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| Illustration 1 | g02161108 |
Pressure circuit for swing system (1) Passage (supply oil or return oil) (2) Check valve (3) Relief valve (4) Passage (5) Port (supply oil or return oil) (6) Right swing motor (7) Motor rotary group (8) Passage (supply oil or return oil) (9) Check valve (10) Relief valve (11) Makeup port (12) Return line (makeup oil) (13) Port (supply oil or return oil) | |
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| Illustration 2 | g02161124 |
Right and left swing motors (3) Relief valve (10) Relief valve (11) Makeup port (12) Return line (makeup oil) | |
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| Illustration 3 | g02161129 |
Swing relief valve (sectional view) (4) Passage (8) Passage (14) Orifice (15) Spring (16) Stem (17) Piston chamber (18) Piston (19) Passage (20) Passage (21) Piston chamber (22) Orifice (23) Passage (24) Adjustment plug | |
This machine is equipped with two swing motors and two swing drives. Line relief valves are located on both the right swing motor and the left swing motor. The operation of the line relief valves in the left swing motor is identical to the operation of the line relief valves of the right swing motor.
Relief valves (3) and (10) are located on top of right swing motor (6). These relief valves limit the pressure in the right swing motor circuit to the relief setting. This action provides a cushion effect at a start or stop of the swing operation.
When the swing joystick is returned to the NEUTRAL position during the swing right operation, the inlet port and the outlet port of the swing control valve are closed. Oil flow is now blocked at port (5) and port (13) of the swing motor.
The mass (weight and size) of the upper structure causes the upper structure to attempt to continue to rotate after the swing joystick is returned to the NEUTRAL position. The motor rotary group is also attempting to continue to rotate. The motor rotary group attempts to draw oil through port (5) and attempts to displace the oil through port (13) .
The oil supply to motor rotary group (7) is insufficient. A vacuum condition occurs in passage (1). Return oil is supplied to the motor rotary group as makeup oil in order to prevent the vacuum condition. For more information concerning the makeup operation, refer to Systems Operation, "Oil Makeup (Swing System)".
Since the flow of return oil from the motor rotary group through port (13) is blocked at the swing control valve, the pressure of the blocked oil in passage (8) increases. The increased oil pressure in passage (8) acts on swing relief valve (10). The increased pressure oil forces stem (16) of relief valve (10) to the right (open position) against the force of spring (15). When stem (16) shifts, oil flows through passage (4), check valve (2), and passage (1) to motor rotary group (7). The shock load is absorbed at the stop of a swing movement.
At swing relief valve (10), the increased oil pressure in passage (8) flows through orifice (14) in stem (16) and passage (20) to piston chamber (21). The force of spring (15) is less than the relief valve pressure setting. This causes stem (16) to move to the right (open position) before the oil pressure in passage (8) reaches the relief valve pressure setting. At the same time, the pressure oil in piston chamber (21) flows through passages (19) and (23). Piston (18) moves to the left against the force of spring (15). The oil in piston chamber (17) flows through orifice (22) and into piston chamber (21). Orifice (22) restricts the oil flow into piston chamber (21) .
The swing relief valve maintains the operating pressure of the swing hydraulic circuit at a lower pressure than the swing relief valve setting until the pressure in the swing hydraulic circuit forces piston (18) to the right against adjustment plug (24). When piston (18) contacts adjustment plug (24), the pressure in piston chamber (21) increases. The oil pressure in passage (8) reaches the swing relief valve setting. The oil in passage (8) flows around stem (16) and into return passage (4) .
After stem (16) begins to open and before piston (18) completes the movement to the left, the pressure in the swing hydraulic circuit increases gradually. The pressure in the swing hydraulic circuit does not reach a peak pressure. This condition is called a two-stage relief operation. The two-stage relief operation absorbs the shock load at the stop of a swing operation.
After the start of a swing right operation, the oil delivery from the swing pump flows through port (5) and passage (1) to motor rotary group (7). The mass (weight and size) of the upper structure causes an increase of oil pressure in passage (1). Stem (16) of swing relief valve (3) opens slightly. A portion of the high-pressure oil in passage (1) flows through makeup port (11) to return line (12). This action gives a smoother acceleration at the start of a swing operation.