Systems and method determine a fluid efficiency of a fluid that flows through a fluid power system. Characteristics of the fluid is monitored in real-time as the fluid flows through the fluid monitoring device that is coupled to the fluid power system as the fluid flows through the fluid power system. A fluid status is determined in real-time that is associated with fluid parameters of the fluid that is determined from the fluid parameters detected by the fluid monitoring device. The fluid status of the fluid is determined in real-time when the fluid status indicates that a corrective action is to be executed to increase a quality of the fluid and an assessment of the corrective action that is to be executed is generated based on the fluid parameters. Degradation of the components of the fluid power system increases without the corrective action being executed to the fluid.

An inspection device for hydraulic equipment includes a hydraulic circuit having a branch valve, an optical detection section, a pump configured to supply oil to the hydraulic circuit, and a controller. The optical detection section includes an inspection oil passage connected to the branch valve. The inspection oil passage includes a filter arranged to collect foreign matter. The controller operates the branch valve to supply oil to the inspection oil passage. The optical detection section includes first and second foreign matter detection sections arranged on upstream and downstream sides of the filter to detect foreign matter. A work vehicle includes the inspection device. An inspection system includes the inspection device. An inspection method includes supplying oil to an inspection oil passage by operating a branch valve of a hydraulic circuit, and detecting foreign matter on upstream and downstream sides of a filter arranged on the inspection oil passage.

An oil pressure control device controls a supply pressure of oil supplied to an oil pressure chamber of a friction element having a first engagement board and a second engagement board engaged with or disengaged from each other between a non-engagement state and a non-sliding engagement state via a sliding engagement state. The oil pressure control device includes: an electromagnetic valve that controls the supply pressure using a spool which reciprocates according to an energizing amount; and a control part that defines a first oscillatory wave part in which the energizing amount is controlled by making a first waveform with a first frequency to superimpose on a second waveform with a second frequency higher than the first frequency during a first period while the sliding engagement state and an instruction value of the supply pressure are kept constant.

It is made possible to prevent damage to hydraulic parts of a work machine due to a decrease in performance of a hydraulic fluid even when the hydraulic fluid of a hydraulic system is changed and the hydraulic fluid becomes a mixed oil in which a mineral oil and a biodegradable oil are mixed with each other. For this purpose, a storage device stores, in advance, oil change history information of the hydraulic fluid, oil kind determination values for determining whether the hydraulic fluid is either the mineral oil or the biodegradable oil or the mixed oil of the mineral oil and the biodegradable oil, and abnormality determination values for respective kinds of the hydraulic fluid. A controller checks whether the oil change history information includes oil change information for which oil kind determination has not been made. When there is oil change information for which oil kind determination has not been made, the controller determines a kind of the hydraulic fluid on the basis of the respective values of a plurality of oil properties detected by an oil sensor and the oil kind determination values. The controller determines an abnormality in the hydraulic fluid by using abnormality determination values corresponding to a result of determination of the kind of the hydraulic fluid.

An intelligent work vehicle filtration system includes a hydraulic subsystem, a controller architecture, and an electric drive subsystem containing a battery pack. A hydraulic subsystem includes, in turn, a fine filter device having a first filter efficiency, a coarse filter device having a second filter efficiency less than the first filter efficiency, a hydraulic circuit in which the fine filter device and the coarse filter device are positioned, and a hydraulic pump controllable to circulate hydraulic fluid about the hydraulic circuit. During operation of the intelligent work vehicle filtration system, the controller architecture selectively places the intelligent work vehicle filtration system in an externally-powered filter mode in which hydraulic flow is directed through the fine filter device, while bypassing the coarse filter device, when the electric drive subsystem is electrically coupled to an external power supply utilized to charge the battery pack.

A technology is disclosed for controlling the function of a pneumatic valve actuator. The piston of the valve actuator is biased to be in first state and move to a second state when pressurized. A conduit connects the pressure side and non-pressure sides of the valve actuator for supplying the non-pressure side of the valve actuator with gas from the pressure side of the valve actuator. A control valve is connected to the conduit for controlling a release of gas from the pressure side of the valve actuator. The valve controller also has pressure-relief valve connected to the conduit between the control valve and the non-pressure side of the valve actuator for reducing the pressure in the conduit.

A pressure control device is provided and includes a body which has a groove-shaped flow path including a groove part and a widened part connected to the groove part and having a width larger than a width of the groove part, and a filter unit which captures foreign matters mixed in a fluid which passes through the groove-shaped flow path. The filter unit includes a frame body being in a cylindrical shape and including a through hole part which penetrates in a direction along a central axis, and at least one filter member being in a planar plate shape disposed to intercept the through hole part and supported inside the frame body, in which the filter unit is accommodated in the widened part so that a direction orthogonal to the central axis of the frame body is along a depth direction of the widened part.

A compressed air supply installation for operating a pneumatic installation, especially an air suspension installation of a vehicle, includes a compressed air supply unit, a compressed air port towards the pneumatic installation, a venting port towards the surroundings, a first pneumatic connection between the compressed air supply and the compressed air port, the first pneumatic connection having an air drier and a shut-off valve, and a second pneumatic connection between the compressed air port and the venting port. The shut-off valve is a pneumatically pilot-controlled check valve.

A pressure control device is provided and includes a body which has a groove-shaped flow path including a groove part and a widened part connected to the groove part and having a width larger than a width of the groove part, and a filter unit which captures foreign matters mixed in a fluid which passes through the groove-shaped flow path. The filter unit includes a frame body being in a cylindrical shape and including a through hole part which penetrates in a direction along a central axis, and at least one filter member being in a planar plate shape disposed to intercept the through hole part and supported inside the frame body, in which the filter unit is accommodated in the widened part so that a direction orthogonal to the central axis of the frame body is along a depth direction of the widened part.

A method of flushing a hydraulic system including a fluid circuit and an in-service fluid flowing therein includes fluidly coupling a kidney loop to the fluid circuit such that at least a portion of the in-service fluid may flow therethrough, the kidney loop including a depth media filter and a micro-glass filter arranged in a parallel flow pattern and introducing a solvent cleaner into the in-service fluid at a concentration level between approximately 2.5% and approximately 6%, the solvent cleaner including at least one hydrocarbon group V fluid. The method further includes maintaining a temperature of the in-service fluid between approximately 100 degrees Fahrenheit and approximately 155 degrees Fahrenheit and controlling the flow of the in-service fluid at a flow rate between approximately 3 gallons per minute and approximately 6.8 gallons per minute.