A system and method for machinery performing work with hydraulic actuators. Radial hydraulic pumps are aligned end-to-end along a common driveshaft axis to form a multi-pump assembly having a plurality of piston/cylinder units extending in a radial direction. Two or more piston/cylinder units are associated with one another to form multiple piston/cylinder groups. A plurality of control valves combines individual output flows from the two or more associated piston/cylinder units into respective common output flows for each respective piston/cylinder group. A plurality of flow control devices varies the common output flow from each respective piston/cylinder group by throttling inlet flow to the two or more associated piston/cylinder units in each respective piston/cylinder group. Each respective common output flow is directed from each respective piston/cylinder group to a hydraulic actuator on the heavy machinery to control its direction of movement.

A pneumatic manifold with internal and external porting is machined in a specific sequence for pressurized and exhausting air control. Electro-pneumatic valves and or blocking plates are fastened and sealed to the positions of exterior porting. The electro-pneumatic valves complete the pneumatic circuit already machined in the manifold. Electro-pneumatic valves can be added or removed depending on the required functions. Other exterior ports on the manifold allow for but are not limited to connection of a pressure transducer, exterior pilot feeds, individual open/close speed controls, individual secondary slow down speed controls for open and close. The manifold allows the mounting of three electro-pneumatic valves wherein each valve controls a certain specific sequential function. When used with a compatible means of electronic control, the manifold can replace most pneumatic control devices driving a pneumatic actuator for the purpose of moving an access mechanism, such as a garage door.

A control system includes: calculating a distribution flow rate of hydraulic fluid to be supplied to first and second hydraulic actuators based on a pressure of hydraulic fluid in the first and second hydraulic actuators and an operation amount operated to drive the first and second hydraulic actuators; calculating merged-state pump output indicating outputs of first and second hydraulic pumps required in a merged state based on the distribution flow rate; calculating separated-state pump output indicating outputs of the first and second hydraulic pumps required in the separated state based on the distribution flow rate; calculating excessive output of an engine based on the merged-state pump output and the separated-state pump output; calculating reduced output of the engine more reduced than target output by correcting the target output of the engine based on the excessive output; and controlling the engine based on the reduced output in the separated state.

A fluid pressure control device includes a switching valve configured to switch an operation of an operate check valve, a relief valve configured to open when a pressure in a load-side pressure chamber reaches a predetermined pressure, and a relief discharge passage configured to lead a relief fluid discharged from the relief valve to a tank. The switching valve includes a piston giving thrust to a spool upon receipt of a pilot pressure on a back surface, a drain chamber defined by the spool and the piston, and a drain passage allowing the drain chamber and a spring chamber to communicate with the relief discharge passage. The relief fluid discharged from the relief valve is discharged to the tank through the relief discharge passage and does not operate the switching valve.

A fluid power control system for load handling mobile equipment includes a pair of hydraulic actuators for moving respective cooperating load-engaging members selectively toward or away from each other, or in a common direction, at respective asynchronous speeds to selectively attain either synchronous or asynchronous respective positions of the actuators. The actuators have sensors enabling a controller to monitor their respective movements and correct unintended differences in the actuators' respective movements, such as unintended differences in relative intended positions, speeds, or rates of change of speeds. Respective hydraulic valves responsive to the controller separately and nonsimultaneously decrease respective flows through the respective actuators to more accurately and rapidly correct differences from the intended relative movements of the actuators.

A hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission for a motor vehicle includes a shiftable throttle valve allocated to one or more shift elements of a plurality of hydraulically actuated shift elements. The shiftable throttle valve hydraulically connects a respective pressure-adjusting device of the one or more shift elements to a respective clutch cylinder of the one or more shift elements. The shiftable throttle valve is shiftable into at least a first shift position and a second shift position. A hydraulic resistance between a hydraulic transmission controller and the one or more shift elements of the plurality of hydraulically actuated shift elements is larger in the second shift position relative to the first shift position.

Multi-rotor hydraulic drone (1) comprising: a plurality of hydraulic motors (6) each receiving a pressurised fluid, propellers (5) driven by the hydraulic motors (6), at least one hydraulic pump (10) driven by at least one motor (11) for pressurising the fluid, a system for supplying the hydraulic motors (6) with pressurised fluid, a flight controller (14) for controlling the supply system according to the desired rotation speed for the hydraulic motors (6), the supply system comprising several channels (35; 36; 37; 38) for adjusting the power of at least one portion of the hydraulic motors (6).

A work machine includes: a main circuit that supplies a working fluid from a pump to an actuator; a pilot circuit that introduces part of the working fluid from the pump, to a pilot pressure receiving section of a control valve; a bleed-off passage that connects the pump and a tank. The pilot circuit is provided with: a first pressure reducing valve that generates a pilot primary pressure; and second and third pressure reducing valves that generate a pilot secondary pressure to be applied to the control valve and a bleed-off valve. A moving area of a spool of the bleed-off valve has a first moving area where an opening area of a restrictor changes stepwise, and a second moving area where the opening area of the restrictor changes continuously. A controller controls the third pressure reducing valve such that the spool is positioned in the first moving area at the time of non-operation of the actuator, and the spool is positioned in the second moving area at the time of operation of the actuator. The restrictor of the bleed-off valve has a restricting hole that gives a resistance to the working fluid passing therethrough in a case the spool is positioned in the first moving area.

A fluid system includes a variable-speed and/or a variable-torque pump to pump a fluid, at least one proportional control valve assembly, an actuator that is operated by the fluid to control a load, and a controller that establishes a speed and/or torque of the pump and a position of the at least one proportional control valve assembly. The pump includes at least one fluid driver that provides fluid to the actuator, which can be, e.g., a fluid-actuated cylinder, a fluid-driven motor or another type of fluid-driven actuator that controls a load. Each fluid driver includes a prime mover and a fluid displacement assembly. The fluid displacement assembly can be driven by the prime mover such that fluid is transferred from the inlet port to the outlet port of the pump.

A fluid-driven actuator system includes a fluid-driven actuator and at least one proportional control valve and at least one pump connected to the fluid-driven actuator to provide fluid to operate the fluid-driven actuator. The at least one pump includes at least one fluid driver having a prime mover and a fluid displacement assembly to be driven by the prime mover such that fluid is transferred from the pump inlet to the pump outlet. The fluid-driven actuator system also includes a controller that establishes at least one of a speed and a torque of the at least one prime mover to adjust at least one of a flow in the fluid-driven system to a flow set point and a pressure in the fluid-driven actuator system to a pressure set point and concurrently establishes an opening of the at least one proportional control valve to adjust at least one of the flow to the flow set point and the pressure to the pressure set point.