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Product: EXCAVATOR
Model: 330D L EXCAVATOR B6H
Configuration: 330D L Excavator B6H00001-UP (MACHINE) POWERED BY
C9 Engine

Systems Operation
330D Excavator Hydraulic System
Media Number -RENR9584-00

Publication Date -01/01/2006

Date Updated -01/02/2006

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Bucket Hydraulic System

SMCS - 5050-YB

Illustration 1
(1) Pilot line
(2) Line
(3) Line

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(4) Bucket cylinder

(5) Main control valve
(6) Return line
(7) Center bypass passage
(8) Center bypass passage
(9) Bucket control valve
(10) Spring
(11) Orifice
(12) Load check valve
(13) Spring
(14) Negative flow control orifice
(15) Pilot control valve (boom and bucket)
(16) Parallel feeder passage
(17) Return passage
(18) Pilot line
(19) Negative flow control line
(20) Pilot oil manifold
(21) Drive pump
(22) Idler pump
(23) Pilot pump

The oil delivery for the bucket hydraulic circuit is supplied by idler pump (22) only.

Illustration 2
(9) Bucket control valve

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

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