Abstract:
An improvement in and method of operating a load sensing system in which a variable displacement, pressure compensated pump delivering hydraulic fluid to a fluid operating device through a directional control valve is controlled by a load-sensing system pressure limiter which is set so that the system operates at the maximum continuous system operating pressure. By also setting pump destroke pressure slightly higher than the necessary operating pressure for the load, optimum performance of the pump is realized. The load-sensing system pressure limiter is configured as a poppet which is placed inside of the body of the directional control valve and is biased by an adjustable spring force to the closed position. Preferably, the poppet connects the load sensing core of the directional control valve to an exhaust passage therein so as to require minimal modification of the directional control valve. In a preferred embodiment, the poppet has a bleed-down orifice extending therethrough to unload the load pressure signal when work has been completed or diminished.
Abstract:
A displacement control device of a variable-displacement hydraulic pump which increases the response speed when the pump discharge pressure is low and suppresses increase of the response speed when the pump discharge pressure is high. The displacement control device has a variable-displacement piston 3 which activates a displacement control member 2 of the variable displacement hydraulic pump 1, a circuit 10 which provides a communication between a large-diameter pressure chamber 6 on the variable-displacement piston 3 and an output port 9 of the control valve 7, and a variable restriction valve 11 which is provided in the circuit 10. The restriction valve 11 increases and decreases its opening area when the pump discharge pressure is low and high, respectively. When the pump discharge pressure is low, the pump discharge pressure is smoothly introduced into the large-diameter pressure chamber 6 through the control valve 7, whereas, when the pump discharge pressure is high, the supply of the discharge pressure to the large-diameter pressure chamber is restricted.
Abstract:
A fluid operated pump displacement control system is provided wherein a self pressure is defined as a first control signal, and characterized in that an arbitrary switchable second control signal different from the first control signal is added to the first control signal, and a displacement is adapted to be switched to a displacement corresponding to a value of the second control signal as added to the first control signal. Further, a fluid operated pump displacement control system is provided comprising a control circuit connected to respective displacement control devices of variable displacement pumps and adapted to be operated by discharge pressure fluid from a discrete control pump. A variable torque control valve has a proportional electromagnetic solenoid provided in a circuit connecting the control circuit with the control pump and is adapted to produce a pressure reduction by a discharge fluid pressure of the variable displacement pumps and a propelling force of the proportional electromagnetic solenoid. A detector detects set output conditions of a prime mover for driving the variable displacement pumps, and current is supplied to the proportional electromagnetic solenoid according to the difference between a set reference rotational speed in each of the set output conditions and an actual rotational speed of the prime mover.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a device for controlling displacement of a variable displacement hydraulic pump comprising a displacement control system for receiving a discharge pressure of the variable displacement hydraulic pump and a discharge pressure of a fixed displacement hydraulic pump to control the displacement of the variable displacement hydraulic pump. The displacement control system comprises a servopiston including a helical compression spring for maintaining the variable displacement hydraulic pump at a maximum swash angle in a neutral position of associated operating valve, a servovalve including a spool for selectively controlling communication of hydraulic pressure between a control pump and a pair of fluid chambers defined in the servopiston, a control piston connected through a control lever pivotably supported by a pivot pin to the spool and the servopiston, at least two helical compression springs for biasing the control piston and controlling torque and flow so as to approximate same to a constant torque curve, a floating spring seat interposed between the helical compression springs, and a guide rod for guiding the floating spring seat and accommodated in a bore formed in the housing at a base portion thereof to define a pressure chamber pressurized by a biasing spring, the pressure chamber being communicated through a conduit to a discharge passage of the fixed displacement hydraulic pump.
Abstract:
An electro-hydraulic control for a hydrostatic transmission including a variable displacement hydraulic pump, a fixed displacement hydraulic motor, and fluid operable strokers to vary the displacement of the pump. The electro-hydraulic control is in series between the charge pump and the standard manual controller and determines the pressure of the charge fluid ported to the standard controller. The electro-hydraulic control includes a spool biased toward a first position to port fluid from the charge pump to the standard controller, and biased toward a second position to relieve to tank the pressure of fluid ported to the manual controller. The biasing toward the second direction is accomplished, in part, by pressure in a fluid chamber exerting a biasing force on the spool, the fluid chamber being in communication with drain through a variable orifice which is variable in response to a pressure command signal. This signal is generated by control logic including a horsepower command signal generator which is variable to correspond to a maximum desired input horsepower, and circuitry providing a horsepower approximation signal representing the product of motor output speed and the instantaneous pressure command signal. The circuitry compares the horsepower command and horsepower approximation signals and generates a new pressure command signal tending to minimize the difference between the horsepower command and approximation signals. As a result, the commanded maximum system pressure varies, such that the product of maximum system pressure and motor output speed (proportional to pump flow) is constant, for a given input horsepower setting.