What are the advantages of Hydraulic Pump?

Hydraulic pumps have a real advantage over many other types of pumps for industry and private use. A pump is usually used to transfer substances such as liquids or gasses from one area to another. There are three main types of hydraulic pumps commonly used today, rotary vane type pumps, screw type pumps and gear pumps, these pumps are widely used in many industrial applications, for automotive and marine use.

All pumps require some form of external power source to operate; a hydraulic pump uses the kinetic power of water as its main source of operation as they transform mechanical energy to its new form of hydrostatic energy.

Hydraulic pumps can be powered by motors that run on petrol, diesel, gas or electricity to provide momentum. Some types of hydraulic pumps operate by gravity feed often from the same water source they are pumping from. Other use the natural elements, these types of continuous running pumps are often used on farms to provide water. A good example is a windmill that uses a hydraulic pump to lift the water from deep in the ground, powered by the wind above.

For many years hydraulic pumps were very popular around the world for government, Industrial and commercial applications. With the introduction of the modern types of electric and solar type pumps, hydraulic pumps lost their popularity while these new types of pumps became more fashionable.

Because they are able to push a large amount of liquid over very long distances using a minimal amount of energy and have relatively low maintenance demands, they are now once again becoming more popular especially in developing countries.

They are relatively safe and efficient to operate, their three distinct advantages are:

• Energy efficient

Hydraulic pumps generally use much less energy than other types of pump to do the same amount of work or shift the same volume of liquid. They are often rated as being as much as 80% more efficient that pneumatic type systems

• Better, Runaway Control

Because of the setup involved a hydraulic pump is very unlikely to run dry unnoticed. This condition of running a pump dry, as can happen in a pneumatic system, almost always causes damage that forces the operator to lose valuable working time while it’s repaired. With a hydraulic system the speeds and flow control are much easier to look after and monitor than with any other type of system. This allows the operator to avoid pump runaway with its subsequent seal and package damage as well as the damage it causes to other hard, internal parts

• Reduced Maintenance Costs

Overall maintenance costs are substantially lower for hydraulic pumps as they are self-lubricating and do not have the problems associated with pumps that rely on compressed air such as problems with moisture, areolated oils, scale and rust build ups. They also eliminate the problems of icing up which can occur when the pump’s cycles cause the cooling of rapidly exhausting compressed air.

Hydraulic Pumps are known to be one of the most energy efficient system for moving liquids or gasses and have been used around Australian farms for many years and well as in industry and commercial applications. They are becoming more popular now because of their low running costs.

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