Voith Turbo Gmbh Co. Kg

Voith Turbo Gmbh

Voith Turbo Kg

Thomas Rogner

Georg Wahl

Anton Frank

Friedrich Kurzay

Klaus Sauka

Dieter Proger

A method and device for speed control of a friction clutch in a drive unit having a drive engine and in which the friction clutch includes at least two clutch parts that can be pressed together for purposes of torque transfer. The first clutch part is coupled at least indirectly to the drive engine and the second clutch part can be coupled to the drive engine via the first clutch part. The contact force for the clutch parts required for torque transfer is automatically applied hydraulically at least on achieving the idling speed of the drive engine by rotational pressure of a rotating ring of hydraulic fluid.

Method of speed control of a friction clutch in a drive train and a

The disclosure concerns a pumping apparatus for working fluid, in a hydrodynamic coupling, or the like. Working fluid is stored in a sump and is to be lifted by a spinning disc to an elevated container from which the working fluid is then directed back into the spinning disc. The periphery of the spinning disc picks up the working fluid from the sump and carries it around to spary it up toward a deflector at the top of the housing which deflects the fluid into the container. A groove-like duct encloses the lower quarter of the disc for directing the fluid back toward the surface of the disc. The disc has a trapezoidal cross-section peripheral groove for further carrying the fluid beyond the top exit of the duct so that the fluid may be thrown toward the deflector at the top of the housing.

Pumping apparatus for fluid

A scoop-trimmed fluid coupling wherein the transmitted torque decreases continuously with increasing ratio of runner speed to impeller speed at each degree of filling of the working circuit with liquid. During acceleration of the runner, the scoop tube is moved by its actuator from a 'circuit empty' to a 'circuit full' position in several stages and at different speeds so that the torque which is transmitted by the coupling during acceleration of the runner remains substantially constant. If the load upon the runner varies from acceleration to acceleration of the runner, the operation of the actuator during acceleration of the runner is modified by a controller system which monitors the energy requirements of the prime mover for the impeller or the acceleration of the runner. The actuator is a single-acting hydraulic cylinder having one or more auxiliary ports which are permitted to admit additional pressurized fluid into the cylinder chamber in predetermined intermediate position or positions of the scoop tube during movement from the 'circuit empty' to the 'circuit full' position. The speed of the scoop tube can increase from stage to stage; alternatively, and especially if the load upon the runner varies from acceleration to acceleration of the runner, the stages or intervals during which the speed of the scoop tube increases alternate with stages or intervals during which the scoop tube is idle or moves backwards toward the 'circuit empty' position.

Controllable-filling hydrodynamic fluid coupling

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Kirchberg, Germany

Thomas Rogner