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Hydraulic "Batteries" Save Fuel

Accumulator-based energy recovery systems improve mobile-equipment efficiency. Hydropneumatic accumulators are widely used in industrial and mobile hydraulic systems because they provide auxiliary power during peak periods. This lets designers select smaller pumps, motors, and reservoirs in the main system. Accumulators are also widely used in leakage compensation and holding applications and, on off-road equipment, in braking, ride control, steering, dead-engine pilot, and tensioning systems. Beyond their basic use, accumulators are finding their way into new applications due to an ability to save energy, reduce initial and operating costs, handle high payloads, and prolong equipment life. With today’s high fuel costs, a promising new application with significant payoffs and benefits uses accumulators as rechargeable hydraulic batteries. These recover and store previously lost energy and use it
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