As the famous saying goes, pressure makes diamonds. In our daily lives we do not notice it nor think about it but pressure is all around us. Think about the kilometers of air that is pressing down on you as you are reading this, the pressure of your bodyweight on the floor or in more mechanical terms, the pressure that is necessary for your car to move. Pressure sets things in motion, and especially in construction work pressure is a necessary good. Where can we source this pressure from though? The journey of how pressure is created is fascinating in itself, going from horses to using the water through mills to the steam engine. Currently there is a diverse range of different options to create pressure for your construction which are all incredibly powerful. The different electric actuators range from pneumatic, soft, electric, mechanical, thermal and hydraulic actuation. Let’s take a closer look into how hydraulic actuation works and what this can mean for your business.
What to use hydraulic actuation for?
Hydraulic actuation, what does that do? Let’s explain. A device that converts the fluids pressure energy that is accumulated in the cylinder into mechanical power. This mechanical power is outputted in the form of rotation, linear and oscillatory motion. This motion is created by the piston rod being pushed forward by the accumulated pressure. Where hycraulic actuation can be used is up to your requirements, but mostly in high force-based applications. Examples of these are:
- Crane drives, excavators, wheel motors in military vehicles, agitator drives and feeder drives.
- Roll mills, trammels & kilns, shredders for cars, drum drives for digesters, tires, trench cutters, drilling rigs and high-powered lawn trimmer.
- Highly precise positioning for heavy loads
- Hydraulic jacks
- Hydraulic brakes
- Hydraulic rams
- Controlling oh close-loop velocity
- And it can be used as a sensor
Now that you know what hydraulic actuation does it is time to look at some of the advantages and disadvantages.
Some advantages: not expensive, the design is simple and it has a strong construction. Also, it protects the enginge from overloads. Some disadvantages: sensitive to temperature, inflexible and the operating efficiency is low. The high maintenance is a disadvantage as well. Low efficiency compared to others can also be mentioned.
Where to buy?
You also want a sustainable future for your children and next generations, right? At duxvalves they care about that too. Therefore, they use their existing materials in a clever way. With duxvalves products the operational expenditures are reduced because of the longer lifetime of their quality products, the reduction of spare part consumption, avoidance of unnecessary downtime and maintenance costs, optimal and safe process operations. This does not only help the planet but also your wallet. duxvalves focusses on the most severe applications and with this they can optimize your systems. Are you curious to what hydraulic actuation can do for your operations then go to the duxvalves website for more information: duxvalves.com/.”>https://www.duxvalves.com/.
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