Freelander Steering System: PAS Pump Operation
STEERING
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DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
Operation
PAS Pump Operation
1 Inlet port
2 Roller vane chamber
3 Discharge port
4 Cam
5 Carrier
6 Roller vanes
As the pump rotates, centrifugal force causes the roller vanes to move outwards in the slots in the carrier and contact
the cam ring. As the carrier rotates, the cam ring form causes the space between the rollers to increase. The
increasing volume between the roller vanes causes a depression which draws fluid into the space between the rollers.
As the carrier continues to rotate, the inlet port is closed to the roller vanes which have drawn the fluid, trapping the
fluid between the rollers. As the carrier rotates further, the cam form causes the space between the roller vanes to
decrease, pressurizing the fluid between the rollers.
On further rotation of the carrier the roller vanes reach the discharge port and fluid is displaced under pressure from
between the roller vanes into the discharge port. The space between each pair of rollers is subjected to this cycle
twice for every revolution of the pump.
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