New Pre-Compensated Hydraulic Valve Features Load-sensing Capabilities

Press Release Summary:

  • Combines a range of hydraulic control valves into a single, integrated and multifunctional control solution
  • Provides feedback to the pump so less energy is wasted to support all the machine’s functions
  • Available with minimal downtime for repairs

Original Press Release:

Bosch Rexroth Launches New Pre-Compensated Valve Platform for Mobile Machines

Complete, compact valve platform combines multiple Bosch Rexroth load-sensing directional control valves into one scalable control solution

Flexible and adaptable, the Pre-Compensated Valve Platform makes it easier for mobile machine builders to selectively combine a range of hydraulic control valves into a single, integrated, multifunctional control solution to match specific operational and performance requirements.

With the Pre-Compensated Valve Platform, Bosch Rexroth has engineered a solution that combines multiple valves with minimal need for adapter plates or custom fittings. All the valves in the platform support pre-compensated load-sensing capabilities that ensure that the proper hydraulic flow is delivered to each function, independent of the overall loads on the hydraulic systems.

The Pre-Compensated Valve Platform incorporates load-sensing capabilities that improve efficiency, freeing more hydraulic power to the implement while enabling better machine designs. The load-sensing valves can also help reduce hydraulic cooling system size and costs, as well as potentially lower engine horsepower requirements.

In a load-sensing system, the control block of the valve senses how much flow needs to be delivered to individual cylinders on different parts of the machine as work is being done. It provides feedback to the pump so less energy is wasted to support all the machine’s functions.

In a crane, for example, functions include outriggers for leveling and stabilizing the machine, boom extensions and retractions, boom rotation, and so forth. For each function, the motor or pump speed and cylinder positioning can be precisely controlled over a wide range of conditions - simply and without the complex design challenges of adding external components.

The Pre-Compensated Valve Platform incorporates three proven Rexroth load-sensing directional control valves:

  • The compact EDG directional control valve, supporting flows up to 40 liters per minute (lpm)/10.6 gallons per minute (GPM) and up to 350 bar working pressure.
  • The RM10 and RM15 load-sensing directional control valves, with flow rates of 90 and 150 lpm, respectively, and 280 bar pressure - a cost effective, compact, general purpose, multi-application load-sensing directional control valve.
  • The M4-12 control block, supporting up to 130 lpm/34 GPM and 400 bar pressure for medium- and high-pressure applications ranging from forestry and agricultural equipment to construction equipment and incorporating a wide range of accessories, such as adjustable mechanical flow limiters and load-sensing pressure limiters on each port.

The Pre-Compensated Valve Platform is a modular control concept: A single solution can mix multiple valves, scaled by flow and pressure requirements, and seamlessly combine basic valves with highly featured ones, providing a cost-effective “plug and play” valve platform that fits cleanly together, with minimal need for adapter plates or custom parts.

By combining multiple assemblies in one stack, the Pre-Compensated Valve Platform can help reduce installation time and service costs, as well as related costs for hydraulic system assembly, plumbing and fittings.

The platform is built around reliable, durable, field-tested Rexroth valve and control block families, proven to deliver long life cycles and high availability with minimal downtime for repairs.

Mobile builders can also use Rexroth’s new CHoose compact hydraulics configuration tool to quickly configure the optimum Pre-Compensated Valve Platform solution for their needs.

The CHoose tool is a downloadable software that incorporates a full library of Rexroth compact hydraulics components with full catalog information and provides a step-by-step process for selecting and configuring each valve component.

For more information on the CHoose tool, visit boschrexroth.com/choose.

For more information on the Pre-Compensated Valve Platform, visit www.boschrexroth-us.com/pcvp.

About Bosch Rexroth:

As one of the world’s leading suppliers of drive and control technologies, Bosch Rexroth ensures efficient, powerful and safe movement in machines and systems of any size. The company bundles global application experience in the market segments of Mobile Applications, Machinery Applications and Engineering, and Factory Automation. With its intelligent components, customized system solutions and services, Bosch Rexroth is creating the necessary environment for fully connected applications. Bosch Rexroth offers its customers hydraulics, electric drive and control technology, gear technology and linear motion and assembly technology, including software and interfaces to the Internet of Things. With locations in over 80 countries, more than 29,600 associates generated sales revenue of around 5.2 billion euros ($6.3 billion) in 2020.

To learn more, please visit www.boschrexroth-us.com.

About Bosch:

Having established a regional presence in 1906 in North America, the Bosch Group employs 34,700 associates in more than 100 locations, as of December 31, 2020. According to preliminary figures, Bosch generated consolidated sales of $13.1 billion in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. For more information, visit www.bosch.uswww.bosch.ca and www.bosch.mx.

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 394,500 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2020). According to preliminary figures, the company generated sales of $87.1 billion in 2020. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. As a leading IoT provider, Bosch offers innovative solutions for smart homes, Industry 4.0, and connected mobility. Bosch is pursuing a vision of mobility that is sustainable, safe, and exciting. It uses its expertise in sensor technology, software, and services, as well as its own IoT cloud, to offer its customers connected, cross-domain solutions from a single source. The Bosch Group’s strategic objective is to facilitate connected living with products and solutions that either contain artificial intelligence (AI) or have been developed or manufactured with its help. Bosch improves quality of life worldwide with products and services that are innovative and spark enthusiasm. In short, Bosch creates technology that is “Invented for life.” The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 440 subsidiary and regional companies in 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. The basis for the company’s future growth is its innovative strength. At 126 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 73,000 associates in research and development, as well as roughly 30,000 software engineers.

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