Hydraulic Circuit Design & Analysis Dr. Sunil J ha MEL334: Low Cost Automation 2 Design Considerations Safety of Operation Pressure and Temperature ratings Interlocks for sequential operations Emergency shutdown features Power failure locks Operation speed Environment conditions 2 MEL334: Low Cost Automation 3 Design Considerations Meet functional requirements Meet required performance specification Life expectancy same as machine Facilitate good maintenance practice Compatibility with electrical and mechanical components Withstand operational hazards MEL334: Low Cost Automation 4 Design Considerations Efficiency of Operation Keep system Simple, Safe and Functional Access to parts need repair or adjustment Design to keep min operational cost Design to prevent and remove contamination. 3 MEL334: Low Cost Automation 5 Linear Circuits Simple reciprocating circuit Reservoir Strainer Pump Flexible coupling Electric Motor Connectors Relief valve DCV 4 way Hyd. Cylinder MEL334: Low Cost Automation 6 Circuit Design Approach What are the specifications of the job? Force requirement 8 kN Length of work stroke 15 cm Speed of piston and rod assembly 0.5 sec What Size of Cylinder is needed? Force known. Cylinder Area & Operating Pressure must be selected. F = PA F = PA Standard bore and rod size cylinders 4 MEL334: Low Cost Automation 7 Circuit Design Approach Cylinder Selection Reasoning Large Diameter Cylinder Operates at Low Pressure Requires Bigger pump for speed Small Diameter Cylinder Operates at High Pressure Smaller pump give speed Cylinder selected =50 mm bore Find Pressure and then select suitable pump MEL334: Low Cost Automation 8 Circuit Design Approach What Capacity Pump is needed? Max Cylinder Speed required Flow rate =(Cyl Area)x(Stroke)/(time) Pump selection What size of Electric Motor needed? Calculate power required to run Pump Consider efficiency of pump Shaft size, type and electric source 5 MEL334: Low Cost Automation 9 Circuit Design Approach What Size reservoir should be used? 2.5-3.0 times the pump capacity What size of Electric Motor needed? Calculate power required to run Pump Consider efficiency of pump Shaft size, type and electric source MEL334: Low Cost Automation 10 Circuit Design Approach Size of pump inlet? Inlet flow velocity =60-150 cm/sec Size of Discharge tubing? Outlet flow velocity =200 450 cm/sec Relief valve selection Pressure range Valve port size Direction Control valve Based on function 6 MEL334: Low Cost Automation 11 Control of a Single Acting Hydraulic Cylinder Two Position Three Way Manually Actuated Spring Offset DCV MEL334: Low Cost Automation 12 Control of a Double Acting Hydraulic Cylinder Three Position Four Way Manually Actuated Spring Centered DCV 7 MEL334: Low Cost Automation 13 Regenerative Circuit Pressurized fluid discharge returned to system Speed up extending speed Retraction bypass DCV Extend Retract Qt Qr Qp Qt =Qp +Qr MEL334: Low Cost Automation 14 Drilling Machine Application Spring centered position Rapid spindle advance Left envelope Slow feed Right envelope Retracts piston 8 MEL334: Low Cost Automation 15 PUMP Unloading circuit Unloading valve unloads the pump at the ends of extending and retracting strokes As well as in spring centered position of DCV MEL334: Low Cost Automation 16 Double Pump Hydraulic System Punch Press Initial Low Pressure high flow rate req. When punching operation begins, increased pressure opens unloading valve to unload low pressure pump. Unload Valve Relief Valve 9 MEL334: Low Cost Automation 17 Counterbalance Valve To keep vertically mounted cylinder in upward position while pump is idling. Counterbalance valve is set to open at slightly above the pressure required to hold the piston up. MEL334: Low Cost Automation 18 Hydraulic Cylinder Sequence Circuit Left Env: Left Cyl extends completely and then Right Cyl extend. Right Env: Right Cyl retracts fully and then Left Cyl retracts. 10 MEL334: Low Cost Automation 19 Automatic Cylinder Reciprocating System Two sequence valve sensing strokes completion by corresponding pressure build up. MEL334: Low Cost Automation 20 Locked Cylinder using Pilot Check Valves Lock Cylinder so that piston can not move by external load. 11 MEL334: Low Cost Automation 21 Cylinder Synchronizing Circuit Cylinders connected in parallel Loads identical Moves in exact synchronization Loads Not exactly Identical (practical situation) Cylinders also not exactly identical (packing Friction) MEL334: Low Cost Automation 22 Cylinder Synchronizing Circuit Cylinders connected in Series For two cylinder to be synchronized Piston Area of Cyl 2 =Piston Area of Cyl 1- Rod area 12 MEL334: Low Cost Automation 23 Cylinder Synchronizing Circuit Pump pressure should overcome load acting on both cylinders. P 1 A p1 - P 2 (A p1 -A r1) = F 1 P 2 A p2 - P 3 (A p2 -A r2 ) = F 2 MEL334: Low Cost Automation 24 Cylinder Synchronizing Circuit A p2 = A p1 -A r1 P 3 = 0 P 1 A p1 = F 1 +F 2 Q. For the Cylinder Synchronizing Circuit, what pump pressure is required if the cylinder loads are 22kN each and cylinder 1 has a piston area of 65 cm 2 ? 13 MEL334: Low Cost Automation 25 Fail Safe Circuit Designed to prevent injury to operator or damage to equipment. Prevent Cylinder from accidentally falling on an Operator in the event of: Hydraulic line ruptures Person inadvertently operates manual override on Pilot actuated DCV when pump not operating MEL334: Low Cost Automation 26 Fail Safe Circuit with Overload Protection DCV-1 controlled by Push button valve-2. When Overload Valve -3 is in spring offset mode, it drains the pilot line of valve 1. If Cyl experience excessive resistance, Valve-4 actuates overload valve -3. This drains pilot line of Valve1, causing it to return to spring offset mode. Nothing happen if push button 2 pressed unless overload valve shifted manually into blocked configuration. 14 MEL334: Low Cost Automation 27 Two hand Safety Circuit Designed to protect an operator from injury. For circuit to function, operator must depress both manually actuated valves. Any one button prevents operation. MEL334: Low Cost Automation 28 Speed Control of a Hydraulic Motor Hydraulic Motor Rotary Motion Spring Center Position Motor hydraulically locked Left Envelop Rotates Clockwise Right Envelop Rotates Anticlockwise 15 MEL334: Low Cost Automation 29 Speed Control of a Hydraulic Motor MEL334: Low Cost Automation 30 Hydraulic Motor Braking System Hydraulic motor may be driving Machine having a large inertia. Creates Flywheel effect. Stopping motor, acts as a pump. Circuit is designed to provide fluid to the motor while it is pumping. Provisions should be made for discharge fluid from motor to be returned to Tank. This would stop motor without damaging. 16 MEL334: Low Cost Automation 31 Hydraulic Motor Braking System MEL334: Low Cost Automation 32 Hydrostatic Transmission Open Circuit Drives Pump draws fluid from reservoir Pump output directed to Hydraulic Motor Discharge from Motor into reservoir Closed Circuit Drive Exhaust oil from the motor returned directly to pump inlet. 17 MEL334: Low Cost Automation 33 Closed Circuit One-Direction Hydrostatic Transmission Closed Circuit that allows only one direction of motor rotation. Motor speed varied by changing pump displacement. Torque capacity of motor adjusted by pressure setting of the relief valve. MEL334: Low Cost Automation 34 Closed Circuit Reversible Direction Hydrostatic Transmission