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News Release from: Micro-Epsilon UK | Subject: eddyNCDT (U05) sensors
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 16 January 2008
Displacement sensors monitor pump
leakage
Three separate eddyNCDT (U05) sensors from Micro-Epsilon are being used to evaluate the leakage and pressure distribution of axial piston pumps.
Non-contact, eddy current displacement sensors from Micro-Epsilon are being used on test rigs to help evaluate the leakage and pressure distribution for axial piston pumps and to analyse the dynamic behaviour of the barrel This research could enable pump manufacturers to develop axial piston pumps with improved port geometry, reducing overall noise and vibration levels of the pump
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 Feb 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The research is being carried out by the Cardiff School of Engineering at Cardiff University.
The research is concerned with the pressure distribution, leakage, force and torque between the barrel and the port plate of an axial piston pump.
Three separate eddyNCDT (U05) sensors from Micro-Epsilon are being used on the test rig to measure the dynamic displacement of the barrel during motion, which rotates at around 1440rev/min.
John Watton, head of the research project at Cardiff School of Engineering said: "A detailed set of new equations have been developed that take into account important parameters such as tilt, clearance and rotational speed and timing groove".
"Of particular novelty is the prediction of a double peak in each torque fluctuation resulting from the more precise modelling of the port plate-timing groove pressure distribution characteristics during motion".
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"A comparison between the temporal torque fluctuation pattern and other work shows a good qualitative agreement".
"Experimental and analytical results for the current study demonstrate that barrel dynamics do contain a component primarily directed by the torque dynamics".
The three eddyNCDT U05 sensors, which have dimensions of 2 x 4mm, with a 0.5mm diameter sensor cable, are positioned on a 50mm radius around the port plate on the test rig, measuring to an accuracy of 0.1um.
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The three displacement measurements around the barrel need to be taken so that the central displacement can be set.
According to Watton, the test rig required very accurate displacement sensors that could measure down to a tenth of a micron.
"Each sensor calibration showed excellent linearity and produced calibration factors of 47.75um/V".
"The barrel dynamic displacement was measured at 180 bar and the results showed at least two waves superimposed, the main wave having a frequency of around 24Hz, which was the pump rotational frequency and the frequency of the second wave being nine times that of the pump frequency".
"The barrel dynamics were first evaluated by considering the torques generated by the fluid pressure between the barrel and the port plate, which required a complex solution of Reynolds equation of lubrication".
"Once the torques acting over the barrel swash plate system are known, the theoretical barrel dynamic motion can be calculated".
"Filtering of the higher frequency effects, typically 1kHz, showed a promising comparison between theory and measurement", Watton said.
These results of the research, and other results on slipper leakage using the same sensors for slipper position, have been discussed with overseas pump manufacturers.
The barrel motion dynamic results have recently been published in ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Jan 2008, Vol 130.
Micro-Epsilon's range of eddy current displacement sensors measure distance, displacement or position of any electrically-conductive target.
The principle enables noncontact and wear-free measurements.
The measurement objects can have either ferromagnetic or nonferromagnetic properties and, because of its immunity to oil, dirt, dust, moisture and interference fields, the eddy current principle is ideally suited to applications in harsh industrial environments.
Micro-Epsilon's eddy current sensors offer a field calibration capability and active temperature compensation, which ensures a stable output signal.
Aside from the standard eddyNCDT range of sensors, miniature sensors are also available that achieve high-precision measurement results with the smallest possible dimensions.
Pressure-resistant versions, screened housings, ceramic types and other special features characterise these sensors.
The miniature sensors are used in high-pressure applications, for example, in internal combustion engines.
The sensors can be used from -50C up to 235C.
The wide temperature range and insensitivity to dirt or dust offers a huge range of applications in industrial environments.
Whereas currently available eddy current sensors exhibit extreme drift with variations in the ambient temperature, active temperature compensation with the eddyNCDT sensors ensures excellent signal stability. Request a free brochure from Micro-Epsilon UK ...
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