Fluid Power Control

FLUID POWER

MODULE:05 ~ HYDRAULIC CIRCUITS & ANALYSIS

1. Single / Double Acting Cylinder Control,
2. Regenerative Circuit,
3. Pump Unloading Circuit
4. Double Pump Hydraulic System
5. Automatic Sequencing Of Two Cylinders.
6. Cylinder Synchronization Circuit
7. Speed Control Of A Hydraulic Motor
8. Circuit To Lift And Hold Heavy Load
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Single / Double acting cylinder control
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Regenerative circuit
 To speed up while extending.
 Retraction is same as a regular
double acting cylinder.
 When DCV shifted to left envelope
flow from pump end regenerates
with pump flow to provide flow as:
QT = QP + QR,
 With right envelope in action,
pump flow bypasses the DCV
 Vp, ext = QP / AR
 Vp, ret = QP / (AP -AR )
 Load carrying capacity decreases:
Fload, ext = p AR
 Fload, ret = p (AP - AR)
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Regenerative circuit : Drilling Machine Application

Operations Needed:
1. Rapid Spindle Advance
2. Slow Feed when drill starts
3. Retraction of Spindle

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Pump Unloading CircuitOperation Features:

1. Unloading Valve opens as

piston reaches the end of any
strokes.
2. Check valve keeps high
pressure oil in the pilot line
of the Unloading Valve.
3. When valve shifts from left
to right envelope, pilot line
pressure reduces and ULV

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Pump Unloading Circuit
Operation Features:
Check valve is to
protect Low pr pump.

Purpose of Relief valve

is to protect high pr
pump at the end of
punching.

This circuit eliminates

requirement of very
expensive High Flow
High Pressure pump.
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Pump Unloading Circuit

Unloading Circuit with ACCUMULATOR

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Unloading
Valve

Application
of unloading
valve in a
punching
press

(High-Low
circuit)
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Automatic Sequencing of Two Cylinders
Precaution:
Be aware of a premature
second operation when
clamping piston stalls or is
stopped for any reason.

For personnel safety or to

avoid product damage due to
incomplete strokes, use limit
switches, limit valves, or
electronic controls

It may be assured by using

directional control valves for
each operation sequence.
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Automatic
Sequencing of
Two
Cylinders
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Cylinder Synchronization Circuit
 Why do we need
Synchronization of
cylinders?

Features:
 Cylinders connected in
PARALLEL.

 Cylinders are to be
identical

 Loads on the cylinders

are also to be identical.
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Cylinder Synchronization Circuit
Cylinders connected
in
SERIES.
Features:
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Speed Control of a Hydraulic Cylinder

p1  p2
QC
To control the p1  p2 SG
QC
Extension SG

Speed…

Meter-In Circuit
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Speed Control of a Hydraulic Cylinder

Meter-Out Circuit
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Meter-In ~vs~ Meter-Out
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Speed Control of a Hydraulic Cylinder

Can you make a

Hydraulic Circuit in
which the external
load is assisting the
piston movement, by
one sequential valve
& a check valve in
parallel to it?
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Speed Control
of a Hydraulic
Motor
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Circuit
To
Lift and Hold
Heavy Load
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Direction Control Valves:~ Check valves

A check valve is a two-way

valve because it contains two
ports. allows flow in one
direction, but blocks the flow
in the opposite direction.
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Direction Control Valves:~ Check valves

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Direction Control Valves:~ Check valves

Direction
Sensitive
Flow Rate

Application: Different actuator speeds can be achieved

in both the directions.
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DCV:~ Pilot operated Check valves
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DCV:~ Pilot operated Check valves

A  In practice the
P leakage in control
P valve will allow the
L cylinder to creep.
I
C  Check valve would
A not have any
T leakage in closed
I position
O
N  Can’t we use a
simple check valve
to the schematic?
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Circuit to lift and hold heavy load