To: Nancy Myers

From: Philip Ian Noranbrock

Date: 4/20/2021
Subject: APLED 121- Description Report

PILOT OPERATED RELIEF VALVES

The pilot operated valve is used in circuits for emergency relief so the system doesn’t overpressure, and
damage anything. The relief valve is set at a certain psi so once that pressure is reached instead of
building up pressure the relief valve will then open dumping the oil through to the tank.

drain
Pilot poppet
Adjustable stem to knob

seat

vent

Adjustable knob
spring

orifice

Main spool Adjustable spring

Return to tank port

Y port

Inlet port
To: Nancy Myers
From: Philip Ian Noranbrock
Date: 4/20/2021
Subject: APLED 121- Description Report
 Adjustable knob: where you can adjustable and set the psi that you want in the relief valve
 Stem to knob: attached to know to adjust psi
 Adjustable spring: it is what the knob pushes the spring creating the pressure the oil goes
through
 Tank port: where the oil goes through back to tank
 Inlet port: where oil goes in the relief valve from pump
 Y port: where oil leaves the relief valve
 Main spool: It increases the pressure of the oil where it goes through a skinny tube
 Orifice: a restricted passageway to measure the amount of oil going through
 Spring: it is what the knob is setting, if the spring gets squeezed the higher the psi that oil must
be able to get through
 Vent: when the predetermined pressure is reached, the valve will open to vent
 Seat: its what the spring pushes the pilot poppet opening the relief valve
 Pilot poppet: is attached to the spring and pushes to the seat when the predetermined pressure
is reached
 Drain: where any excess oil will go through back to tank

The pilot operated relief valve protects your system from getting damaged in anyway, the difference
with the pilot operated valves that it uses the system pressure to seal the valve rather than a spring to
hold a disc or piston. The relief valve is easy and low maintence and is why companies and most in
industry prefer to use the pilot operated than the direct acting relief valve