An example hydraulic system includes a hydraulic actuator; a pump driven by an electric motor and having an inlet port and an outlet port; a boost flow line configured to provide boost fluid flow or receive excess fluid flow; a reservoir fluid line fluidly coupled to a reservoir; and a valve assembly configured to operate in a plurality of states to allow the pump to operate in a closed-circuit configuration in which fluid discharged from the hydraulic actuator is provided to the inlet port of the pump or an open-circuit configuration in which fluid discharged from the hydraulic actuator is provided to the reservoir.

A fluid control device includes: a joint block defining a fluid flow path open to an upper surface thereof, and which has an engaging portion on the bottom surface side thereof; a support member having a guide portion which restrains the joint block on the upper surface while permitting the joint block to move in longitudinal direction; and a fluid device fixed to the upper surface of the joint block. The support member is provided with at least one plunger such that the tip end portion protrudes from the upper surface of the support member. A recess is provided in the bottom surface of the joint block, and the recess engages with the tip end portion of the plunger to set the position of the joint block in the longitudinal direction.

A connecting element for connecting ports of a valve array's valve attachment block to a supply block may include first engagement elements on one side for establishing a connection to the ports, and second engagement elements on another side for establishing a connection to the supply block. The first and second engagement elements may be configured to establish gas-tight connections, wherein the connecting element includes a flexible material. In a further combination, the supply block has an attachment side for attaching tubes to the supply block and a connection side for connecting the supply block to the connecting element, the connection side having engagement elements which are engageable with the second engagement elements of the connecting element for establishing a gas-tight connection. The supply block may be less flexible than the connecting element. A further combination may include the valve array.

A method of manufacturing a hydraulic valve component using additive manufacturing includes laying successive layers to form a flow aperture for a hydraulic valve component, and creating a lattice or mesh structure that at least partially defines the flow aperture of the hydraulic valve component, or a feature that forms an undercut along a direction that is parallel to a flow direction of the flow aperture, or a flow aperture having a size varying along a circumferential direction of the valve component.

An auxiliary hydraulic manifold for connecting different implements to a work vehicle for hydraulic control may include a housing, a plurality of vehicle-side ports in the housing including a first vehicle-side port, and a plurality of implement-side ports in the housing including a first implement-side port fluidly coupled to the first vehicle-side port and a second implement-side port fluidly coupled to the first vehicle-side port. A number of the plurality of implement-side ports is greater than a number of the plurality of vehicle-side ports. Additionally, the auxiliary hydraulic manifold may include a pilot-operated check valve fluidly coupled between the first vehicle-side port and the first implement-side port.

A pneumatic control system includes a manifold that defines: a channel for conveying a fluid, a discharge port, a drain port, and an expansion chamber defining a chamber axis. The discharge port defines a flow axis extending between a first end and second end and a receiving region at the second end. The pneumatic control system also includes a filter assembly with a filter member disposed in the expansion chamber, and an actuator configured to selectively control fluid communication between the channel and the discharge port. The chamber axis is substantially coplanar with the flow axis. A filter cap assembly includes a filter cap body enclosing an end of the expansion chamber and selectively removable from the manifold to provide access to the filter assembly. A purge valve body is configured to selectively control fluid flow between the expansion chamber and the drain port.

A hydraulic pump to synchronize the operation of a pair of hydraulic actuators wherein each hydraulic actuator comprises a cylinder including a first fluid port and a second fluid port formed in the proximal and distal end portions thereof respectively and having a piston disposed therein coupled to a piston rod at least partially disposed within the corresponding cylinder. The dual hydraulic pump includes a triple gear assembly to alternately feed pressurized hydraulic fluid to the first fluid port of each hydraulic actuator simultaneously or the second fluid port of each hydraulic actuator simultaneously to synchronize the linear movement of each piston and piston rod in a first direction or a second direction.

A device for supplying to and/or controlling hydraulically operated components of a die casting machine, comprising a base block with a main inlet opening and a main outlet opening for hydraulic medium, and also at least two different module components, which are selected from the group consisting of core-pulling modules, core-pulling-relief modules, booster modules, secondary movement modules, and vacuum modules, and which are fluidically connected to the base block. The present invention relates to a die casting machine with such a device and to a method for supplying to and/or controlling hydraulically operated components of a die casting machine.

A hydraulic block of an electronic braking device for a vehicle includes a first input port and a second input port configured to receive a brake fluid from a main braking system, at least one oil chamber connected to one input port of the first input port and the second input port, a first output port and a second output port configured to discharge the brake fluid to a plurality of wheel brake apparatuses, a first inlet line configured to connect the first input port and the first output port to each other, and a second inlet line configured to connect the second input port and the second output port to each other, a first outlet line bifurcated from the first inlet line, a second outlet line bifurcated from the second inlet line, and a valve mounting unit mounted with a plurality of valves.

A multi-control valve device includes: a valve block including a plurality of valve holes; a plurality of spools movably housed in the plurality of valve holes in a one-to-one correspondence; one or more attachment parts provided on the valve block; and a plurality of solenoid valves provided on the one or more attachment parts in a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of spools and each of which reduces a primary pressure, outputs a secondary pressure to a corresponding one of the plurality of spools, and moves the spool. The valve block includes a primary pressure supply passage through which the primary pressure is supplied to each of the plurality of solenoid valves.