About the 8558-573HK
The 8558-573HK Governor Control System product offering from the trusted Woodward manufacturer was originally, as mentioned above, made to exist as part of the PG-PL Series of governor products. This 8558-573HK Governor Control System device actually specifically exists as a "Pressure Compensated" Governor, which means that it was likely designed for pipeline-based applications, as should have been indicated in the 8558-573HK Governor Control System instructional manual made available here to the 8558-573HK Governor Control System manuals tab above.
Hardware Tips and Specifications
As you can probably tell based off of the standard PG-PL governor qualities listed here, this 8558-573HK Governor Control System device is not surrounded by all too many originally-developed instructional manual materials online, or at least materials telling of its greater PG-PL Governor Series from the trusted Woodward manufacturer. With this being the case, a diligent visual inspection of the 8558-573HK Governor Control System device itself becomes of paramount importance, as conducted by one of our experienced and passionate lead service technicians in-house here. For instance, this 8558-573HK Governor Motor product offering utilizes a solid metallic exterior chassis that is immediately obvious upon any viewing of the 8558-573HK device is mounted on its greater usual pipeline-based assembly through the use of four unique mounting holes made on its solid base footing. Some of the other important 8558-573HK qualities indicated in this fashion would have to include its:
- large Manual Adjustment dial
- detached Power Cylinder assembly
- metallic identification plate
This 8558-573HK Governor device here is followed online by so many specific instructional manual materials that all point to this 8558-573HK Governor Control System device's standard assembly version, given the fact that its greater PG-PL product series is a legacy Woodward product series whose manufacture was discontinued in the many years following its initial release. As a Pressure Compensated Governor, one of the primary standardized hardware traits that have been accepted by this 8558-573HK Governor Control System motor would have to be defined as an oil pump with a standard storage area for oil under pressure purposes. This oil system for the 8558-573HK Governor Control System product is accompanied by a typical relief valve through which the maximum oil pressure of this PG-PL product can be lowered or stabilized. This 8558-573HK Governor Control System also makes use of other typical standardized PG-PL Control Series hardware components, such as its centrifugal flyweight head-pilot assembly, its power cylinder assembly or servomotor, its governed systems compensation system, and finally its speed setting mechanism for governor speed that is described as pneumatic by the original manufacturer. This 8558-573HK PG-PL Governor product offering's power cylinder assembly, identified above, is actually shipped in this instance not attached to the 8558-573HK device directly given possible snapping during product shipping. With this being the case, this 8558-573HK device's power cylinder seems to utilze a simple screw mounting strategy.
