Systems Operation 323F Excavator Hydraulic System-Bucket System

Bucket System

(1) Pilot control valve (boom and bucket)

(2) Bucket cylinder
(3) Line
(4) Line
(5) Main control valve
(6) Negative flow control orifice
(7) Return line
(8) Negative flow control line
(9) Pilot line
(10) Spring
(11) Orifice
(12) Spring
(13) Pilot line
(14) Load check valve
(15) Bucket control valve
(16) Return passage
(17) Parallel feeder passage
(18) Center bypass passage
(19) Center bypass passage
(20) Pilot oil manifold
(21) Drive pump
(22) Idler pump(23) Pilot pump
The oil delivery for the bucket hydraulic circuit is supplied by drive pump (21) only.

(15) Bucket control valve

The oil delivery from drive pump (21) flows through center bypass passage (19) in
main control valve (5) to bucket control valve (15) . The oil delivery from idler pump
(22) flows through center bypass passage (18) in main control valve (5) . Illustration 1
shows the main control valve when only the bucket hydraulic circuit is activated.
When the hydraulic activation control lever is in the UNLOCKED position, the oil
delivery from pilot pump (23) flows through pilot oil manifold (20) to pilot control
valve (1) . During a BUCKET CLOSE function, pilot oil flows through pilot control
valve (1) and pilot line (9) to bucket control valve (15) . The pilot oil pressure shifts
the spool in bucket control valve (15) against spring (12) . The pilot oil on the other
end of the spool in bucket control valve (15) flows through pilot line (13) and pilot
control valve (1) to the hydraulic tank.
Since the spool in bucket control valve (15) is fully shifted, center bypass passage
(19) is blocked. None of the oil delivery from drive pump (21) flows to negative flow
control orifice (6) . No negative flow control pressure is created in center bypass
passage (19) . Since no negative flow control pressure is sent through negative flow
control line (8) to the drive pump regulator, the drive pump regulator moves the
swashplate of drive pump (21) toward the maximum angle position. The output flow
rate of drive pump (21) is increased and flows through parallel feeder passage (17) .
Drive pump oil flows to load check valve (14) , and bucket control valve (15) . Drive
pump oil also flows to line (4) to the head end of bucket cylinder (2) .
Since the oil delivery for the bucket hydraulic circuit is supplied only by drive pump
(21) , the negative control pressure in center bypass passage (18) is high. Idler pump
(22) remains at the destroked position.
ReferenceFor more information concerning the negative flow control operation, refer
to Systems Operation, "Negative Flow Control System".
Return oil from the rod end of bucket cylinder (2) flows through line (3) . Return oil
from the rod end of bucket cylinder (2) flows through orifice (11) in bucket control
valve (15) . Return oil from the rod end of bucket cylinder (2) flows through return
passage (16) , and return line (7) to the hydraulic tank. Orifice (11) restricts the return
oil from the rod end of bucket cylinder (2) .
The BUCKET OPEN operation is like the BUCKET CLOSE operation.
During a BUCKET OPEN function, pilot oil flow from pilot control valve (1) flows
through pilot line (13) to bucket control valve (15) . The spool in bucket control valve
(15) shifts against the force of spring (10) . The oil delivery from drive pump (21)
now flows to the rod end of bucket cylinder (2) .
During a NEUTRAL function, springs (10) and (12) maintain the spool in bucket
control valve (15) in the NEUTRAL position. The oil flow from the head end and the
rod end of bucket cylinder (2) is blocked.