Components for Digital and Switching Hydraulics

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Abstract

Digital and switching hydraulics were successfully established in the past years in the scientific community of hydraulic drive technology. Substantial improvement of efficiency, the possibility of energy recuperation, and a cost reduction compared to proportional valve techniques are convincing arguments to give attention on such new technologies. To find their way on market it requires commercially available components as fast switching- and check- valves, fast response and compact accumulators, and novel powerful power electronics. To succeed in commercial drive technology all of these components have to be available as low cost components. In this work the authors present their most promising developments of components suitable for digital and switching hydraulics of the last years.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the First Workshop on Digital Fluid Power, 3rd October 2008, Tampere, Finland
Editors M. Linjama and A. Laamanen
Pages53-76
Number of pages22
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2008

Fields of science

  • 203 Mechanical Engineering
  • 203015 Mechatronics

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