Foreword to the online edition of the O+P-Fachlexikon "Fluidtechnik von A bis Z" (O+P technical glossary "Fluid technology from A to Z")
in fluid technology for a long time. With the O+P-Fachlexikon "Fluidtechnik von A bis Z" (O+P technical glossary "Fluid technology from A to Z"), the 1st edition of which was published in 1989 by Vereinigte [...] Hydraulic and pneumatic drive and control technology – collectively termed fluid technology – is a comparatively young specialist area of drive and automation technology that only started to become used [...] important specialist area for mechanical engineering, up to this point it was not a subject at colleges and universities – unlike electrical engineering. As a consequence up until the 1970s hydraulic components
Controller structures
Construction of a It may be simple – e.g. P-controller or PT1 controller, etc. – or complex (e.g. state control or adaptive control ).
Contact ratio t p
seals within a limit the surface area moved past the surface should have a contacting ratio of at least 50% (1:2).
Class of accuracy
the actual value or of the end value. Example for electrical measuring instruments: 0.1 — 0.2 — 0.5 — 1 — 1.5 — 2 (VDI 2600).
Noise level L p
Logarithmic sound pressure p, in relation to the sound pressure p o The reference sound pressure p O (pO = 20 μPa) is equal to the noise pressure of the human hearing threshold level at 1000 Hz in dB. The noise [...] can also be determined for certain frequency bands. The noise level states how much noise is present at the respective location. It gets smaller as the distance from the source of the noise increases, therefore [...] therefore the measuring distance must always be stated along with the noise level (for humans: normally 1 m). In practice, calculating the noise level of a deployed machine is problematic: cf. Noise measurement
Hydrostatic power P h
a flow rate Q at a pressure difference Δp: The theoretical hydrostatic power at the output side ignores any volumetric losses and hydromechanical losses. The effective hydrostatic power at the output side
Pressure-flow rate (p/Q) characteristic
continuously adjustable directional valves : The flow depends on the magnitude of the pressure drop assumed at the control edges as well as the magnitude of the opening cross-section and with it the swing on the [...] the pressure rise with increasing flow rate: the harder the spring, the higher the pressure climbs at Q max. Here pilot-controlled pressure valves are better (Figure D 83) .