Catalog - RKP-D Series Radial Piston Pump with Digital Control
Technical Note - RKP-D Series
Radial Piston Pumps
RKP with Digital Control for High Performance Machines
The Radial Piston Pump (RKP) with Digital Control is an electro-hydraulic version of the RKP with a fieldbus interface. It is the flexile and advanced solution for machine applications requiring high dynamics and reliability such as injection molding and metal forming machinery.
The robust and contamination-resistant design of the RKP Pump is well-established in the market. It is now enhanced with a new Servo- Proportional Pilot Valve with digital on-board electronics for flow and pressure regulation, tuning and diagnostics. The high-performance, flexible microprocessor control system design makes this pump the ideal solution for a variety of pressure and flow-controlled systems.
Benefits and Features
- Closed-Loop Control: The new pilot valve with digital onboard-electronics provides more dynamics and improved precision control of the basic pump functions (flow and pressure regulations)
- Analog or Digital Control: The ability to function as a CANopen device or as a traditional analog device ensures compatibility with several PLC structures
- On-the-Fly Adjustment: Changing the parameters of the pressure controller "on-the-fly" enables optimization of the performance of sequential machine processes with multiple cylinders, a process nearly impossible with traditional pump operations
- Optimized Multiple Pumps: Optimized multiple pump arrangements in master-slave format now allows users to easily combine multiple servo-pump stages in one common oil volume, while providing superior pressure control
- Advanced Troubleshooting: Full access to all internal parameters during runtime helps to minimize downtime and enables users to diagnose common faults via Human Machine Interface (HMI) or laptop interface
- Save Space and Assembly Time: No assembly space inside the cabinet is required due to the design of the Digital Control Pump including onboard-electronics
Literature
Injection Molding Case Study
Background: The usage of the control and the performance of the RKP-D played a significant role for the performance of the overall application. The main requirements of the customer were high speed and accuracy of pressure and displacement values, rapid build-up and drop of operating pressure, flexibility to change operating parameters according to end-user requirements.
The Moog Solution: Four RKP-D pumps in a Master / Slave configuration, where the master pump generates the target values for the slave pumps via the local digital bus.
The Result: The customer appreciated the accurate and repeatable adjustments of pressure and displacement, flexibility in control, and improved dynamic pattern which were all benefits when compared to a solution with one large pump. Low noise and durability that are characteristic of the RKP design were also decisive factors for the customer's choice.
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