Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Floating Valve Plate Motion in an Axial Piston Pump

Autor: Scott Rowan, Richard G. Rateick, Farshid Sadeghi, David Richardson
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Tribology Transactions. 60:537-547
ISSN: 1547-397X
1040-2004
DOI: 10.1080/10402004.2016.1184733
Popis: The purpose of this investigation was to experimentally measure the motion of the floating valve plate in an axial piston pump under various operating conditions and to develop a model to determine how the floating valve plate motion affected the lubricating pressures between the valve plate and cylinder block. In order to achieve the objectives, a hydraulic circuit was designed and developed to incorporate and operate a floating valve plate axial piston pump. The hydraulic circuit integrating the axial piston pump (axial piston pump apparatus, APPA) consists of a series of valves, pressure sensors, a charge pump, flow meters, temperature sensors, a heat exchanger, and proximity probes. The floating valve plate axial piston pump housing was modified to incorporate three proximity probes to measure the valve plate position and motion relative to the cylinder block, thus allowing for determination of the film thickness within this contact. The results illustrate that as the pump starts up the valve ...
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