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volume. These results lead us to a conclusion that the present pump yields the highest<br />

flexibility and efficiency.<br />

Analysis of the Pressure variation Characteristics<br />

In any pump of the same crank structure as the present pump, the plunger speed<br />

varies with the change of revolution angle of the crank shaft, which induces a change in<br />

the discharge capacity and subsequent pulsation in the high pressure water circuit.<br />

Figure 10 indicates theoretical characteristics of the discharge capacity at<br />

maximum delivery. According to this figure, the pressure variation α1 is 20 %, which is<br />

equal to that of the existing triple plunger pump. At a delivery volume of less than 80 %,<br />

the sliding piston in the hydraulic cushion cylinder acts on each plunger to discharge a<br />

necessary volume constantly, so that the total compound discharge offsets pressure<br />

variation theoretically.<br />

Figure 11 shows the actual pressure variations in the high pressure water circuit at<br />

100 % and 50 % of delivery capacity with 392 MPa of operational pressure.<br />

While the anti-pulsation effect of the hydraulic cushion cylinder is relatively<br />

small in this test (α 2=12 % at 50 %delivery), the pulsation has been reduced<br />

considerably compared to the existing hydraulic drive booster pump; for the total absence<br />

of pulsation, the required accumulator volume of the present pump is only 70 % of that of<br />

a hydraulic drive booster pump (reciprocation rate: 20/min) of the same power.<br />

DISCUSSION<br />

Subsequent to the development of a variable delivery plunger, the analysis of its<br />

characteristics confirmed a considerable effect of power reduction of the hydraulic<br />

cushion cylinder. However, the present test shows a gradual decrease of efficiency with<br />

the decrease of delivery volume (Figure 9). If the hydraulic cushion cylinder functions<br />

perfectly, the efficiency must be 86 % at any delivery rate. Possible reasons for this<br />

deterioration of efficiency are friction resistance of the packing caused by sliding of the<br />

piston in the hydraulic cushion cylinder and fluid resistance in the cylinder due to the<br />

discharge and inflow of oil. For the same reasons, the pulsation did not reach O at the<br />

delivery rate of 50 %.<br />

In Figure 5 (delivery volume at 50 %), our assumption provided that the pressing<br />

force of the piston at the time of oil discharge of the hydraulic cushion cylinder (F'’)<br />

equals to that at the time of oil inflow (F"); -F' = F". However, with a modified formula of<br />

-F' = 1.1 F", the average compound power of each piston becomes about -0.52, and the<br />

efficiency rate thereof −0.48<br />

⋅86 = 80 equals to that in Figure 9.<br />

−0.52<br />

The following conclusions have been obtained from various tests carried out on<br />

the present pump.<br />

i) The power consumption can be controlled in proportion to the delivery<br />

volume to offer an efficient cutting operation.<br />

ii) The injection pressure control is easier than the existing triple plunger<br />

pump.<br />

iii) The pulsation is smaller than the existing hydraulic booster pump.<br />

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