Two ram Steering Gear: Working

Brief:

If the oil is pumped into the LHS (port) hydraulic cylinder and drawn from RHS (
starboard) hydraulic cylinder, there will be a left to right sliding movement of
the rams.Through the RAM cross head, the tiller arm will move towards
starboard and the rudder towards port .

The instant pumping is stopped , movement of tiller arm will stop and rudder
will be hydraulically locked in this new position as oil now has no way to leak
and is fully blocked within the ram cylinders and vice – versa.

More Detail:

When the steering wheel is turned signal goes to telemotor receiver through the
telemotor transmitter which operates the hunting gear.

Hunting gear inturn Moves the variable delivery pump (hele shaw or swash
plate type ) operating spindle from neutral position.

Thus pump start pumping to one hydraulic cylinder and from the other hydraulic
cylinder, oil is sucked to pump.
Thus the RAM starts moving and this movement is transmitted through the tiller
to the rudder stock and rudder.

The movement of rudder cause the hunting gear to move in such a way that
once the desired angle of rudder is reached the pumps operating spindle comes
back to neutral positions, and no further pumping & rudder remains in desired
angular position.