Valve block having a valve assembly
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1. A valve assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of control valves, each control valve including a control piston configured to control a direction and speed of a respective consumer connected to the valve assembly, the control piston forming a metering orifice, and the plurality of control valves separated into a first subset of control valves and a second subset of control valves;
a respective pressure compensator assigned to each control valve such that a pressure upstream of the metering orifice and a pressure downstream of the metering orifice of each control valve is signaled to the respective pressure compensator,each pressure compensator configured to regulate a pressure gradient at the metering orifice of the assigned control valve toward a constant value irrespective of a load of the respective consumer, andthe pressure downstream of the metering orifice of each control valve registered, in each case, to the respective pressure compensator by a respective load-sensing flow path;
a shuttle valve that includes an outlet connection, and that is configured to connect the respective load-sensing flow path of the first subset of control valves having a highest pressure to the outlet connection of the shuttle valve;
a pressure-limiting valve disposed downstream of the outlet connection of the shuttle valve, and configured to limit the highest pressure of the load-sensing flow paths of the first subset of control valves, the second subset of control valves disposed downstream of the pressure-limiting valve such that the pressure limiting valve is disposed between the first subset and the second subset; and
a restrictor disposed in a fluid connection parallel to the pressure-limiting valve.
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Abstract
A valve block includes a plurality of control valve disks that form a first block part and a second block part. A supply pressure for the control valve disks of the first block part is limited by a common pressure-limiting valve. The common pressure-limiting valve is arranged such that a prevailing load pressure registered by the control valve disks does not exceed a specific value. The supply pressure for the control valve disks of the second block part is not limited.
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1. A valve assembly, comprising:
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a plurality of control valves, each control valve including a control piston configured to control a direction and speed of a respective consumer connected to the valve assembly, the control piston forming a metering orifice, and the plurality of control valves separated into a first subset of control valves and a second subset of control valves; a respective pressure compensator assigned to each control valve such that a pressure upstream of the metering orifice and a pressure downstream of the metering orifice of each control valve is signaled to the respective pressure compensator, each pressure compensator configured to regulate a pressure gradient at the metering orifice of the assigned control valve toward a constant value irrespective of a load of the respective consumer, and the pressure downstream of the metering orifice of each control valve registered, in each case, to the respective pressure compensator by a respective load-sensing flow path; a shuttle valve that includes an outlet connection, and that is configured to connect the respective load-sensing flow path of the first subset of control valves having a highest pressure to the outlet connection of the shuttle valve; a pressure-limiting valve disposed downstream of the outlet connection of the shuttle valve, and configured to limit the highest pressure of the load-sensing flow paths of the first subset of control valves, the second subset of control valves disposed downstream of the pressure-limiting valve such that the pressure limiting valve is disposed between the first subset and the second subset; and a restrictor disposed in a fluid connection parallel to the pressure-limiting valve. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A valve block, comprising:
a valve assembly including; a plurality of control valve disks, a first subset of the control valve disks forming a first block part and a second subset of the control valve disks forming a second block part downstream of the first block part, each control valve disk having; a respective control valve with a control piston configured to control a direction and speed of a respective consumer connected to the control valve disk, the control piston forming a metering orifice of the respective control valve; and a respective pressure compensator assigned to the respective control valve such that a pressure upstream of the metering orifice and a pressure downstream of the metering orifice of the respective control valve is signaled to the respective pressure compensator, each pressure compensator configured to regulate a pressure gradient at the metering orifice of the assigned control valve toward a constant value irrespective of a load of the respective consumer, and the pressure downstream of the metering orifice of the respective control valve registered, in each case, to the respective pressure compensator by a respective load-sensing flow path; a shuttle valve that includes an outlet connection, and that is configured to connect the respective load-sensing flow path of the control valve disks in the first block part having a highest pressure to the outlet connection of the shuttle valve; and a pressure limiting valve disk positioned between the first block part and the second block part;
the pressure limiting valve disk having a pressure-limiting valve disposed downstream of the outlet connection of the shuttle valve, and configured to limit the highest pressure of the load-sensing flow paths of the control disks in the first block part.- View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A valve assembly, comprising:
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a plurality of control valve disks, each control valve disk configured to connect to a respective consumer and including; a control piston configured to control a direction and speed of the respective consumer; a pressure compensator configured to regulate a pressure gradient for the respective consumer toward a constant value irrespective of a load of the respective consumer; and a shuttle valve connected to the pressure compensator and configured such that, in a configuration whereat multiple control valve disks are positioned in a stack, the shuttle valve of a control valve disk at a bottom of the stack outputs a highest pressure of the pressure compensators of the control valve disks in the stack; and a pressure limiting valve disk that includes a pressure limiting valve configured such that, in a configuration whereat the pressure limiting valve disk is positioned within a stack of control valve disks, the pressure limiting valve; limits a maximum pressure for the highest pressure of the pressure compensators for control valve disks positioned above the pressure limiting valve disk in the stack, and does not limit pressures of pressure compensators of control valve disks positioned below the pressure limiting valve disk in the stack. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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