OMAP Stey —— rie Training Aid ® Y/ CHECK VALVE AND MAKE-UP VALVE 2Oo— ‘The above two signs indicate the one-way passage. The left is a signpost and igs oak b cee Of tpabole ond. ua Kyetoae cote dugait: Bick aon denotes the direction where passage is possible. On the contrary, in the direction ‘opposite to the arrow, passage is ‘locked. To constitute che ‘one-way passage in a hydraulic circuit, a check valve or a make-up valve is used in the circuit. Previous to the description of these valves, let us consider the operation of a well-water pump. ao Lowering the piston by depressing the pump lever will cause the water to push open the outlet valve and flow out of the pump. As the piston stops, the valve closes, prohibiting the water from flowing back, This represents the function of a check valve whick opens to allow the fluid to flow in one direction but closes to check the reversal of flow. 7, @ Raising the piston will cause a possibility of vacuum to be created in the pump cylinder, To prevent such a possiblity, water wil push open he inlet valve low into the pump cylinder. As the piston stops, the valve closes, prohibiting the water from flowing back. This valve is also one of check valves but is specially called the make-up valve because of its additional function to prevent the creation of vacuum in the pump.This is a CHECK VALVE BUILT IN A VALVE SPOQL OF THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL VALVE provided on a dozer shovel. As long as a high pressure oil is blocked its flow from the hydraulic pump to the working cylinder, the check valve is kept closed under spring force applied on che valve. As this spring force is very weak, only sight force is necessary to open the As the oil is fed from the pump, the check valve opens, allowing the oil to flow into the cylinder to raise the bucket. If the check valve does not open fully due to rust or dust sticking thereto, the flow of cil will be disturbed, thereby causing the tlow down ofthe eylinder Hflng speek As the valve moves to compress the spri chamber, oil in the chamber is fed out o} the hole provided in the valve, thereby eliminating the resistance against valve movement. ‘Stopped oil feed or abnormal loading on the bucket will give a possibility of the cil in the cylinder to flow back under the bucket load. Under such conditions, the valve will actually close, to prohibite the reversal of flow, thus preventing the bucket from lowering. If the valve does not close fully due to rust or dust sticking thereto, the reversal of flow will not be prohibited, thereby allow- ing the bucket to lower by its own weight. If there is any oil leak even though the valve is closed, it will cause the bucket to lower, while the engine is at rest and the bucket control valve is held in “Raise” position. Such an application of the check valve will be found in the lift cylinder on a forklift truck, too. From pump Oil is fed from the pump to the top side of cylinder. The check valve is built in the oilThe next description is made for an APPLICATION OF THE MAKE-UP VALVE. The make-up valve is built in the line which leaves the oil tank and comes in confluence with another From tank the oil line connecting the pump with the cylinder bottom. The make-up valve has the same structure as the check valve and oil from the tank may be allowed to flow passing through the valve, w! prohibited from passing through it. installed in place so that oil toward the tank is When the bucket is in lowering, the oil must be fed from the pump into the cylinder bottom. If the bucket is allowed to lower fast by its own weight, it will cause the lack of oil being fed into the cylinder, thereby giving a possibility of Soowees x be eaten hide eign, Under such conditions, however, the make-up valve will be opened by the negative pressure produced in the cylinder. Therefore, the oil from the tank passes freely through the valve and flows into the cylinder to make up the lack of oil in the GE cylinder. If the make-up valve is kept closed or partially opened, the lack of oil being fed in the cylinder will cause the vacuum in the cylinder. This makes the bucket lowered on the ground unstable. The bucket is liable to be off the ground, making the shovelling operation difficult. After the bucket is lowered to the ound, if the piston is forced to retract Terher ino the cylindee, the front portion of the truck body will be jacked up from the ground, being supported by the bucket positioning on the ground. In this case, the oil pressure in the circuit will rise, causing the make-up valve to close, which will in turn prohibit the oil from flowing back into the tank. If the valve is dept opened or partial ised, soe iil wil fw hey ee call, making it impossible for the oil pressure to tise. As mentioned above, the make-up vale serves to allow oil to flow passing through it in the direction from the tank to the eylinder but not to flow in reverse jst like s check valve, The make-up valve, however, has its main function of making up the lack of oil so as to prevent the vacuum from being produced in the cylinder. Therefore, the valve can be called so from its functional viewpoint. Thus, the check and make-up valves are not substantially different from each other.This is a simple application of a CHECK VALVE IN AN AIR LINE. The valve is installed in the line between the air compressor and the air tank. Ai tank ‘The check valve for use in an air line is made of steel sheet to lighten the weight. Its structure is somewhat different from that used in an oil line. However, their functions are based on the same principle. ‘The compressed air from the compressor opens the valve to flow into the tank, While the compressor is at rest, the valve closes, prohibiting the reversal of air flow. In other words, the valve prevents the air from flowing out of the tank and leaking into the atmosphere through the compressor. PRINTED INJAPAN '06-84(0102003