Hycos have designed and built their own testing facility, intended for dynamic testing of all kinds of hydraulic parts. The base frame of the test bench is prepared for large hydraulic assemblies such as towing winches, planetary drive units and Staffa high torque, low speed, fixed displacement radial piston motors.

Extensive know-how with all brands makes it possible to reliably overhaul, repair and test all kinds of hydraulic systems and components, such as:

Single and double acting cylinders up to 8 m stroke Fixed displacement gear, vane and radial piston pumps and motors Variable displacement vane and axial piston pumps and motors Hydraulic units and power supplies Manifolds Directional and proportional valves up to size NG 32 Safety valves, modular as well as cartridge types Accumulators A main 160 kW electric motor drives an hydraulic pump with proportional pressure and flow control from: 0-375 l/min 0-350 bar A secondary 15 kW electric motor drive provides a smaller test circuit: 0-55 l/min 0-160 bar Specifically for pressure testing up to 720 bar a 900 cc/min pump set is available. The test bench is complete with computer operating and monitoring systems, operating under our in house SCADA visualization and operation software. Test data is collated, printed and plotted from a variety of pressure, flow, temperature and speed sensors using manual, semi-automatic or fully-automated data acquisition and controls.