EP0279362B1 - Hydraulic system - Google Patents
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- EP0279362B1 EP0279362B1 EP19880102046 EP88102046A EP0279362B1 EP 0279362 B1 EP0279362 B1 EP 0279362B1 EP 19880102046 EP19880102046 EP 19880102046 EP 88102046 A EP88102046 A EP 88102046A EP 0279362 B1 EP0279362 B1 EP 0279362B1
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
- E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
- E02F9/00—Component parts of dredgers or soil-shifting machines, not restricted to one of the kinds covered by groups E02F3/00 - E02F7/00
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- E02F9/2253—Controlling the travelling speed of vehicles, e.g. adjusting travelling speed according to implement loads, control of hydrostatic transmission
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
- F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F15B11/00—Servomotor systems without provision for follow-up action; Circuits therefor
- F15B11/02—Systems essentially incorporating special features for controlling the speed or actuating force of an output member
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
- F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
- F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
- F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F15B13/00—Details of servomotor systems ; Valves for servomotor systems
- F15B13/02—Fluid distribution or supply devices characterised by their adaptation to the control of servomotors
- F15B13/022—Flow-dividers; Priority valves
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
- F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
- F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
- F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- F15B2211/50545—Pressure control characterised by the type of pressure control means the pressure control means controlling a pressure upstream of the pressure control means using braking valves to maintain a back pressure
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
- F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
- F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F15—FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
- F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- F15B—SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- the invention is directed to a hydraulic propulsion system comprising first and second hydraulic motors, a pump supplying pressurised hydraulic fluid to the motors, a first compensating valve assembly between one side of the first motor and the pump, and a second compensating valve assembly between the corresponding one side of the second motor and the pump.
- hydraulic fluid takes the path of least resistance and flows to the area requiring the lowest pressure. This is especially troublesome wherein two hydraulic motors are being used to move a common load, for example two crawler tracks of a crawler excavator, because the low pressure motor will command more hydraulic fluid resulting in an uneven operation of the two motors.
- compensator valve assemblies are provided to better balance the flow between the two motors by having the high pressure compensator valve assembly meter the low pressure side to even the pressure between the two assemblies.
- the compensator valve assembly associated with the later opening directional control valve becomes dominated by the earlier opening and now high pressure compensator valve assembly, and tends to reduce flow to the hydraulic motor with which it is associated. Therefore, the hydraulic motor associated with the first opening directional control valve moves faster than the motor associated with the later opening directional control valve resulting in a turning movement by the crawler.
- the present invention overcomes or reduces this problem.
- connections between the first and second assemblies and motors are coupled by a first communication hydraulic line.
- a source of hydraulic fluid supplies hydraulic fluid to two directional control valves each of which direct pressurized hydraulic fluid to a pair of downstream compensator valve assemblies.
- Each pair of compensator valve assemblies is provided with a forward compenstor valve assembly for controlling forward movement of the crawler and a backward compensator valve assembly for controlling the backward movement of the crawler.
- the position of the directional control valve determines which one of the compensator valve assemblies in each pair of compensator valves the hyraulic fluid is directed to, thereby controlling the movement of the crawler.
- Two small communication hydraulic lines are provided for transmitting hydraulic fluid between the two forward compensator valve assemblies and between the two backward compensator valve assemblies.
- Fig. 1 illustrates an excavator crawler to which the present hydraulic propulsion is particularly well suited.
- Excavator 10 is provided with a movable boom 12, dipper 14 and bucket 16. The boom, dipper and bucket are controlled by linear hydraulic motors 18, 20 and 22, respectively.
- Excavator crawler 10 is a self-propelled excavator being supported on two ground engaging tracks 24 (only one shown) which are used to drive and position the excavator at a work site.
- the tracks are independently driven by rotary hydraulic motors 26 and 28 which are coupled through compensator valve assemblies 30, 32, 34 and 36 to directional control valves 38 and 40.
- Hydraulic fluid is pumped to the directional control valves 38 and 40 from sump 42 by hydraulic pump 44.
- the hydraulic pump is driven by an internal combustion engine mounted in the excavator.
- the operator in cab 46 can move or position the excavator by manipulating the directional control valves to propel the excavator forward or backward, or turning the excavator by operating hydraulic motors 26 and 28 in different directions and at different speeds.
- Fig. 2 is the hydraulic schematic of the hydraulic propulsion system without the small balancing communication line between the downstream output of the compensator valve assemblies.
- Each compensator valve assembly is provided with a metering compensator spool 48, 50, 52 and 54, a shuttle spool 56, 58, 60 and 62, and a return flow check valve 64, 66, 68 and 70.
- hydraulic pump 44 pumps hydraulic fluid into hydraulic pumping line 72 to directional control valve 38.
- the directional control valve 38 directs the fluid to forward compensator valve assembly 30 and specifically to metering two-position compensator spool 48 having a restricted orifice position and a checked position.
- Spool 48 is spring biased into a closed position by spring 74 which is overcome by hydraulic pressure in sensing line 76 which pushes the valve into the open position. Hydraulic pressure from line 72 is also directed through hydraulic line 77 to shuttle spool 56 and into compensation communication line 78. Shuttle spool 56 is hydraulically balanced by the hydraulic pressure in line 78 and the pressure downstream of compensator spool 48 as transmitted through line 80. The hydraulic fluid in line 80 is used both for balancing spool 56 and for flowing through spool 56 to line 82 to balance spool 48 by adding to the biasing force of spring 74.
- Hydraulic fluid passing through valve 48 into line 84 is directed to motor 26 driving one of the crawler tracks of the excavator.
- the exhausted hydraulic fluid then passes into line 86 where it is directed to backward compensator valve assembly 32.
- shuttle spool 58 is shifted into the closed position by the hydraulic pressure in compensator communication line 78, and spool 50 is closed by the biasing force of spring 88 and the hydraulic pressure in line 90 which is fluidically coupled to compensator communication line 78 by the closed position of spool 58, the exhausted fluid passes through check valve 66 and into exhaust hydraulic line 92 wherein it is directed into sump 42.
- Hydaulic fluid does not pass through check valve 64 of compensator valve assembly 30 because of the pressure drop across the restricted orifice of spool 48.
- both motors are being driven in the same forward direction as determined by directional control valves 38 and 40.
- compensator valve assembly 30 has become dominant, either because it was triggered first by the operator or because of shorter hydraulic line connections when compared with compensator valve assembly 34.
- Compensator valve assembly 34 works in an identical manner to that of compensator valve assembly 30 except that because of the hydraulic pressure in compensation communication line 78 shuttle spool 60 tends to be biased into a closed position which in turn directs hydraulic pressure from line 78 through shuttle spool 60 and hydraulic line 94 to aid spring 96 in biasing compensator spool 52 closed.
- the shuttle and compensating spools are two-position metering spools which are hydraulically balanced. As such, the spools are reciprocated between each of the two positions during operation and they do not normally maintain a fixed position. Therefore, in viewing Fig. 2, it should be noted that dominating compensating spool 48 in compensating valve assembly 30 is opened and transmits more hydraulic fluid because of its higher pressure, if it is the dominating valve assembly, and compensating spool 52, of compensating valve assembly 34 transmits less hydraulic fluid because of its lower hydraulic pressure when compared to dominating compensating valve assembly 30.
- compensating valve assemblies 30 and 32 hydraulic fluid from pump 44 flows through pumping line 72 to directional control valve 40 where it is transmitted to compensating spool 52. Hydraulic fluid passes through the restricted orifice in compensating spool 52 and is directed to motor 28 from which it is exhausted to compensating valve assembly 36. As with compensating valve assembly 32, hydraulic fluid is prevented from passing through compensating spool 54 and instead passes through check valve 70 and back to sump 42.
- the balancing hydraulic lines for all of the compensating spools and shuttle spools of compensating valve assemblies 32, 34 and 36 are identical to those explained with regards to compensating valve assembly 30 and function in the same manner.
- Fig. 3 illustrates the small communication hydraulic lines used for overcoming the problem arising in Fig. 2.
- Hydraulic lines 98 and 100 fluidically couple hydraulic line 84 to line 102, and line 86 to line 104, respectively.
- line 98 tends to equalize the hydraulic pressure between compensating valve assembly 30 and compensating valve assembly 34.
- compensating valve assembly 30 tries to dominate valve assembly 34, hydraulic fluid pressure increases in line 84 increasing the pressure in line 98 and line 102 which in turn increases pressure in line 106 causing metering shuttle spool 60 to remain open for transmitting pressure through line 108 to help bias compensating spool 52 open, and better equalizing the hydraulic flow to both motors.
- communication line 100 would prevent either compensating valve assembly 32 or 36 from dominating one another.
- exhaust lines 84 and 102 even though coupled through line 98, would not affect operation of the compensating valve assemblies.
- lines 98 and 100 must be quite small when compared to hydraulic lines 84, 86, 102 and 104 which are used to transfer hydraulic fluid to the motors.
- lines 84, 86,102 and 104 can be 0.75 inches in diameter and in accordance therewith communication lines 98 and 100 should be 0.25 inches in diameter.
- lines 98 and 100 should be provided with an orifice further restricting flow. This orifice should be 0.004 inches in diameter to reduce further the cross flow between the pumping lines.
- Compensating communication line 78 serves an additional function as indicated by arrow 110 and that is to provide a pressure sensing circuit with a hydraulic feedback to better control the operation of the hydraulic pump.
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Description
- The invention is directed to a hydraulic propulsion system comprising first and second hydraulic motors, a pump supplying pressurised hydraulic fluid to the motors, a first compensating valve assembly between one side of the first motor and the pump, and a second compensating valve assembly between the corresponding one side of the second motor and the pump.
- Large industrial or construction machines such as track-laying excavators are often propelled by hydraulic motors. Typically, such machines are provided with internal combustion engines that are used to drive hydraulic pumps. The hydraulic pumps draw hydraulic fluid from a sump and pump the hydraulic fluid into hydraulic lines where it is directed to the propulsion motors for the tracks and to other operating members. Individual three-position directional control valves are used to control the flow of hydraulic fluid to each of the motors, thereby controlling the propulsion motors and other hydraulic motors used for driving the operating members.
- In simple hydraulic systems, hydraulic fluid takes the path of least resistance and flows to the area requiring the lowest pressure. This is especially troublesome wherein two hydraulic motors are being used to move a common load, for example two crawler tracks of a crawler excavator, because the low pressure motor will command more hydraulic fluid resulting in an uneven operation of the two motors. To overcome this natural tendency of the hydraulic fluid, compensator valve assemblies are provided to better balance the flow between the two motors by having the high pressure compensator valve assembly meter the low pressure side to even the pressure between the two assemblies.
- Although compensator systems work well in most instances, another problem develops when the loads are equal or close to being equal. This situation is notaceable when a crawler operator wants to go in a straight line wherein the tracks need to move equally to accomplish this task. The crawler operator would notice that the crawler would tend to turn to one side or the other as it moves. Therefore, the operator has to continually adjust for this turning movement in the crawler. This situation arises because one of the compensator valve assemblies is dominating the other compensator valve assembly effectively reducing flow through one of the hydraulic motors. This typically happens because the directional control valves are never opened simultaneously and the directional control valve that is opened first creates a dominating compensator valve assemby as it becomes the high pressure compensator valve. The compensator valve assembly associated with the later opening directional control valve becomes dominated by the earlier opening and now high pressure compensator valve assembly, and tends to reduce flow to the hydraulic motor with which it is associated. Therefore, the hydraulic motor associated with the first opening directional control valve moves faster than the motor associated with the later opening directional control valve resulting in a turning movement by the crawler.
- The present invention overcomes or reduces this problem.
- According to the present invention the connections between the first and second assemblies and motors are coupled by a first communication hydraulic line.
- By providing a small communication hydraulic line between the downstream hydraulic paths of the two compensator valve assemblies domination of one over the other is reduced or avoided. In the case of a crawler an arrangement is as follows. A source of hydraulic fluid supplies hydraulic fluid to two directional control valves each of which direct pressurized hydraulic fluid to a pair of downstream compensator valve assemblies. Each pair of compensator valve assemblies is provided with a forward compenstor valve assembly for controlling forward movement of the crawler and a backward compensator valve assembly for controlling the backward movement of the crawler. The position of the directional control valve determines which one of the compensator valve assemblies in each pair of compensator valves the hyraulic fluid is directed to, thereby controlling the movement of the crawler. Two small communication hydraulic lines are provided for transmitting hydraulic fluid between the two forward compensator valve assemblies and between the two backward compensator valve assemblies.
- An embodiment of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings in which:
- Fig. 1 is a side view of a crawler excavator;
- Fig. 2 is a schematic of a hydraulic propulsion system for an excavator crawler without the small communication line referred to above; and
- Fig. 3 is a schematic of a hydraulic propulsion system for an excavator crawler with the small communication line.
- Fig. 1 illustrates an excavator crawler to which the present hydraulic propulsion is particularly well suited.
Excavator 10 is provided with a movable boom 12, dipper 14 and bucket 16. The boom, dipper and bucket are controlled by linearhydraulic motors Excavator crawler 10 is a self-propelled excavator being supported on two ground engaging tracks 24 (only one shown) which are used to drive and position the excavator at a work site. - The tracks are independently driven by rotary
hydraulic motors compensator valve assemblies directional control valves directional control valves hydraulic pump 44. The hydraulic pump is driven by an internal combustion engine mounted in the excavator. The operator incab 46 can move or position the excavator by manipulating the directional control valves to propel the excavator forward or backward, or turning the excavator by operatinghydraulic motors - It should be noted that although the invention is being described with regard to an excavator crawler propulsion system, the present invention could be utilized in a number of hydraulic applications wherein two independently controlled hydraulic motors drive a common load from a single source of pressurized hydraulic fluid.
- Fig. 2 is the hydraulic schematic of the hydraulic propulsion system without the small balancing communication line between the downstream output of the compensator valve assemblies. Each compensator valve assembly is provided with a
metering compensator spool shuttle spool flow check valve motor 26hydraulic pump 44 pumps hydraulic fluid into hydraulic pumping line 72 todirectional control valve 38. Thedirectional control valve 38 directs the fluid to forwardcompensator valve assembly 30 and specifically to metering two-position compensator spool 48 having a restricted orifice position and a checked position. Spool 48 is spring biased into a closed position byspring 74 which is overcome by hydraulic pressure insensing line 76 which pushes the valve into the open position. Hydraulic pressure from line 72 is also directed throughhydraulic line 77 toshuttle spool 56 and intocompensation communication line 78. Shuttle spool 56 is hydraulically balanced by the hydraulic pressure inline 78 and the pressure downstream ofcompensator spool 48 as transmitted throughline 80. The hydraulic fluid inline 80 is used both for balancingspool 56 and for flowing throughspool 56 toline 82 to balancespool 48 by adding to the biasing force ofspring 74. - Hydraulic fluid passing through
valve 48 intoline 84 is directed tomotor 26 driving one of the crawler tracks of the excavator. The exhausted hydraulic fluid then passes intoline 86 where it is directed to backwardcompensator valve assembly 32. Asshuttle spool 58 is shifted into the closed position by the hydraulic pressure incompensator communication line 78, andspool 50 is closed by the biasing force ofspring 88 and the hydraulic pressure inline 90 which is fluidically coupled tocompensator communication line 78 by the closed position ofspool 58, the exhausted fluid passes throughcheck valve 66 and into exhausthydraulic line 92 wherein it is directed into sump 42. Hydaulic fluid does not pass throughcheck valve 64 ofcompensator valve assembly 30 because of the pressure drop across the restricted orifice ofspool 48. - In Fig. 2, both motors are being driven in the same forward direction as determined by
directional control valves compensator valve assembly 30 has become dominant, either because it was triggered first by the operator or because of shorter hydraulic line connections when compared withcompensator valve assembly 34.Compensator valve assembly 34 works in an identical manner to that ofcompensator valve assembly 30 except that because of the hydraulic pressure incompensation communication line 78shuttle spool 60 tends to be biased into a closed position which in turn directs hydraulic pressure fromline 78 throughshuttle spool 60 andhydraulic line 94 to aidspring 96 inbiasing compensator spool 52 closed. - It should be noted that the shuttle and compensating spools are two-position metering spools which are hydraulically balanced. As such, the spools are reciprocated between each of the two positions during operation and they do not normally maintain a fixed position. Therefore, in viewing Fig. 2, it should be noted that dominating compensating
spool 48 in compensatingvalve assembly 30 is opened and transmits more hydraulic fluid because of its higher pressure, if it is the dominating valve assembly, and compensatingspool 52, of compensatingvalve assembly 34 transmits less hydraulic fluid because of its lower hydraulic pressure when compared to dominating compensatingvalve assembly 30. - As with compensating valve assemblies 30 and 32, hydraulic fluid from
pump 44 flows through pumping line 72 todirectional control valve 40 where it is transmitted to compensatingspool 52. Hydraulic fluid passes through the restricted orifice in compensatingspool 52 and is directed tomotor 28 from which it is exhausted to compensatingvalve assembly 36. As with compensatingvalve assembly 32, hydraulic fluid is prevented from passing through compensatingspool 54 and instead passes throughcheck valve 70 and back to sump 42. The balancing hydraulic lines for all of the compensating spools and shuttle spools of compensatingvalve assemblies valve assembly 30 and function in the same manner. - If the excavator crawler is to be reversed,
directional control valves valve assemblies check valves - Fig. 3 illustrates the small communication hydraulic lines used for overcoming the problem arising in Fig. 2.
Hydraulic lines hydraulic line 84 toline 102, andline 86 toline 104, respectively. When the excavator crawler is moving forward,line 98 tends to equalize the hydraulic pressure between compensatingvalve assembly 30 and compensatingvalve assembly 34. As compensatingvalve assembly 30 tries to dominatevalve assembly 34, hydraulic fluid pressure increases inline 84 increasing the pressure inline 98 andline 102 which in turn increases pressure inline 106 causingmetering shuttle spool 60 to remain open for transmitting pressure throughline 108 to helpbias compensating spool 52 open, and better equalizing the hydraulic flow to both motors. During forward movement,exhaust lines line 100, but this does not affect the operation of the system because the hydraulic pressure in compensatingline 78 serves to maintain compensatingvalve assemblies check valves - In reversing the excavator crawler,
communication line 100 would prevent either compensatingvalve assembly exhaust lines line 98, would not affect operation of the compensating valve assemblies. - To prevent inexact operations,
lines hydraulic lines communication lines lines - Compensating
communication line 78 serves an additional function as indicated byarrow 110 and that is to provide a pressure sensing circuit with a hydraulic feedback to better control the operation of the hydraulic pump.
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