Programme

Thursday, 6th, June:

9.00 – 9.30 Registration
9.30 – 10.50 Plenary session (Chair: Matti Linjama, Tampere University)

9.30 – 9.40     Opening of workshop (Matti Linjama, Tampere University, Finland)

9.40 – 9.50     Research and activities at IHA (Tatiana Minav, Tampere University, Finland)

9.50 – 10.20   Digital Fluid Power Market Solutions (Bernd Winkler, Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH, Austria)

10.25 – 10.45   Digital Water Hydraulics – Case Study on Development of Reliable Control System for ITER Remote Maintenance Tools (Harri Sairiala, Fluiconnecto Oy, Finland)

10.50 – 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 – 12.30 Valves I (Chair: Bernd Winkler, Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH)

11.15 – 11.35  Development and Simulation of a Comprehensive Test System for Analyzing High Flow Rate Digital Flow Control Units in Hydraulic Applications (Essameldin Elsaed, Tampere university, Finland)

11.40 – 12.00  Theoretical analysis of a piezo-electro-hydraulic latch for valve actuation (Rudolf Scheidl, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria)

12.05 – 12.25   Effect of armature key parameters on dynamic characteristics of fast switching valve (Pengyuan Zhang, Yanshan University, China)

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14.45 Systems (Chair: Mikko Huova, Tampere University, Finland)

13.30 – 13.50   Efficient and Load Sensitive Hydraulic Supply Unit using Multiple Switching Converters
(Helmut Kogler, Linz Center of Mechatronics, Austria)

13.55 – 14.15   Energy Efficient Digital Hydraulic Addon for A Composite Press in Series Production (Andreas Plöckinger, Linz Center of Mechatronics, Austria)

14.20 – 14.40  An integrated compact digital hydraulic converter prototype for hydraulic transmission (Min Pan, University of Bath, UK)

14.45 – 15.15 Coffee break
15.15 – 16.05 Pumps (Chair: Tatiana Minav, Tampere University, Finland)

15.15 – 15.35  Comparative Evaluation of Valve Control Strategy for Two Types of Valves in Digital Displacement Pump for Improved Performance (Mohit Bhola, Aalborg University, Denmark)

15.40 – 16.00   Regenerative Structural Fatigue Testing with Digital Displacement Pump/Motors (Win Rampen, The University of Edinburgh, UK)

18.00 – 22.00   Gala dinner (cruise on lake Pyhäjärvi)

 

Friday, 7th, June:

9.30 – 10.45 Reliability and Control (Chair: Bernhard Manhartsgruber, Johannes Kepler University Linz)

9.30 – 9.50   Digital Hydraulic Work Functions of a Prototype Wheel Loader (Mikko Huova, Tampere University, Finland)

9.55 – 10.15   High Accuracy Control for Position Servo System Using High-Speed on/off Valves (Enguang Xu, Zhejiang University of Technology, China)

10.20 – 10.40  Feasibility Study for Possibility for Enhancing Reliability through Optimization and Control of Digital Hydraulic Pitch System (Mohit Bhola, Aalborg University, Denmark)

10.45 – 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 – 12.05 Valves II (Chair: Rudolf Scheidl, Johannes Kepler University Linz)

11.15 – 11.35   The limits of classical orifice equation modeling for digital applications with fast switching (Bernhard Manhartsgruber, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria)

11.40 – 12.00   Digital hydraulic control of accumulator flow in hydraulic hybrid (Matti Linjama, Tampere University, Finland)

12.15 – 13.15 Lunch

13.40 – 17.00 Visit to Metso aggregates Tampere factory.

Bus starts at the front of hotel and returns at 17:00 at the latest.