Hydraulic Switching Control of Resonant Drives

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Abstract

In this paper the concept of a hydraulic buck converter driving a load at resonance is discussed. The performance is compared with conventional proportional control and proportional control of a resonant drive. As an example the oscillation drive for a mould of a continuous steel slab caster is taken to benchmark the concept. Such moulds have typically a weight of 20 tons and are oscillated at frequencies up to 5 Hz and a stroke of 7 mm. It is shown that a good performance and substantial energy savings compared to conventional hydraulic resistance control can be achieved with this concept.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 12th Mechatronics Forum Biennial International Conference, June 28-30, 2010, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Pages97-102
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 2010

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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