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SUN cartridges and low temperatures

Dzyanis November 8, 2021 0 Articles SUN, temperature 1045 Views

Recently we got a request from the customer to check the system components to work in a low-temperature environment up to -40°C. Most components in the customer’s system were SUN cartridges.

And I was really surprised by the mess of info on the Sun Hydraulic website about seals that SUN uses in their cartridges.

For example, on the “Seals: Materials of Construction” page you can find the manufacturer’s temperature range: from -22° to 230° F (-30° to 110° C) for Buna N (Nitrile) and -22 to 260° F (-30 to 125°C) for Polyurethane O-rings.

But, if you download Technical Product Information PDF from their library, you can find different temperature range for Buna N: -50°F to 200°F which means -45°C..+93°C and no info about Polyurethane O-rings.

This is why I was confused and had a lot of questions to SUN:

1. Why the different info is provided on SUN website?
2. Why there isn’t a choice for Polyurethane O-rings in seal material when selecting cartridges in the SUN catalog?
3. Why SUN has so high temperatures for the low environment for both Buna N and Polyurethane seals?

Really, all competitors have better low-temperature limits for their cartridges, for example:

– Parker’s Nitrile: from -40°C to +93.3°C
– Danfoss/Comatrol, Buna-N: from -40°C
– Bucher, Buna “N”: from -40°C to +120°C
– Doering, Buna N: from -42.7°C to +93.3°C
– Eaton, Buna N: from -40°C to +120°C
– Hydraforce’ Buna “N”: -40°C to +100°C; polyurethane: -54°C to +107°C.

Because it was critical for my application, I have sent a request directly to SUN to get answers to the questions above and have gotten next response: the correct low work temperature for Buna N is -30°C. Сoncerning the polyurethane seals – this is not a standard option, but any cartridge can be assembled with polyurethane o-rings that provides low temperature rate to -40°C. Not a big difference in the price, but because this is going to be a custom modification the delivery time for cartridges (statement on November 2021) is 15..16 weeks (what actually is not bad for SUN).

Just would like to share this experience with you…

Accumulators sizing for energy storage apps.

Dzyanis October 25, 2021 0 Articles accumulator 1994 Views

This week I worked on an accumulator sizing calculator for BOPs, so I have recovered my thermodynamic knowledge and just would like to note somewhere the materials summary and my thoughts about generic accumulator sizing for energy storage applications.

Let’s get generic formula

First of all, all accumulator calculations based on a generic formula of the polytropic process (Ideal Gas Law):

##pV^{n}=const \hspace{35pt} (1)##

Where the specific value of #n# corresponds to particular cases:
#n=0# for isobaric process
#n=+\infty# for isochoric process
#n=1# for isothermal process
#n=\gamma# for adiabatic process

Now, take a look at the image and apply this formula for the accumulator’s 3 major work stages:

Sizing Accumulators

Parker Gold Cup IE (Intelligence Enabled)

Dzyanis October 4, 2021 0 News Parker, pump 812 Views

Parker Gold Cup IE

Parker introduced Gold Cup – IE (Intelligence Enabled) pump.

In general, this is just the new option “E” at the secondary control option for the “9A” electro-hydraulic stroker as the primary control. This option combines the robust design of Gold Cup pump technology with the intelligence of operational sensors and analytics.

Example model number:

P11P3R1C9AEB00

Read more at the PDF document Introducing Gold Cup – IE (Intelligence Enabled).

In my opinion, this option is not for every application, because most sensors are not required for regular tasks. But probably there are exist some sensitive applications where all components should be monitored in real-time (where the high cost of downtime) for detecting failure before it occurs.

ATOS online configurator

Dzyanis July 21, 2021 0 News Atos 1175 Views

ATOS online configurator

ATOS presents the new smart online configurator.

The configurator guarantees free access to technical documentation, 3D view of the selected components and for the users registered in MyAtos area, it allows also to export 3D models and obtain the products prices, as previously available on SWK software.
This first release includes Proportional valves, Axis & P/Q controls, On-off valves and Pumps, while Cylinders will be introduced by the year-end.

Direct link to online Configurator: https://www.atos.com/en-it/configurator/step/productline