Control of Three-Chamber Cylinder With Digital Valve System

Mikko Huova, Arto Laamanen

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Abstract

Commonly used hydraulic cylinders have piston and piston rod. Piston divides the inside of the cylinder in two chambers and pressure affecting the piston generates the linear motion. Use of distributed valve system enables several control modes in a system of this type because different control edges can be controlled independently. These control modes can be used for decreasing energy consumption and improving controllability. Traditional hydraulic cylinder has only a limited number of control modes, but by utilizing a multi-chamber cylinder the number of control modes can be increased. This paper introduces a three chamber digital cylinder along with distributed digital valve system and its controller. Characteristics of the digital cylinder are studied in a 1-DOF boom mock-up.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Second Workshop on Digital Fluid Power - DFP09, 12-13 November, 2009, Linz, Austria
Editors R. Scheidl and B. Winkler
Pages94-105
Number of pages12
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2009

Fields of science

  • 203013 Mechanical engineering
  • 203 Mechanical Engineering
  • 203015 Mechatronics
  • 102009 Computer simulation

JKU Focus areas

  • Mechatronics and Information Processing

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