HOLD Position
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| Illustration 1 | g02189956 |
HOLD position for the bucket valve (1) Spring (2) Spool (3) Pump passage (4) Chamber | |
The bucket control valve is located between the swing control valve and the stick control valve. In the HOLD position, spring (1) keeps spool (2) in the centered position. Oil from the pump flows from passage (3) into chamber (4). In the HOLD position, spool (2) blocks the flow of oil.
LOAD Position
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| Illustration 2 | g02189957 |
LOAD position for the bucket valve (1) Port to the rod end of the cylinder (2) Chamber for signal oil (3) Compensator spool (4) Chamber (5) Port to the head side of the cylinder (6) Passage (7) Check valve (8) Signal oil passage (9) Passage (10) Passage (11) Passage (12) Passage (13) Pump passage (14) Chamber (15) Spool (16) Spring (17) Passage (18) Makeup and relief valve (19) Passage (20) Resolver network (21) Spring (22) Check valve (23) Spring chamber | |
When you move the spool (15) to the left, the spring (16) is compressed toward the left. Oil from the pump flows from passage (13) into chamber (14). The oil flows around spool (15) into passage (11). As the oil flows into passage (11), the oil acts against the compensator spool (3). As the oil pressure increases, the spring of compensator (3) compresses and the compensator spool (3) moves up.
The oil flows around the compensator spool (3) into passage (10). Oil from passage (10) then enters the signal oil passage (8). The signal oil goes from the signal oil passage (8) into the resolver network (20). If this circuit is the only active circuit, or if this circuit has a work port pressure that is higher than the other circuits that are active, the oil pressure from this circuit will flow to the chamber for signal oil (2). The pump actuator will receive a signal in order to control the output from the pump. Refer to this Systems Operation, "Signal Network Resolver" for more information. The oil pressure in the chamber for signal oil (2) and the pressure of the compensator spring (3) balances oil pressure in passage (13) .
When the oil enters passage (10), oil on the left side of passage is blocked by spool (15). On the right side of passage (10), the oil flows around spool (15) into passage (9). As the oil flows into passage (9), the oil pressure increases. The oil enters the check valve (22). When pressure overcomes the force of spring (21) and the pressure in spring chamber (23), the check valve (22) moves to the right. Refer to this Systems Operation, "Load Check Valve" for more information. Oil flows through the check valve (23) into check valve (7). The oil flows from the check valve (7) to passage (6). The oil then flows through port (5) to the head side of the cylinder. This will extend the cylinder. This returns the bucket to the LOAD position.
Return oil flows from the rod end of the cylinder through port (1). The oil goes from port (1) into passage (19). The oil moves from passage (19) past the makeup and relief valve (18) into passage (17). The oil flows around spool (15) into passage (12) back to the tank.
DUMP Position
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| Illustration 3 | g02189961 |
DUMP position for the bucket valve (1) Port to the rod end of the cylinder (2) Chamber for signal oil (3) Compensator spool (4) Chamber (5) Port to the head side of the cylinder (6) Passage (7) Check valve (8) Signal oil passage (9) Passage (10) Passage (11) Passage (12) Passage (13) Pump passage (14) Chamber (15) Spool (16) Spring (17) Passage (18) Makeup and relief valve (19) Passage (20) Resolver network (21) Spring (22) Check valve (23) Spring chamber | |
When you move the spool (15) to the right, the spring (16) is compressed toward the right. The pump sends oil into passage (13). The oil travels from passage (13) into chamber (14). The oil flows around spool (15) into passage (11). When the oil flows into passage (11) the oil acts against compensator spool (3). As the oil pressure increases, the spring of the compensator spool (3) compress and the compensator spool (3) moves up.
The oil flows around the compensator spool (3) into passage (10). Some of the oil that flows into passage (10) enters the signal oil passage (8). The signal oil goes from the signal oil passage (8) into the resolver network (20). If this circuit is the only active circuit, or if this circuit has a work port pressure that is higher than the other circuits that are active, the oil pressure from this circuit will flow to the chamber for signal oil (2). The pump actuator will receive a signal in order to control the output from the pump. Refer to this Systems Operation, "Signal Network Resolver" for more information. The oil pressure in the chamber for signal oil (2) and the pressure of the compensator spring (3) balances oil pressure in passage (13) .
When the oil enters passage (10) the oil on the right side of the passage is blocked by spool (15). On the left side of passage (10), the oil flows around spool (15) into passage (17). The oil moves from passage (17) past the makeup and relief valve (18) into passage (19). Refer to this Systems Operation, "Makeup and Relief Valve" for more information. The oil in passage (19) then flows through port (1) to the rod end of the cylinder. This will retract the cylinder. This will return the bucket to the DUMP position.
Return oil flows from the head side of the cylinder through port (5) into passage (6). The oil flows from passage (6) past the check valve (7) The oil then flows check valve (22). When the oil pressure overcomes the force of the spring (21) and the pressure in spring chamber (23), the check valve will move to the right. Refer to this Systems Operation, "Load Check Valve" for more information. Oil flows through the check valve (22) to passage (9). The oil flows around spool (15) into passage (12) back to the tank.