Hydraulic device for supplying a hydraulic driving unit

• US 5,486,106 A
• Filed: 10/14/1994
• Issued: 01/23/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Karl Hehl
• Original Assignee: Karl Hehl
• Inventors: Hehl, Karl
• Primary Examiner(s): HEITBRINK, TIMOTHY W
• Application Number:
  US08/321,893
• Time in Patent Office: 466 Days
• Field of Search: 425/145, 425/150, 425/135, 264/40.5
• US Class Current: 425/145
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/82 Hydraulic or pneumatic circuits
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 2205/061 after a throttle
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 49/065 and making use of computers
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 16/208 using a combination of controlling means as defined in G05D16/2013 and G05D16/2066 G05D16/2073 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 3/20 using a digital comparing device

Abstract

In a hydraulic device a variable capacity pump adapted to record a differential pressure via a control valve is actuated in such a way that a constant operational pressure gradient is maintained. Since the variable capacity pump is driven by a rotary current motor, which is connected to a current source by a frequency converter and is regulable with regard to its speed, it is possible to control hydraulic consumers in an energy-saving manner at a reasonable price.

Claims

1. A hydraulic device for supplying a hydraulic driving unit in an injection molding machine for processing synthetic materials comprising

at least one variable capacity pump,

a main line extending from said variable capacity pump to said driving unit,

at least one control valve arranged in said main line and adapted to determine a quantity and a pressure of hydraulic fluid in said main line,

a controlling mechanism connected with said variable capacity pump for control of said pressure,

a control conduit which connects said controlling mechanism of said variable capacity pump with said main line downstream of said control valve,

at least one pressure transducing means arranged for transducing an actual pressure value downstream of said control valve;

comparing means for comparing said actual pressure value with a nominal pressure value and supplying a first correcting variable for said controlling mechanism in dependency of result of said comparing means,

said variable capacity pump being driven by a rotary current motor which is connected to a current source, and a speed of rotation of said rotary current motors being regulated via a frequency converter arranged between said current source and said rotary current motor.

2. The hydraulic device set forth in claim 1, wherein a maximum performance of said variable capacity pump is given by said frequency converter, based on preset values for a respective injection cycle in dependance from a second correcting variable which depends on said quantity and said pressure.

3. The hydraulic device set forth in claim 2, wherein said second correcting variable is separately calculated for individual sections of said injection cycle.

4. The hydraulic device set forth in claim 2, wherein a pumping capacity beyond said maximum performance of said variable capacity pump is regulated by said first correcting variable.

5. The hydraulic device set forth in claim 1, wherein an engine speed sensor calipers a number of revolutions of said rotary current motor and said number of revolutions is cascadely controlled via said frequency converter.