System description
The system includes an assembly consisting of a workbench with a hydraulic pump, a double-acting cylinder, a flow control valve and a manual 4/3 way directional valve.
Build a basic circuit
The first basic circuit you are going to build is the one represented in the diagram below.
The hydraulic pump ‘PUMP’ will be directly connected to the double-acting cylinder ‘C01’. ‘PUMP’ has two hydraulic output ports called ‘out’ and drain, and you will connect them to ‘C01’ input ports ‘p1’ and ‘p2’ respectively.
Start emulation
The basic circuit is now ready to test. We should expect that the cylinder will expand when the emulation is started. Click on start and see if it works.
You can inspect the ‘PUMP’ and ‘C01’ port values to see that the values are transferred.
If you reset the emulation, the components will be reset and the cylinder will go back to its retracted position.
Modify the circuit
Now we are going to add the ‘Y01’ 4/3 way directional valve to the circuit, between the ‘PUMP’ and ‘C01’ components so we can manually activate the cylinder when we act on the joystick of the valve.
Connect the ‘PUMP.out’ port to the ‘P’ input port of the ‘Y01’ valve and ‘PUMP.drain’ to the ‘T’ port like in the diagram. Then connect the ‘C01’ input ports ‘p1’ and ‘p2’ to the valve output ports ‘Y01.A’ and ‘Y01.B’ respectively. ‘Y01’ and ‘C01’ port connections should look like the following:
Start the emulation, you can press the red spheres on the sides of the ‘Y01’ joystick to move it left or right and command the cylinder.
