Hydraulics Glossary: Applications
- Suction and Flushing Vehicles
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Description: Special vehicles for pipe, sewer, and industrial cleaning equipped with hydraulically driven high-pressure and vacuum pumps.
Hydraulic Functions:
- Driving high-pressure water pumps
- Driving vacuum pumps
- Controlling swivel and lifting functions
- Sweepers
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Description: Municipal vehicles for street and surface cleaning featuring multiple hydraulic power take-offs.
Hydraulic Functions:
- Driving sweeper brushes and suction turbines
- Lifting and swiveling movements
- Travel drives (hydrostatic)
- Loading Cranes
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Description: Hydraulically operated crane systems for load handling and positioning on commercial vehicles.
Hydraulic Functions:
- Lifting, telescopic, and slewing movements
- Sensitive proportional control
- Load-dependent pressure regulation
- Hook and Skip Loaders
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Description: Systems for loading and unloading containers using powerful hydraulic cylinders.
Hydraulic Functions:
- Tipping and pulling movements
- High pressure forces
- Single-acting cylinder systems
- Tipper Vehicles
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Description: Commercial vehicles with hydraulic tipping function for bulk materials.
Hydraulic Functions:
- Single-acting tipping cylinders
- Pressure limitation and safety valves
- Special Purpose Vehicles
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Description: Individually configured vehicles for special fields of application such as industry, waste disposal, or construction.
Hydraulic Functions:
- Customer-specific hydraulic systems
- Combination of working and drive hydraulics
- Hydrostatic Travel Drives
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Description: Stepless travel drives based on closed hydraulic circuits.
Hydraulic Functions:
- Axial piston pumps and motors
- Direction of rotation and speed control
- Power Take-Offs for Working Units
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Description: Utilizing the vehicle transmission to supply hydraulic working functions.
Hydraulic Functions:
- PTO-driven pumps
- Power adaptation to work task
- Municipal Vehicles
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Description: Vehicles for municipal services such as cleaning, winter service, or waste disposal.
Hydraulic Functions:
- Multi-circuit hydraulic systems
- Continuous operation with high reliability
- Winter Service Vehicles
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Description: Vehicles with hydraulic drive for snow plows, sweepers, and spreaders.
Hydraulic Functions:
- Driving spreader and clearing units
- Lifting and swiveling functions
- Special Industrial Applications
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Description: Mobile hydraulic solutions for industrial processes outside classic road vehicles.
Hydraulic Functions:
- High-pressure and continuous operation systems
- Precise regulation and control functions
- Hydraulic Auxiliary Units
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Description: Additional hydraulic consumers to extend vehicle functionality.
Hydraulic Functions:
- Pump and motor drives
- Flexible system integration