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EXCAVATORS
sure compensators maintain a constant difference in pressure, 20 extent of the function of the remaining hydraulic system, as
and thus one independent of the load across the A-B control
edge on the load side.
Negative ?oW control (NFC) is also a very common
one of the tWo main pumps Was only available exclusively for
this additional function.
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tors.
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viding pump ducts P1 and P2, not extending through the spool
structural outlay.
This problem is solved inventively by the characteristics of
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parallel duct, namely pump ducts P01 and P1 and pump ducts
P02 and P2.
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options block.
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duct, through Which the 8/3-Way spool valves and thus the
P2.
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hoses. The options blocks have the same duct structure as the
main control block. The options blocks are located betWeen
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the terminating plate and the main control block, Which pref
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Upgradeability of the main control block by options
blocks, whereby the volumetric current for the load sup
plied by this options block can be restricted by restrict
ing the stroke of the control rod;
Use of an over?ow valve, in order to make the proportion of
the volumetric current of the hydraulic ?uid supplied by
the appropriate spool valves 19. The ?rst pump 5.1 and the
second pump 5.2 thus feed one series duct and one parallel
duct each, namely pump ducts P01 17.1 and P1 17.3 and
pump ducts P02 17.2 and P2 17.4. Pressurized pump pipes
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PL1 20.1 and PL2 20.2 divide into pump ducts P01 17.1 and
P1 17.3 and P02 17.2 and P2 17.4 doWnstream oftheir inlet
into the main control block 2. All the pump ducts 17 extend in
Which has tWo load holding valves 24. As any person skilled
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ducts P01 17.1 and P02 17.2 and the spool valve 19 With its
summing valve.
21, tWo bypass ducts 6.1, 6.2, tWo load-holding valves 24, one
one-Way restrictor 7, one blind plug 8 and tWo secondary
pressure relief valves 10.
parallel to the existing pump ducts P01 17.1 and P02 17.2. In
addition to the formation of these pump ducts P1 17.3 and P2
17.4, each individual section 3 has an aperture for each duct
17.3, 17.4, thus providing a connection With bypass duct 6.2.
pressure compensator.
second planes.
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?oW from pump duct P2 17.4 to pump duct P02 17.2 When a
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tive second bypass 6.2. The supply to the cylinder for raising
the boom is predominantly from the existing pump ducts P01
17.1 and P02 17.2. The boom is loWered by using its intrinsic
Weight and a specially-designed holloW spool valve, a partial
volumetric current through the spool valve 19 from the piston
chamber being used to ?ll the annulus of the cylinder.
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pump 5.2 Which is not used by the optional loads either is thus
available to the entire system.
In contrast, a controllable inventive summing valve 15 may
be provided, if a hydraulic load 18 requires a greater volu
metric current than can be provided by the pump 5.2. This
usually involves accessories Which are supplied With hydrau
lic ?uid by means of the spool valve 19 predominantly in the
options blocks 11 by pump 5.2 through pump duct P2 17.4.
Said summing valve 15 is located in terminating element 14
of main control block 2, as may be seen from FIG. 6. If need
be, the volumetric currents from pump ducts P1 17.3 and P2
17.4 are combined and fed to a hydraulic load 18. Structur
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into the hammer return is fed directly to the tank and not
indirectly through the common return pipe of the main con
trol block 2 doWnstream of the spool valves 19. The hammer
valve 12 has a main stage and a pilot stage 12.1, the valve core
of said main stage being identical to the valve core of the
check valves 16, for reasons of cost and standardization. The
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tion With the ?rst bypass duct 6.1. The options blocks 11 thus
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tive load sides of the spool valve 19, protecting the hydraulic
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connects pump duct P2 17.4 and pump duct P02 17.2 so that
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hydraulic loads by means of the spool valves such that the ?rst
pump can feed one of the ?rst pair of ducts in series and ones
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additional pump ducts and the second bypass With each other,
the pressure compensator being designed to supply an addi
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plug.
compensator.