Getting your system in Sync: Part 1 - An introduction to some of the ways to synchronize multiple actuators in a hydraulic system

摘要

Imagine trying to control a huge container of molten metal that must remain perfectly level as it is lowered or moved across a factory floor. Cylinders controlling this motion could each be hooked up with linear displacement transducers, tied into a control system - with some sacrifices in speed, not to mention high costs. But there are many other ways to synchronize multiple actuator functions within hydraulic systems. These include: valve-type flow dividers and divider/combiners, rotary external gear flow divider/combiners, and re-phasing type hydraulic cylinders.