Powerhouse Prodigy Compact Utility Loader

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Powerhouse ProdigyCompact Utility Loader

• Fluid Power Applications Project Example
• Principles of Engineering

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What Is It?

• The Powerhouse Prodigy TK-216 compact utility
  loader with attachments
• Trencher
• Auger
• Ripper
• Bucket
• Leveler
• Used for any number of landscape and trenching
  applications

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Power Supply Pump

• Power supplied by Honda 16 hp v-twin
• Fluid flow supplied by gear pump
• 2200 psi max
• 5.8 gpm

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Reservoir

• Holds 11.6 gallons of hydraulic fluid
• Located inside housing forward of engine
• Fill neck located on right side of loader

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Controls

• Lever-actuated directional spool valves
• Location
• Levers on control panel, valves under control
  panel
• Control
• Drive separate lever for each side, forward,
  neutral, reverse
• Arm up or down
• Attachment (bucket, leveler, trencher) curl
  dump
• Auxiliary (auger, trencher) forward reverse

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Controls
Drive
Drive
Arm
Tilt
Attachment
Throttle
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Actuators

• Double action cylinders
• Raise lower arm
• Tilt attachment
• Rotary actuators
• Drive machine
• Turn auger
• Turn trencher

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Operation

• Honda 16 hp gasoline engine provides mechanical
  power to gear pump
• Gear pump draws fluid from reservoir and provides
  fluid flow
• Control valves direct fluid to appropriate
  actuators
• Drive motors
• Cylinders
• Attachment motors
• Fluid returns to reservoir after use

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Other Components

• Fluid lines
• Filter
• Quick-connect couplings for attachments

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Pros Cons

• Pros
• 32 in. width allows it to reach closed-in areas
  such as fenced yards
• 972 lb. weight distributed on tracks doesnt
  compact soil
• Easily transported to job site
• Multiple attachments make it versatile
• Cons
• Costs 19590.00
• Approximately 175/weekend rental fee

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Simplified Flow Diagram
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Summary

• The PowerHouse Prodigy is a tracked compact
  utility loader
• Used for excavation, trenching, digging post
  holes, leveling, and many other
  landscaping/construction jobs
• Takes the place of back-breaking wheelbarrows,
  shovels, and other labor-intensive hand tools

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Resources

• PowerHouse Prodigy Compact Utility Loaders.
  (n.d.). PowerHouse equipment company. Retrieved
  January 31, 2007, from http//powerhouseequipment
  .com/ series.html?series_id8
• Presentation created by Gene McGee

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