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Mico - Hydraulic Power Brake Systems For Forklifts
Mico - Hydraulic Power Brake Systems For Forklifts
Mico - Hydraulic Power Brake Systems For Forklifts
for Forklifts
By Sean D. Ross
International Sales Manager
MICO, Incorporated
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Hydraulic Flow
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Control Valve
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As seen in
Industrial Vehicle Technology '95 Magazine
Materials Handling & Lift Truck Edition
and Diesel Progress Engines & Drives Magazine
April 1996
Hydraulic Power
Brake Actuator
Single Hydraulic
P Accumulator
Charging Valve
Low Pressure
Warning Switch
Hydraulic power brake sys- hydraulic power brake systems pressure drop across the boost
tems provide safe, reliable commonly in use: boosted hydraulic piston. The resulting force is trans-
braking for forklifts and other brake systems and full power ferred to the master cylinder piston.
hydraulic brake systems. While Brake line pressure increases until
vehicles in the materials han- both systems use a hydraulic pump the boost relief valve opens. Once
dling industry. Sean D. Ross to provide power for braking, their the boost relief valve opens, brake
of MICO Incorporated, USA, designs and applications are quite pressure increases only by direct
discusses the configuration different. mechanical input force to the
and operation of the two main master cylinder. A hydraulic power
Boosted Hydraulic brake actuator reduces the opera-
types which are in common Brake System tor input force required to generate
use today. A boosted hydraulic brake system brake pressure. The circuit for a
is found on forklift trucks from 2.0 boosted hydraulic brake system
Hydraulic power brake systems to 10.0 ton capacity (Figure 1). This with a hydraulic power brake
provide safe, reliable braking for system uses a hydraulic power actuator, hydraulic flow control
forklifts and other vehicles in the brake actuator which consists of a valve, and load sensing steering
material handling industry. These hydraulic boost section coupled to is shown in Figure 2.
systems are normally found in a master cylinder. The hydraulic
forklift trucks above 2.0 ton boost section includes a boost Full Power Hydraulic
capacity. Above 2.0 ton capacity, piston, variable flow restriction, and Brake System
a regular "automotive-type" master boost relief valve. When the boost Brake systems for forklifts over
cylinder cannot provide pressure section is actuated, system flow 10.0 tons normally require more
and fluid volume to the brakes passing across the boost piston is volume and higher pressure than
within a reasonable pedal force and restricted. This restriction creates a are available through the boosted
stroke. There are two types of
FIGURE 1
Boosted Hydraulic
Brake System
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