I've been using SPX Power Team electric hydraulic pumps for my presses , and they're great because they are integrated and ready to use without me understanding the hows and whys of their design. But now I have the need for moving more oil faster and want to do so without forking over the thousands of $$$ it would take to just buy a bigger pump of the same style. Today I was talking to someone who set themselves up very inexpensively by bodging together a motor, pump, and reservoir and apparently has a better performing system than I do with a lot less invested. Sounds great but I am not familiar enough with this stuff to just start looking for separate motors and pumps and valves .
So , here's a few details about what I have and am doing, and feel free to ask for more info so that I can maybe ask the right questions or have a few clues about what to scrounge for. Now I'm using the 1hp model with an auto dump valve, but advance/ hold/return function would be nice.
10,000 psi , and running many hundreds of press cycles a day, several seconds apart. This particular motor verges on being too loud ( though it's billed as 'whisper quiet') to keep inside next to the work, so something bigger and louder will likely go outside....... It's used with single acting rams , and isn't rated for continuous use. It moves 300 in3 /min at 0 psi and 30 in3/ min at 10,000 psi. I'd like to get going at twice that rate or more.Anyway , there's some basic info and we can take it from there. Thanks, Dar