hydraulic amplifier
hydraulic amplifier
[hī′drȯ·lik ′am·plə‚fī·ər] (control systems)
A device which increases the power of a signal in a hydraulic servomechanism or other system through the use of fixed and variable orifices. Also known as hydraulic intensifier.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Proportional valve has a first stage, a
hydraulic amplifier (converts an electrical input to a hydraulic control pressure), and a second stage (which responds to the control pressure and meters an accurate output flow).
Various types of
hydraulic amplifiers other than no-backlash linear motors have been developed.
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