Parker Hannifin : servo pump powers the steering of Tatra Queen 69 REBORN Aleš Loprais racing truck
February 28, 2019 at 12:31 pm EST
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Prague, Czech Republic. 28. February, 2019- Parker Hannifin, the global leader in motion and control technologies, plays an integral role in ensuringhigh efficiency, high performance and high power density in the Tatra Queen 69 REBORN racing truck fitted with a Parker gear pump. Instaforex Loprais Team from Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, led by a famous truck driver AlešLoprais race the truck in extreme conditions.
The Parker gear pump successfully passed an 'acid test' during last year's 2018 Dakar desert race, as well as during the Morocco Desert Challenge 2018, which Aleš Loprais won with the truck. After last year's successes and other challenging tests, the Tatra Queen 69 REBORN truck and the entire team and driver Aleš Loprais set off on their way to South America, where they managed to win the 5th place among strong competitors in the most famous 2019 Dakar rally.
The gear pump is used in trucks for the power steering, where it pumps the hydraulic fluid into the steering booster and the truck is then very easy to operate. If it fails, the steering blocks up in most cases. The vehicle becomes uncontrollable, which can result in a serious collision.
The extreme racing conditions require high-quality components. The temperatures in South America were the most demanding factor for Tatra and the gear pump. If there is excessive heat, the gear pump could become jammed or cracks, that blocks up the steering, which can have serious consequences given the 'monster' such as Tatra. Ales Loprais was faced with this problematic situation several times, fortunately without serious consequences.
The Instaforex Loprais team has chosen the Parker Cast Iron PGP620/PGP517 servo pump because of the high efficiency, high performance and high power density due to its interlocking two-piece cast iron construction, making it an ideal selection for the extreme racing conditionswhere durability and efficiency are important. Unlike the competitor products, the optimal setting of fluid flow, oil volume and temperature, and, in addition, it is equipped with cooling system to cope with extreme temperatures. Its robust construction allows it to be used even in the most demanding conditions such as those prevailing during the Dakar or Morocco Desert races.
About Parker Hannifin Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than 100 years the company has engineered the success of its customers in a wide range of diversified industrial and aerospace markets. Learn more at www.parker.com or @parkerhannifin.
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Parker Hannifin Corporation specializes in designing, manufacturing, and selling monitoring and control systems. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
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- aerospace systems and components (15.9%): flight control systems, fluid flow automation and monitoring systems, hydraulic components, brakes, etc. intended for military and commercial aircraft.
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