8 10 Common hydraulics – 10.

4 Pumps

10.4 Pumps
10.4.1 Gear pump with fixed displacement
Gear pump with fixed displacement, description
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All hydraulic pumps with fixed displacement are gear pump type. They
are driven by splines from the engine. The pump shafts are fitted with
slide bearings which are lubricated by the oil flowing through.
The gear pumps pump oil using two gears which run against each oth-
er in an oval housing. One of the gears is driven while the other rotates
freely and follows the first one.

5 2 The motion of the gears creates suction between gears and housing.
With each revolution that the gears turn they pump a certain quantity
of oil (fixed displacement). The pump flow varies with the speed of the
input shaft.
There are thrust plates on each side of the pump gears which form a
seal between the suction and pressure sides.
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The displacement, i.e. how many cubic centimetres of oil the pump
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4 can supply per pump revolution, can differ between the different gear
1. Pump housing pumps.
2. Outlet
3. Drive gear NOTE
4. Gear tooth spacing
It is essential that the clearance between the gears and between
5. Inlet
gears and housing is correct. Insufficient gear clearance wear
6. Idler gear
damage. Excessive gear clearance reduces the efficiency of the
pump.
The pumps have the following functions:
3 1. Pump 1 supplies the steering system and load handling. The pri-
ority valve in the valve block ensures that there is always pressure
for steering. The remaining fluid flow is available for load handing.
2. Pump 2 supplies lifting, lowering and tilting.
3. Pump 3 supplies the brake and cooling circuit in the brake system
via an accumulator charging valve, and the servo circuit for load-
ing handling.
1 4. Pump 4 for lever steering / mini-wheel . Installed between the
gearbox and hydraulic oil pump for the brake system, and the ser-
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vo circuit for load handling (position 3).

5. Pump 5 for Optimum speed and Optimum rev . Installed be-

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tween the gearbox and hydraulic oil pump for the brake system,
and the servo circuit for load handling (position 3).
Hydraulic oil pumps, standard version.
1. Hydraulic oil pump for steering and load handling The pumps are assembled in 2 pump banks and connected to the
2. Hydraulic oil pump for lifting, lowering and tilting. gearbox power take-off.
3. Hydraulic oil pump for brake system and servo cir-
cuit for load handling.

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