The present invention relates to a device for continuously regulating the
erection of a tandem axle of a vehicle or a self-moving working machine
having a vehicle frame and at least one drive axle, wherein a tandem
drive axle with a movable tandem axle housing is respectively disposed at
the ends of the drive axle, and the torque introduced by the drive axle
is mechanically distributed to the wheels disposed in the tandem axle
housing through the drive tandem axle. Therein, the drive axle is
coaxially connected to the drive tandem axle through a ball ramp device,
wherein the ball ramp device is comprised of a first ball ramp disk
connected to an end of the drive tandem axle opposing an end of the drive
axle, and a second ball ramp disk disposed in an axially displaceable
manner at the end of the drive tandem axle, and the distance L between
the second ball ramp disk and the first ball ramp disk is increased by a
torque of the drive tandem axle counteracting the drive torque, wherein
the second ball ramp disk is operatively connected to a piston, and a
pressure with a value of P1 is produced in a volume by the axial movement
of the second ball ramp disk, wherein P1 is passed to a control valve,
and the control valve controls the level of a system pressure P3 or P4
depending on P1, and a resulting pressure with the value of P2 serves for
controlling a compensating device for achieving a compensating torque
counteracting the erection effect. The invention further relates to a
method for continuously regulating the erection of a tandem axle of a
vehicle or a self-moving working machine.