Patent ID: 11912356
Assignee: BOMAG GMBH
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 10:
11. A method for operating a tracked vehicle according to claim 1, with a track tensioning apparatus comprising the steps of:
a) Pretensioning a track of a track unit running around a drive wheel and a guide wheel with the aid of a track tensioning hydraulic cylinder with an initial pretensioning pressure, which is connected to a hydraulic pretensioning source;
b) Damping pressure peaks occurring inside the track tensioning hydraulic cylinder using a compression spring of a damping device;
c) Changing the initial pretensioning pressure towards a pretensioning pressure inside the track tensioning hydraulic cylinder correlating with a change in the drive pressure using an auxiliary tensioning device acting in dependence on the drive pressure in the travel drive hydraulic circuit.