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Pressure relief valve, piloted

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T P

12 11 10 9 8

Design The pressure relief valve is mounted on a function plate with two quick coupling
connectors. The component is fitted to the grid system of the slotted assembly
board plate by means of the two blue levers (mounting variant “A”).
The valve consists of: Housing (1), piston (2), spring (3), cone seat (4),
sealing cone (5), spring disc (6), adjusting screw (7),
spring (8), cartridge housing (9), throttling nozzle (10),
main control sleeve (11), throttling nozzle (12).

Function The piloted pressure relief valve limits the pressure at port P to a set value. The main
stage is controlled by means of a small volumetric flow rate in the pilot stage,
whereby the pressure of much higher volumetric flow rates can be limited than
would be possible with a directly actuated valve.
The pressure is applied at the sealing cone (5) by means of the P channel via the two
throttle nozzles (10 + 12). The pressure at port T prevails in the spring chamber. The
sealing cone to the spring chamber opens if the force from the differential pressure
and active surface of the cone is greater than the set spring force (8).

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The volumetric flow rate passing over the cone seat (pilot stage) creates a pressure
drop via the throttling nozzle (12). The pressure upstream and downstream of the
piston (2) is therefore no longer the same. The piston is pressed against the spring
(3) with the resulting force and opens towards port with via the bores in the main
control sleeve. The combination of the two control nozzles in conjunction with the
opening characteristis of the main piston determine the amplification of the pilot
control. The greater the amplification, the flatter the flow characteristic curve. The
extent of amplification is limited by the stability of the valve and its working range.
In this case, the amplification is small due to the very small flow rates, so that the
advantage over the directly actuated pressure relief valve is not so clearly apparent.

T P

Note The valve ports are identified by letters.

P Supply port
T Return-line port (tank connection)

7
ν : 22 cSt
p (MPa)
ϑ : 35 °C
5

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 qV (l/min) 8

Pressure/flow-rate characteristic for various rotary-knob settings

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Technical Data Hydraulic

Medium Mineral oil, recommended viscosity 22 cSt (mm²/s)

Operating pressure p 60 bar (6 Mpa)

Max. permissible pressure pmax 120 bar (12 MPa)

Adjustment Manual

Actuation Hydraulic

Connections Via 2 coupling sockets

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