Application of a Hydraulic Clutch to a Highway Maintenance Vehicle

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Banner, Robert A., author.

Conference Name:

1981 SAE International Off-Highway and Powerplant Congress and Exposition (1981-09-14 : Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1981

Summary:

In the past the fuel efficiency of many vehicles has been adversely affected by the unnecessary parasitic horsepower losses incurred by line driven hydraulic pumps when pump capacity is not required. This paper describes the application of an Ausco hydraulically actuated multiple disc clutch to the main system pump on a highway maintenance vehicle. The described clutch system was prototyped on an Iowa Department of Transportation road maintenance truck in the fall of 1980.This paper outlines the basic system concept, hydraulic circuit for clutch actuation, design and procurement problems, preliminary fuel economy improvement and alternate clutch actuating concepts

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Publisher Number:

810908

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