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Before We Start
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Meet your Speakers
MODERATOR FEATURED SPEAKER
Josh Cosford
Contributing Editor
Fluid Power World
Paul Heney
Editorial Director
Design World
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The basics of hydraulic
pump design
Understanding Hydraulic Pump Designs
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A hydraulic pump operates
by alternately increasing
and decreasing
displacement
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The hand pump
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The hand pump
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The hand pump
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The hand pump
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The hand pump
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Understanding Hydraulic Pump Designs
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There are three primary
types of hydraulic pumps.
Understanding Hydraulic Pump Designs
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There are three primary
types of hydraulic pumps.
Understanding Hydraulic Pump Designs
Ø  The gear pump
Ø  The vane pump
Ø  The piston pump
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Gear Pump
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Gear Pump
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Gear Pump
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Gear Pump
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Gear Pump
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Advantages:	
Ø  Inexpensive	
Ø  Contamination resistant	
Ø  High RPM capable	
Ø  Rotation easily changed	
Ø  Reliable	
Ø  Can be stacked together	
Disadvantages:	
Ø  Inefficient	
Ø  Can be noisy	
Ø  Quickly become less
efficient with wear and
higher pressure
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Vane Pump
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Vane Pump
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Vane Pump
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Vane Pump
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Vane Pump
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Vane Pump
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Vane Pump
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Vane Pump
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Advantages:	
Ø  Quiet	
Ø  Relatively contamination
resistant	
Ø  Fixed pumps
inexpensive	
Ø  Easily repairable	
Disadvantages:	
Ø  Low RPM	
Ø  Variable pumps can get
expensive	
Ø  Low pressure capacity
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Piston Pumps
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Piston Pumps
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Piston Pumps
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Piston Pumps
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Axial Piston Pump Bent Axis Piston Pump Radial Piston Pump
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Axial Piston Pump
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Axial Piston Pump
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Bent Axis Piston Pump
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Radial Piston Pump
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Radial Piston Pump
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Piston Pumps
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Advantages:	
Ø  High to very high
pressure capacity	
Ø  High RPM	
Ø  Extremely efficient	
Ø  Myriad configurations of
compensation	
Disadvantages:	
Ø  Expensive	
Ø  Contamination sensitive	
Ø  Most expensive to repair
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Recap
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Recap – Gear Pumps
Understanding Hydraulic Pump Designs
Ø  Inexpensive	
Ø  Contamination resistant	
Ø  High RPM capable	
Ø  Rotation easily changed	
Ø  Reliable	
Ø  Can be stacked together	
Ø  Inefficient	
Ø  Can be noisy	
Ø  Quickly become less
efficient with wear and
higher pressure
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Recap – Vane Pumps
Understanding Hydraulic Pump Designs
Ø  Quiet	
Ø  Relatively contamination
resistant	
Ø  Fixed pumps
inexpensive	
Ø  Easily repairable	
Ø  Low RPM	
Ø  Variable pumps can get
expensive	
Ø  Low pressure capacity
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Recap – Piston Pumps
Understanding Hydraulic Pump Designs
Ø  High to very high
pressure capacity	
Ø  High RPM	
Ø  Extremely efficient	
Ø  Myriad configurations of
compensation	
Ø  Expensive	
Ø  Contamination sensitive	
Ø  Most expensive to repair
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Questions?
MODERATOR FEATURED SPEAKER
Josh Cosford
Contributing Editor
Fluid Power World
howsthatgoin@hotmail.com
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Paul Heney
Editorial Director
Design World
pheney@wtwhmedia.com
@DW_Editor
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