Electric versus hydraulics versus pneumatics

Book · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6514693

This book presents a collection of papers from a conference which considered the advantages and disadvantages of electric, hydraulic and pneumatic drives and actuators. The volume follows on the success of the 1983 conference on electric and hydraulic drives. Topics considered include fork lift trucks - an ideal application for regenerative transmissions; a hybrid-electric power system with hydrostatic transmission; electrics and hydraulics on roadheader machinery; hydraulic, electrical, pneumatic control - which way to go. an electrically-powered servo to drive the two axes of a missile launching platform - pros and cons when compared with the traditional hydraulic solution; the encapsulation of a novel intrinsically safe displacement transducer; mobile cryogenic pumping systems; automation of a wood-turning machine, hydraulic or electric. The choice of a servo motor for a specific application; developments in the design and control of pneumatic linear actuators; compressed air purification for instrumentation in the high technology industries; trends in prime mover choice for powered hand tools; and choosing the drive system for the right application.

• OSTI ID: 6514693
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
ELECTRIC MOTORS
HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT
PNEUMATIC MOTORS
ACTUATORS
AUTOMATION
COMPRESSED AIR
CRYOPUMPS
HYBRID ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES
HYDRAULIC CONTROL DEVICES
MECHANICAL TRANSMISSIONS
MISSILE LAUNCHING SITES
PNEUMATIC CONTROLLERS
SERVOMECHANISMS
TRANSDUCERS
TRUCKS
AIR
COMPRESSED GASES
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
GASES
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
MACHINE PARTS
MOTORS
PUMPS
VACUUM PUMPS
VEHICLES
320303* - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Industrial & Agricultural Processes- Equipment & Processes