Servo Power Unit – Special Configuration for Military Customer

Application: Electro-Hydraulic Power Unit for use with Customer Cylinders

Product: Servo Power Units

Challenge:

The customer required a Servo Power Unit that would attach to their existing cylinders and that needed several special features:

• Required to provide 85,000 lbf @ 7 inches/sec. Approximately 130 HP
• Ability to manually operate the cylinder in the event of a power outage
• Ability to service one or more Servo Power Units while keeping the system in operation
• Synchronized speed across both of the 5-SPU banks

Solution:

A special configuration of Kyntronics Servo Power Unit was provided that included:

• Two – 5-Servo Power Unit banks
• Control Panel with 10 servo drives to operate the two 5-SPU banks
• Control Panel with HMI operator Interface
• Servo drive and HMI software developed by Kyntronics
• Manual back-up power unit on each 5-SPU bank for manual operation in the event of power loss
• Capability to service one or more Servo Power Units without taking the system out of service
• Synchronized speed across each of the 5-SPU banks

Servo Power Unit – System Components

 

Manual Operation using a Cordless Drill

 

Servicing a Single Power Unit while Keeping the System in Operation