2007/07/18 Bucket Hydraulic System (RENR7294-12)

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Illustration 1
(1) Pilot line

(2) Line

(3) Line

(4) Bucket cylinder

(5) Main control valve

(6) Return line

(7) Center bypass passage

(8) Center bypass passage

(9) Bucket control valve

(10) Spring

(11) Orifice

(12) Load check valve

(13) Spring

(14) Negative flow control orifice

(15) Pilot control valve (boom and bucket)

(16) Parallel feeder passage

(17) Return passage

(18) Pilot line

(19) Negative flow control line

(20) Pilot oil manifold

(21) Drive pump

(22) Idler pump

(23) Pilot pump

The oil delivery for the bucket hydraulic circuit is supplied by drive pump (21) only.

Illustration 2 g00697166
(9) Bucket control valve

The oil delivery from drive pump (21) flows through center bypass passage (8) in main control valve (5) to bucket control valve (9). The oil delivery from idler
pump (22) flows through center bypass passage (7) in main control valve (5). Illustration 1 shows the main control valve when only the bucket hydraulic circuit is
activated.
When the hydraulic lockout lever is in the UNLOCKED position, the oil delivery from pilot pump (23) flows through pilot oil manifold (20) to pilot control valve
(15). When the joystick for the bucket is moved to the BUCKET CLOSE position, pilot oil flows through pilot control valve (15) and pilot line (1) to bucket control
valve (9). The pilot oil pressure shifts the spool in the bucket control valve against spring (13). The pilot oil on the other end of the spool in the bucket control
valve flows through pilot line (18) and pilot control valve (15) to the hydraulic tank.

Since the spool in the bucket control valve is fully shifted, center bypass passage (8) is blocked. None of the oil delivery from the drive pump flows to negative
flow control orifice (14) and no negative flow control pressure is created in center bypass passage (8). Since no negative flow control pressure is sent through
negative flow control line (19) to the drive pump regulator, the drive pump regulator moves the swashplate of the drive pump toward the maximum angle
position. The output flow rate of the drive pump is increased and flows through parallel feeder passage (16), load check valve (12), bucket control valve (9) and
line (3) to the head end of bucket cylinder (4) .

Since the oil delivery for the bucket hydraulic circuit is supplied by the drive pump only, the negative control pressure in center bypass passage (7) is high. Idler
pump (22) remains at the destroked position.

ReferenceFor more information concerning the negative flow control operation, refer to Systems Operation, "Negative Flow Control System".

The return oil from the rod end of the bucket cylinder flows through line (2), orifice (11) in bucket control valve (9), return passage (17) and return line (6) to the
hydraulic tank. Orifice (11) restricts the return oil from the rod end of the bucket cylinder.

The BUCKET OPEN operation is similar to the BUCKET CLOSE operation.

When the joystick for the bucket is moved to the BUCKET OPEN position, pilot oil flow from pilot control valve (15) flows through pilot line (18) to the bucket
control valve. The spool in the bucket control valve shifts against the force of spring (10). The oil delivery from the drive pump now flows to the rod end of the
bucket cylinder.

When the joystick for the bucket is in the NEUTRAL position, springs (10) and (13) maintain the spool in the bucket control valve in the NEUTRAL position. The
oil flow from the head end and the rod end of the bucket cylinder is blocked.

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