Fail-safe circuits are basically designed to prevent injury to the operator or damage to the equipment. In general they prevent any accidental fall or overloading…
Category: Hydraulic Circuit Design
From our earlier discussions, we have seen how a sequence valve can be used to create sequential operations in a hydraulic circuit. The circuit depicted…
Figure 10.5 illustrates the use of a counterbalance or backpressure valve to keep a vertically mounted cylinder in upward position during pump idling. The counterbalance…