A load sensitive ride system and method is disclosed for a vehicle with an implement movably attached by a boom cylinder. The system includes a payload weight measuring system that measures payload weight and generates a signal indicative of the payload weight, a ride control circuit that adjusts hydraulic flow to and from the boom cylinder; and a controller that receives the signal indicative of the payload weight, and sends compliance commands to adjust ride control compliance based on the signal indicative of the payload weight. The system can include a tire inflation system that adjusts tire pressure. The controller can send inflation commands to adjust tire pressure based on the signal indicative of the payload weight. The compliance commands can depend on the components and compliance adjustment methods of the ride control circuit.

A ride control valve includes a valve body defining a work passage, a pump passage, a tank passage, and an accumulator passage configure to couple to an accumulator. A ride control spool is movably disposed within the valve body and configured to move between a a first ride control position to discharge the accumulator, a second ride control position configured to charge the accumulator at a variable charge rate, a third ride control configured to balance the accumulator pressure with the work passage pressure, and a fourth ride control position configured to couple the accumulator to the work passage. A pressure balancing spool is movably disposed within the ride control spool to selectively couple the accumulator passage with each of the pump passage and the tank passage to balance the accumulator pressure. The ride control valve is configured couple to a directional control valve without external conduit.

A method and apparatus for operating a power system architecture including an electrical power storage system, a power distribution bus selectively connected with the electrical power storage device, a hydraulic pump selectively connected with the electrical power storage device and a controller module communicatively connected with the electrical power storage system and the hydraulic pump.

Provided are an efficient energy-saving return cylinder of a hydraulic press and a working method thereof. The efficient energy-saving return cylinder of a hydraulic press comprises a plurality of single-rod return hydraulic cylinders symmetrically distributed at two sides of a main hydraulic cylinder of the hydraulic press, the plurality of single-rod return hydraulic cylinders are divided into several groups, each of the groups consisting of one balancing cylinder and one driving cylinder; a rod chamber of the balancing cylinder is communicated with an accumulator, the pressurized oil in the accumulator is filled into an oil chamber of the balancing cylinder, so that the balancing cylinder balances the weight of a walking beam and a working part of the walking beam; the driving cylinder is differentially connected; in the process of neutral-stroke-rapid-descending and ascending-returning of the walking beam and the working part of the walking beam.

An apparatus for controlling a hydraulic machine, for example a turbine, pump or pump turbine, using variable-speed driven fixed displacement pumps. The apparatus includes a device for carrying out an emergency shut-off that is characterized by low energy consumption and high efficiency while guaranteeing all the operation-relevant and safety-relevant requirements of a hydraulic machine.

Pump-controlled hydraulic circuits are more efficient than valve-controlled circuits, as they eliminate the energy losses due to flow throttling in valves and require less cooling effort. Presently existing pump-controlled solutions for single rod cylinders encounter an undesirable performance during certain operating conditions. Novel circuit designs employ use of different charge pressures on a pair of pilot-operated charging-control valves or different piston areas and/or spring constants on a shuttle-type charging control valve to shift a critical loading region in a load-force/actuator-velocity plane to a lower load force range, thereby reducing the undesired oscillations experienced in the response of the typical critical loading region. One or more specialized valves are controlled by fluid pressures to provide throttling in the circuit only within the critical loading region, thereby reducing the oscillatory amplitude while avoiding throttling-based energy losses outside the critical region over the majority of the circuit's operational overall operating area.

A control system can include a resettable chamber and a bidirectional valve. The bidirectional valve can be switchable between (i) a first configuration for enabling fluid flow from the control line into a first port of a well tool and from a second port of the well tool into the resettable chamber, and (ii) a second configuration for enabling fluid flow from the control line into the second port of the well tool and from the first port of the well tool into the resettable chamber. The bidirectional valve can be switched from the first configuration to the second configuration in response to pressure being applied to the control line.

A bootstrap hydraulic reservoir includes a bootstrap chamber to hold hydraulic fluid, a piston chamber fluidly connected to a pressure line of the hydraulic fluid system, a piston having a bootstrap end portion held within the bootstrap chamber and a pressure end portion held within the piston chamber, and a hydraulic accumulator fluidly connected to the pressure line of the hydraulic fluid system. The hydraulic accumulator accumulates pressurized hydraulic fluid from the pressure line. The bootstrap hydraulic reservoir also includes a valve fluidly connected to the pressure line of the hydraulic fluid system between the hydraulic accumulator and an outlet of a pump of the hydraulic fluid system. The valve includes an actuator selectively moves the valve to an open position when the pressure line of the hydraulic fluid system is de-pressurized.

An electric motor-driven, rolling element screw linear actuator is presented which work in cooperation with an hydraulic actuator and share several components. This is achieved through the integration of a screw-driven integrated nut piston assembly. Combining the use of an electric screw driven actuator can also reduce the need for a redundant hydraulic system, resulting in the elimination of 50% of connections, valves, piping, pumps, filters etc., while still being 100% redundant. An additional advantage is that the two drive systems are technologically independent, and therefore will not both fail because of an identical component flaw or failure point. The systems may also be used at the same time if conditions require force in excess of that generated by the hydraulic actuator alone.

A technique facilitates wellbore operations and utilization of wellbore equipment, e.g. equipment comprising actuation devices for downhole tools. According to an embodiment, the system comprises a pump solution for an electrically control device, e.g. an electrically controlled valve. The system may comprise hydraulic circuitry which utilizes bellows to effectively enclose the hydraulic circuitry. Consequently, the system enables an electrically control downhole system having components hydraulically actuated via a closed loop hydraulic system.