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Secondary-control drives are operated in high-pressure networks. They Even if a number of using units with varying
consist of at least one hydraulic pump (the primary unit), a hydraulic accu- loads are connected to the system, second-
mulator, and a using unit (the secondary unit). The purpose of the hydraulic ary-control drives eliminate the necessity to
accumulator is to store the energy fed to the hydraulic network by the throttle down energy-carrying circuits, as is
secondary unit whenever it is reversed, e.g. in the pumping mode. When the case in conventional, open systems. The
operating under load, this accumulated energy is used to compensate for power drain on or energy return to the supply
consumption peaks. The charge status of the hydraulic accumulator in network is controlled to match needs by
conjunction with the pressure-controlled primary unit and the operational adapting the machines volume displacement
status of the secondary unit determines system pressure. to the loading situation. This is why, even in
While conventional drives work with an interface via volumetric flow, sec- open systems, any number of units function-
ondary-control drives are linked to the specified operating pressure. Volu- ing as motors or pumps can be connected in a
metric displacement is, therefore, not related to a precisely defined rotation parallel arrangement, without impairing the
speed but rather to a certain torque. If an automated process, or the opera- systems excellent energy balance.
tor, prescribes the rotation speed required for a certain action, the using
unit automatically determines within milliseconds the torque required to Even long distances between secondary and
ensure that this rotation speed is maintained at the operating pressure primary units, having to be covered using long
currently available. hydraulic lines, have absolutely no negative
effect on the performance of secondary-con-
trol drives.
Dynamic and precise: The dynamics of this drive Test laboratory technology: Test beds for engines,
meet the most stringent demands with respect to gears, drive shafts, rotor blades; test benches for flat
positioning, rotation speed and torque precision. guides, wheeled guides, tension, and crash tests.
Efficiency: Hydraulic energy can be transformed Shipbuilding: Drives for winches, cranes, and wave
into mechanical energy and vice versa with the compensation systems.
greatest possible degree of efficiency.
Conveyance technology: Drives for hoisting gear,
Energy-saving: Braking energy is utilized and stored rotating mechanisms and traction drives
in accumulators without intermediate valves.
Machine construction: Rim compression tools,
Versatile: Setting up four-quadrant operation grinding machines, UPS backups; drives for saws,
(forward acceleration forward braking; reverse pinch rolls and centrifuges as well as presses.
acceleration reverse braking) is trouble-free,
even in open circuits.
The principle
of energy recovery
Application examples