ANALYSIS OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF A WATER HYDRAULIC CRANE

Authors

  • Simone Bruno Politecnico di Bari, DIMeG, Via Re David 200, 70122 Bari, Italy
  • Harri Sairiala Tampere University of Technology, Institute of Hydraulic and Automation, Valkeakoski Research Unit, Valkeakoski, Finland
  • Kari T. Koskinen Tampere University of Technology, Institute of Hydraulic and Automation, Tampere, Finland

Keywords:

hydraulic crane, water hydraulic, PID, proportional valve

Abstract

In this work a hydraulic crane was equipped with water hydraulic components. A control system using two PID controllers plus a Feed Forward block (F-PID) was implemented and in order to study the dynamic behaviour of this kind of system a series of tests were performed. At first, a characterisation of the system (mechanical and hydraulic) was performed and then the different steps of the controllers design were analysed, by means of various end-effector trajectories. The results show a very good behaviour of this kind of system with a low positioning error.

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Author Biographies

Simone Bruno, Politecnico di Bari, DIMeG, Via Re David 200, 70122 Bari, Italy

Simone Bruno received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in May 2006. He works in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (DIMeG) of the Polytechnic of Bari (Bari, Italy) in the Fluid Power Laboratory with the Prof. A. Lippolis. During his Ph.D. he worked in the Institute of Hydraulic and Automation of the Tampere University of Technology in the research group of the Prof. K.T. Koskinen. His research activity is focused on the study of the dynamic behaviour of hydraulic system.

Harri Sairiala, Tampere University of Technology, Institute of Hydraulic and Automation, Valkeakoski Research Unit, Valkeakoski, Finland

Harri Sairiala received his M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 2000. He works as a researcher in the Institute of Hydraulics and Automation (IHA) in Tampere University of Technology (TUT). His research activities are water hydraulic motion control and proportional valves.

Kari T. Koskinen, Tampere University of Technology, Institute of Hydraulic and Automation, Tampere, Finland

Kari T. Koskinen Professor, Dr.Tech. Kari T. Koskinen is a professor of fluid power in TUT/IHA. He graduated as Dr.Tech. in 1996. Water hydraulics, Virtual technologies in fluid power and aircraft hydraulics belongs to his research interests. He has published over 100 technical and scientific papers. He is leader of the Water Hydraulics Research Group in TUT/IHA.

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Published

2006-08-01

How to Cite

Bruno, S., Sairiala, H., & Koskinen, K. T. (2006). ANALYSIS OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF A WATER HYDRAULIC CRANE. International Journal of Fluid Power, 7(2), 29–38. Retrieved from https://journals.riverpublishers.com/index.php/IJFP/article/view/556

Issue

2006: Vol 07 Iss 2

Section

Original Article