Digital Displacement® hydraulics

Our unique Digital Displacement® technology is suitable for diesel, hybrid and fully electric off-highway machines. The fully-patented Digital Displacement® hydraulics have been in development for more than a decade. It has been designed by Danfoss to be easily integrated into standard machines. This offers straightforward route to improved efficiency and control.

By replacing a standard pump with a digitally enabled pump, our customers enjoy improved productivity and control for better fuel consumption and the potential to downsize engines or battery packs. It is a technology which delivers benefits today and will be equally beneficial tomorrow – whichever route you take.

• Smoother faster control means more work done per day
• Improved engine-to-work efficiency means increased maximum power – with the same size engine. Or the opportunity to downsize engines, without any loss of power or control
• Intelligent digital controls mean individual cylinders are only called into action when required, reducing losses system-wide
• This means longer work-cycles or smaller batteries for next-generation electric machines

We are now offering Digital Displacement hydraulics as single and dual pumps – with multiple outlets – which can be configured to meet customer needs.

Danfoss Digital Displacement – improved off-highway efficiency – whichever future you choose.

Digital Displacement® construction benefits

• Smoother faster control means more work done per day
• Improved engine-to-work efficiency means increased maximum power – with the same size engine
• Intelligent digital controls mean individual cylinders are only called into action when required, reducing losses system-wide

Digital Displacement® mining benefits

• Improved engine-to-work efficiency means increased maximum power – with the same size engine
• Lower emissions through electrification
• Longer duty cycles means a smaller battery – or full duty cycle without the need to swap battery

Digital Displacement® material handling benefits

• Smoother faster control means work efficiency
• Improved engine-to-work efficiency gives the opportunity to downsize engines, without any loss of power or control
• Controllability is defined in software. This means we can change the machine dynamics to suit the operator

Digital Displacement® electrification benefits

• Reduce overall energy consumption
• Increase duty cycle – lower opex
• Reduce battery size – lower capex
• A technology which is applicable to diesel, hybrid or electric vehicles – a future-proof option, whichever future you choose

Digital Displacement® center of excellence

Each Danfoss Digital Displacement pump will be assembled at our new global Digital Displacement manufacturing and R&D facility near Edinburgh, Scotland.

Here we have developed a ground-breaking, dynamic manufacturing facility which brings a new approach to precision assembly and will ensure quality at every stage.

The fully flexible facility has been custom designed from the ground up to assemble a new generation of Digital Displacement pumps for off-highway and industrial customers.

Production has already begun, with the first customer pumps rolling off the line in August.

Read our full case study here

For more information, please contact our Power Solutions digital displacement team.