How a servo works

Christopher Jiron
 Hydraulic servos

 A band is applied using a hydraulic operated piston that

travels inside a machined cylinder bore. The piston and
cylinder assembly is known as a servo.
 A piston return spring normally holds the servo piston in
its un-applied position. To apply the band, hydraulic
fluid, under pressure, enters the servo cylinder and acts
on the piston. The piston begins moving once hydraulic
pressure overcomes spring force.
 Laws

Pascals law Spring force

Spring force is measures

using this formula which
is called “Hookes Law”.
It calculates the force
exerted by a
compression spring
before and after loading.
Piston Force
How to calculate the pressure
needed to apply band
 Credits

 http://www.cdxetextbook.com/trans/auto/servosClutche
s/frontservo.html
 http://www.fourwheeler.com/how-to/0706or-automatic-
transmission-tech/photo-15.html
 https://www.google.com/search?q=pascal's+law&rlz=1T
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