Brueninghaus Hydromatik

Axial piston units

in Marine and Offshore technology

RE 98079/03.95
Our experience the sea
The continual pressure of costs in
shipbuilding industry gives the manufacturer
of axial piston units the drive to think about
new low cost solutions.
Especially for the shipbuilding industry the
axial piston motor of the series A4FSP in
swashplate design was developed.
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Due to the swashplate design the motor has Hydraulic drives on ships are normally
the following advantages: equipped with their own hydraulic power unit.
long service life, For our axial piston unit A4VSO with
pressure control for parallel operation, it is
low operating noise, possible to power all hydraulic drives from
one central power station.
slim design,
tandem version for 100 % momentum
increase.
Examples for application Advantages
propulsion stepless speed control
bow thruster selection of diesel engine related to optimum
cargo pump operating data
steering gear long service life time
fan drive easy maintenance
winch drive low costs
crane
ballast pump
stabilizer

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Ringline system on board

The continual further development of

powerful hydraulic components enables
hydraulics to find more and more application Pressure line
in shipbuilding. Pressure
control
For example, in the field of axial piston
pumps and axial piston motors, the succesful
design of swashplate units opened the door
wider to the use of central power units on
board.
With the swashplate design, acceptable
values have been attained for service life,
pulsation and efficiency. In addition, control
designs, which could only be implemented
with costly and great difficulty in bent axis Suction line / tank
machines can now be achieved quite simply.

Pressure control for parallel operation

The axial piston high pressure pumps shown

here maintain a controlled pressure to the
common piping system. By means of parallel
operation of the axial piston units (APU), the
main engine out-put (PTO) and axial piston
units themselves are loaded uniformly.
In addition the APUs operate without
oscillation of the control.
Example of a central Power Pack: It may be
mounted directly onto the main engine. Via a
PTO the pumps are driven at an optimum
Main propeller
speed.
With this design, drive powers of 6000 kW
per PTO are converted into hydraulic energy.
This corresponds to a oil flow of
Diesel engine 12000 L/min.

Pressure
adjustment

Suction line
Cut off valve
(Stand by mode) Process
pressure line

Tank

Variable displacement pump A4VSO, Hydraulic power units via PTO

Sizes 40...750 cm3 RE 92050

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 Drive speed
nominal value

lift
Fixed displacement motor A2FM,
Sizes 5...1000 cm3 RE 91025/91001 Motor
control

Drive speed
actual value Drive speed
actual value signal

Winch Cargo pump

Variable displacement motor A6VM,

Sizes 28...1000 cm3 RE 91604/91603

The Meteor was equipped with a central

hydraulic system using Brueninghaus
Hydromatik axial piston units. The many
winches on board are operated by using a
secondary controlled A4VSO unit.
Germany's research vessel Meteor

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In water submerged hydraulic motors

Great influence to the design of a propeller

drive will be the performance of the shaft
end. Due to the design of this motor, it is
possible to create the shape of the flange and
shaft to nearly every requirement and to
mount the propeller directly.
In order to cope with the high axial and
radial forces, arising from the application, a
new type of bearing was created.
Other very interesting applications have been
implemented together with Hydromarine. The
ships main drive, for example, produced a
better overall efficiency than the conventional
drive because of the considerably improved
arrangement of the propeller. This was partly Flange versions A4FP/A10FP
because the traction propeller version had
been selected.
The same principle was also applied for the
bow thruster. To protect the drive shaft
against seawater, there is a ceramics coated
sleeve included.

Fixed displacement motor A4FP, Sizes 32...500 cm3, RE 91125

Fixed displacement motor A10FP, Size 18 cm3, RE 91175

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Applications

These shown examples are typical

applications for axial piston units in marine
and offshore field.

In addition to this, we offer in view of an

increasing demand for hydrostatic
transmission, in each marine equipment, the
suitable solution.

Winch

Cargo-Pump Propulsion

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Our quality assurance system
is certificated
Our customers expect more from us than
perfectly functioning products. And that is a
good thing too. It is expected that we ensure
that we have a self monitoring, compre-
hensive quality safety system covering all
company areas.
Not only DQS (German Quality Assurance
Society) confirms this with the certificate
from them shown on the right.
Brueninghaus Hydromatik GmbH
Plant Elchingen Plant Horb
Glockeraustrae 2 An den Kelterwiesen 14
D89275 Elchingen D72160 Horb
Telephone (0 73 08) 8 20 Telephone (0 74 51) 9 20
Telefax (0 73 08) 72 74 Telefax (0 74 51) 82 21
We are involved in all the product
manufacturing stages, from the development
via production to customer service.
We have decided to install our quality
assurance system in such a way, that the
highest demands of DIN EN ISO 9001 are
fulfilled.
The quality of our products as well as the
advanced state of technology and competitive
cost is the reason why we have happy
customers.
Our customers are always the focal point of
our work.
Application example: Ship steering gear
The above shown power unit is part of steering
gear, placed in container ship
Hannover Express
Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
D97813 Lohr am Main
Telephone (0 93 52) 18 0
Telefax (0 93 52) 18 21 59