Floating Cup:

variable pump design

Slipper type pump

Slipper type pump

rotating
group

Slipper type pump

cradle
bearing

swash plate

bias spring
bias
piston

control
piston

Slipper type pump

port
plate
swash plate

bent axis

port
plate

Floating Cup
swash plates & port plates
barrels
rotor
8
cups8 pistons
shaft

balanced, double swash plate design

8

commutation via
swash plate
tilt angle: 08

double pump?

size?

complexity?

costs?

Size comparison
slipper
type

floating
cup

Size comparison

Size comparison

swash
plate

bias
spring

swash
plate

control
pistons

bias
spring

bias pistons

control
pistons

no side forces
on the swash
plate
low friction
low cost
small

connected to the
high pressure side
of the pump
bias piston

control pistons

advantages

advantages
swash plates are supported at the backside

advantages
control piston pairs create pure torque

advantages
actuators do not extend bearing positions

compact balanced, double swash plate design

8

commutation via
swash plate
tilt angle: 08

commutation via
swash plate
deformation?
leakage?

swash plate slipper type

swash plate slipper type

swash plate slipper type

bias piston

trajectory
resultant
piston forces
control piston

swash plate slipper type

swash plate slipper type

pressure fields

swash plate slipper type

swash plate slipper type

swash plate slipper type

swash plate slipper type

swash plate slipper type

swash plate slipper type

gap

floating cup
swash
plate

barrel

barrel

swash
plate

swash plate & barrel

barrel ports

first control piston

second control piston

back ports

bias piston

first control piston

barrel
swash plate
back port
bias piston
second control piston

floating cup

slipper type

forces are in line

forces are not in line

floating cup

slipper type

forces are in line

forces are not in line

FEM-analysis
barrel
port plate
swash plate

deformation < 4 m @ 35 MPa

Conclusions
piston-cups are
excellent actuators

Conclusions
piston-cups are
excellent actuators
good support
swash plate

Conclusions
piston-cups are
excellent actuators
good support
swash plate
low swash plate
friction

Conclusions
piston-cups are
excellent actuators
good support
swash plate
low swash plate
friction
compact