the control signal to a control spool operating the actuator is maintained as long as the commanded displacement volume is reached.
According to the invention, it is possible to achieve a more predictable, quick and reliably reacting control of the operational behavior of a hydraulic motor being equipped for this purpose. Furthermore, varying requirements to the rotational speed and the performance of the hydraulic motor can be fulfilled optimal with minimum control effort.
In operation with partial load and with relatively “slow” performance adjustments, pressure fluid under low pressure is used for controlling the displacement unit of the hydraulic motor. By doing this, the displacement unit is controllable more exact and more predictable because pressure fluctuations in the high pressure area obviously are not an issue with low pressure control. Further, power losses due to leakage are reduced due to the low pressure level in the servo chambers. From the explanations above, a person skilled in the art understands that for hydraulic machines in general the inventive method is applicable analogously also to hydraulic pumps as well as to hydraulic motors, insofar it relates to the inventive high-pressure boosting for the adjustment of hydraulic machines.
The application of high pressure fluid in the servo displacement unit is often necessary only for a short time and only under specific operational conditions; for example if the control requires increased pressures, in particular for the quick displacement of the servo piston, for instance with big deviations from a target value. If this is the case, the control opens a connection to the working line conducting high pressure preferably for a short time such that the servo cylinder is provided with pressure fluid under high pressure. This enables a quick “boost”-like increase of the control or of the servo pressure, this means a quick adjustment of the hydraulic machine if necessary. After the displacement has been realized, it can be switched again to low pressure operation in order to maintain the adjusted power, respectively the displacement of the hydraulic machine. The electronic control unit provided for emitting correspondent control signals to the actuators of the control spool and/or of the switching unit prompts, if necessary, to send a corresponding switching signal to the actors based on signals from sensors, for example of a rotational speed sensor, a displacement angle sensor, or a power sensor. Thereby, the manual generation of a switching signal, for example by an operator is encompassed by the inventive idea as well as the generation of a switching signal by software algorithms.
In normal low pressure or charge pressure operations of the displacement unit, an amplifying (boost) of the pressure applied to the servo piston can be desired and/or be necessary in concrete load situations. This, for instance is the case, if the hydraulic machine is at or near a maximum displacement angle and under high load, because of this the pressure is high. If this is case, the hydraulic machine cannot be adjusted solely with low pressure or charge pressure control. In this case, the pressure is not sufficient to force the hydraulic machine from a maximum displacement to a moderate position of displacement in which the hydraulic machine runs in partial load conditions, for example. The same is valid analogously if the control pressure is not sufficient to realize quickly enough a necessary displacement. By the help of a high pressure supply on demand to the servo cylinder, which corresponds to an enhancement of the force on the servo piston, the displacement element, for instance a swash plate or a cylinder block, can be displaced quicker and more powerful as it is possible with systems known from the state of the art. On the other side, low pressure or charge pressure control is mostly perfectly sufficient if a hydraulic driven machine is merely driven in a plane. In particular, switching from control pressure operation to high pressure control operation can be necessary also, if quick load alternations of a working machine with hydraulic drive is required, for instance in an engaging and/or disengaging operation of a hydraulic motor.
The invention is disclosed in the following in a more detailed way by the help of a schematic sequence diagram and by the help of embodiments depicted in the Figures. Thereby, the inventive idea is not limited to the embodiment shown in the Figures and encompasses hydraulic motors as well as hydraulic pumps, in particular of the axial and the radial piston type. It is shown in:
At the point of time t5 a higher control signal is set, whereby, additionally to the control valve a switching valve, for example integrated in the control valve, is actuated and hydraulic fluid from the high pressure line is directed by means of the control valve to the servo displacement unit. As it can be seen from the diagram, the adjustment of the displacement angle a provoked thereby is done essentially quicker, whereby, at the same time, a bigger absolute change of the displacement angle a is achieved also. The displacement volume adjustment of the hydraulic motor is performed on the one hand accelerated and on the other hand more powerful, as this can be achieved with low pressure level in the servo displacement unit. The displacement angle adjustment, which is initiated at the point of time t5 is “boosted” with high pressure level according to the invention. For this purpose, by operating the switching valve it is enabled that hydraulic fluid form the working line of the high pressure side is directed by means of the control valve to the servo displacement unit as servo pressure. Such a high pressure“boosted” adjustment of the hydraulic motor is desired, for example if a hydraulic motor should be adjusted quickly, e.g. for a disengaging operation.
Exemplarily, for the practicability of these displacement volume adjustment possibilities according to the invention with low and high pressure, an adjustable hydraulic motor 1 of the proportional type is shown in
The displacement volume of hydraulic motor 1 is controllable by means of an external electronic control unit 20 according to a command signal 26. For this purpose the electronic control unit 20 controls and monitors the flow rate volume through hydraulic motor 1 and adapts by means of suitable control signals the displacement volume flow to target value commands set by an operator, for example. A displacement angle sensor 24 and/or a rotational speed sensor 22 can be connected to the electronic control unit 20 being connected to the electronic control unit 20 via a displacement angle signal line 25 or via a rotational speed signal line 23, respectively.
For changing the rotational speed of hydraulic motor 1, the displacement of hydraulic motor 1 is adjusted by means of a displacement element 14 via a servo displacement unit 10 having a servo piston 11. In axial piston machines the displacement element 14 is a swash plate, for example, whose displacement angle is adjusted. In a hydraulic radial piston motor this can be an external ring, for example, which is displaced eccentrically with respect to the driving shaft. A feedback spring 13 is connected to displacement element 14 as well, which serves to feedback the displacement. Servo displacement unit 10 is connected to an outlet of control valve 15 via a servo pressure line 8 and is supplied with pressure fluid under servo pressure by means of the control valve 15. A servo pressure line 9 having a servo throttle 12 arranged within leads from the servo cylinder to a low pressure valve 29 which is connected to working lines 2 and 3 of the hydraulic motor via lines 37a, 37b. Low pressure valve 29 is shifted high pressure-controlled such that the low pressure side of hydraulic motor 1 is always hydraulically connected to servo pressure line 9 and to a low pressure line 5, which leads from low pressure valve 29 to control valve 15.
Control valve 15 comprises a control spool 16 which is mounted longitudinally displaceable in a control cylinder and operable by means of an actuator 18, for example a proportional solenoid. On control spool 16 a feedback spring 13 acts too, biasing the control spool 16 in direction of its initial position in which the control spool 16 connects an outlet 54 of the control valve 15 to an area with low pressure, for example a tank 100. Depending on the magnitude of a set control signal, the control spool 16 opens or closes a first outlet 53 of the control valve 15 for forwarding pressure fluid to servo pressure line 8 which leads to servo displacement unit 10 and opens or closes mirror-inverted an outlet 54 to an area with low hydraulic fluid pressure. By doing this, the position of servo spool 11 in the servo cylinder and, consequently the position of the displacement element 14 of hydraulic motor 6 and, finally the displacement volume of hydraulic motor 1 is determined. On one hand, control valve 15 is fed via low pressure line 4 connected with a first inlet 51 of control valve 15. On the other hand, in the operational condition according to
The structure and operation of the hydraulic motor described so far corresponds only in so far to the common state of the art as the supply of the control valve is realized by means of a second inlet 52 with pressure fluid from the high pressure side of hydraulic motor 1, i. e. from the working line 2 or 3, which is loaded with high pressure. The general way of operation of a control unit for the displacement of the displacement volume of an adjustable hydraulic motor is known to a person skilled in the art and is assumed to be known for the scope of this invention description.
However, according to the invention, different from the state of the art, a further first inlet 51 is provided at control valve 15. This first inlet 51 can be connected to working lines 2 or 3 via a low pressure line 5, the low pressure-switching valve 29 and the lines 28a and 28b. For this purpose, the low pressure-switching valve 29 switches autonomously in a switching position, in which the corresponding low pressure conducting working line 3 or 2 is connected hydraulically with the low pressure lines and the first inlet 51 of the control valve 15. In the embodiment of the invention depicted in
Starting from the operational situation, which is shown in
If a quick change of the displacement volume or if a quick adjustment/displacement of the hydraulic motor 1 in direction of its maximum displacement is required, servo piston 11 is loaded preferably with high pressure by which an increased servo displacement force is achieved. According to the invention this can be obtained by transmitting an increased control signal of the electronic control unit 20 to actuator 18. Actuator 18 displaces control valve spool 16 further in direction of servo displacement unit 10 such that high pressure being present at the second inlet 52 of control valve 15 can be directed via outlet 53 to servo line 8. Hence, by means of control valve 15 hydraulic motor 1 can be adjusted in its displacement volume in a low pressure-controlled as well as a high pressure-controlled manner. A relevant person skilled in the art detects that the single-side control shown in
Electronic control unit 20 of hydraulic motor 1 can be provided in further embodiments of the invention with a displacement angle sensor 24 and/or with a rotational speed sensor 22. Both sensors are connected via a rotational speed signal line 23, respectively via a displacement angle signal line 25 with electronic control unit 20. The function and operational mode of such sensors is known to a person skilled in the art such that further explanations hereto are omitted.
All the reference signs used in
According to a signal provided by the electronic control unit 20 via a signal line 36, switching valve 30 is provided to direct either hydraulic fluid under pressure from the high pressure line 4 or from the low pressure line 5 to a control pressure line 35 which leads from an outlet 56 of the switching valve 30 an inlet 55 of control valve 15. In this manner by means of the electronic control unit 20 it can be commanded via the separate switching valve 30 which pressure—high pressure or low pressure—should be used for providing a servo pressure; and this on both sides of the servo displacement unit. With the embodiment of the invention shown in
By arranging switching valve 30 separately, the functionality of the hydraulic motor 1 shown in
In this embodiment servo piston 11 of servo displacement unit 10 can be loaded from both sides with pressure fluid under the control pressure which is forwarded by switching valve 30. By means of the control pressure line 8 or the servo pressure line 9 and depending on the intended displacement direction, hydraulic fluid can be conducted to the servo cylinder in a controlled manner, wherein via the corresponding other line hydraulic fluid displaced from the servo chamber can be discharged.
In an alternative of the control unit of hydraulic motor 1, as shown in
Hence, such a design according to
If the pressure of charge pump 70 does not suffice anymore or if hydraulic pump 60 should be adjusted quicker as it is possible with the charge pressure of charge pump 70, the electronic control unit 20 commands switching actuator 32 to actuate switching valve spool 34 of switching valve 30 such that hydraulic fluid from the high pressure line which leads from check valve 27 to switching valve 30 is directed to control valve 15. By using high pressure a more powerful and eventually quicker adjustment of hydraulic pump 60 is possible, i.e. a boosted adjustment of hydraulic pump 60. Such a boosted adjustment of a hydraulic pump can be applied, for instance if in a very short time very high performances are required from the hydraulic pump, and also if the hydraulic pump should be destroked back to zero very quickly in a kind of an emergency switch-off. For sure, a person skilled in the art detects further application possibilities for such a boosted adjustment of a hydraulic pump according to the invention.
A further advantage for hydraulic pumps when using the inventive high pressure adjustment consists in that servo pistons used in the adjustment of hydraulic pumps can be designed smaller as this was possible so far. By using high pressure, a necessary high adjustment force can be obtained also with smaller servo piston faces. By doing this, the necessary installation space for the servo adjustment can be reduced significantly.
Altogether with the inventive method for adjusting hydraulic machines with low pressure or high pressure depending on the requirements on the hydraulic machines, a simple and robust, reliable control system is provided with which in operation, at least for partial load operation, high losses due to leakage can be avoided. Furthermore, the inventive system provides a control pressure supply which does not depend on pressure fluctuations within the hydraulic system. The invention rather provides a control system which provides across a big range, i.e. a big control pressure range, a reliable, simple commandable control of hydraulic machines by means of a constant pressure level.
While the present disclosure has been illustrated and described with respect to a particular embodiment thereof, it should be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that various modifications to this disclosure may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 102015209074.4 | May 2015 | DE | national |
