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1- Product description - Swash plate system
Radial bearing PistonThrust bearingsDrive shaft
Radial bearing
Swash plate
Valeo TM55 & TM65 are 14-cylinder swash plate
type compressors. With this type of compressor,
the cylinders and pistons are arranged axially
along the drive shaft.
The pistons operate within the cylinders and
are driven by a swash plate to perform suction,
compression and discharge.
Swash plate system
The drive shaft, which is driven by the engine
through the magnetic clutch, is equipped with a
swash plate.
The drive shaft is supported by two radial bearings
and two thrust bearings.
The swash plate is rotated by the drive shaft, and
moves the pistons back and forth.
Radial bearing
Thrust bearing
Suction
Compression
Suction
Compression
Piston
Shoe
Piston Drive System
The pistons in the cylinders are mounted on the
swash plate through hemispherical shoes.
Each piston has a compression head at each end.
Swash plate rotation results in a reciprocating
piston movement horizontal to the drive shaft.
The cylinders, which are arranged at 51.4° intervals
around the drive shaft, are each divided into 2
chambers, providing 7 front and 7 rear bores.
As each piston performs suction and compression
at either end, the compressor operates as a 14
cylinder compressor.
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