I am looking for a low-cost valve that I can fit into my equipment but I am struggling to find anything. Needs to be double-acting (I presume that means open center).
Anyone have any pointers or suggestions? Used is fine as well.
Thanks, Andy
Nope. 2 different things
Double acting: You have an hose on both cylinder side
OC(open center): the pump flow is constant.
vs
CCLS(closed center with load sense): the pump flow is adjusted to the valve need.
Hydraulics are quite complicated. If you can tell the tractor you will use it could be narrowed down. I have even made some mechanical spools to be controlled with servo motors (for a log crane), If you use a dedicated tractor, using his spools can be an option.
Here (Eastern Canada) best price/ratio available valve are:
Walvoil (DPX100 in your case)
Hydraforce
higher price tag:
Danfoss
Bosch rexroth
Thanks. This is so confusing. The on-off valves are mounted on the scrapers and the power beyond is used on the tractor, so I think I can eliminate the tractor from the equation.
I’ve sent an email to Hydraforce because looking at their products I have no idea.
Andy