Method for operating an axial piston machine in which a zero case is taken into account

A method for operating an axial piston machine having a displacement volume that is continuously adjustable using a double-acting control cylinder comprising two oppositely acting control chambers, the method comprising:

• a) providing a corresponding axial piston machine, wherein an electrically adjustable pressure control valve is connected to one control chamber, wherein another control chamber is connected to an electrically adjustable 3/2-way switching valve;
• b) providing a target control pressure difference, wherein a zero case is defined as a case in which the target control pressure difference is essentially zero, wherein a positive case is defined as a case in which the target control pressure difference is positive, wherein the target control pressure difference does not fall under the zero case, wherein a negative case is defined as a case in which the target control pressure difference is negative, wherein the target control pressure difference does not fall under the zero case;
• c) calculating a first control pressure and a second control pressure, wherein in a context of a case differentiation, determining whether the zero case, the positive case, or the negative case is present, wherein a result of the case differentiation is used in the calculation of the first control pressure and the second control pressure;
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• d) energizing the pressure control valve according to the first control pressure and energizing the 3/2-way switching valve according to the second control pressure.