Hydraulic Control Arrangement for a Plurality of Actuators

Abstract

A control arrangement for supplying a plurality of hydrostatic actuators includes a pump with an output connected to a circulating line that opens into a tank. The control arrangement has a metering port and an individual pressure compensator for each actuator. The individual pressure compensators are connected in series by the circulating line. Some of the pressure medium are configured to be branched off from the circulation channel for the respective actuator by the individual pressure compensators and fed to the metering port disposed downstream of the individual pressure compensator. The pressure medium that is not required is forwarded from each individual pressure compensator into the circulating line and is fed back from the last individual pressure compensator to the tank by the circulating line. The actuators are prioritized based on the order of their individual pressure compensators and move independently of the load pressure without expensive load sensing lines.

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