8.

3 DESCRIPTION OF THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM - FS

8.3 Description of the hydraulic system

8.3.1 Technical data

The technical data of the hydraulic system are listed in chapter 2 ‘Technical Data’.

8.3.2 Circuit diagram

Components of the hydraulic circuit diagram RH170B Electric (FS) / 6040 AC FS

The position nos. refer to circuit diagram No. 3 701 095 (00)

Position Quantity Designation Location

1 1 Electric motor Engine module
2 1 Pump transfer gearbox Engine module
3 4 Main pump A7V - 1000 Pump gearbox
4 3 Swing pump A4V 250 Pump gearbox
5 ---
6 1 Servo pump (double pump) Pump gearbox
7 ---
8 2 Pump A10VO for hydraulic cooler fan drive Pump gearbox
9 ---
10 4 Cooling pump (gear pump) Pump gearbox
11 - 18 ---
19 Greasing system Superstructure
20 – 22 ----
23 1 Proportional valve Engine module
24 ----
25 1 Pilot pressure control block Operator modul
26 1 Solenoid valve bank Operator modul
27 ----
28 1 Distributor block Engine module
29 1 Distributor block (main pumps) Engine module
30 4 Pressure relief valve Engine module
31 ----
32 4 High pressure filter Engine module
33 ----
34 3 Filter Engine module
35 1 Emergency lowering valve Operator modul
36 1 Filter Operator modul

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Position Quantity Designation Location

37 1 Check valve Operator modul
38 2 Diaphragm accumulator Engine module
39 1 Check valve Engine module
40 – 41 ----
42 2 Pressure relief valve Engine module
43 1 Check valve Engine module
44 – 46 ----
47 2 Check valve Engine module
48 2 Check valve Engine module
49 – 59 ----
60 1 Hydraulic oil tank Superstructure
61 3 Gate valve Hydraulic oil tank
62 2 Return oil filters Hydraulic oil tank
63 6 Bypass valve Hydraulic oil tank
64 4 Tank line pressurizing valve Hydraulic oil tank
65 1 Gate valve Hydraulic oil tank
66 – 67 ----
68 1 Control plate (oil cooler protection) Hydraulic oil tank
69 ----
70 2 Distributor plate (oil cooling) Oil cooler module
71 4 Check valve Oil cooler module
72 – 74 ----
75 1 Gearbox oil cooler Engine modul
76 1 Thermostat valve Engine modul
77 1 Filter Oil cooler module
78 1 Distributor Oil cooler module
79 ----
80 2 Hydraulic oil cooler Oil cooler module
81 2 Fan motor Oil cooler module
82 ----
83 Filter housing on oil cooler module Oil cooler module
84 2 Fan Oil cooler module
85 - 89 ----
90 1 Travel block Superstructure
91 1 Rotor Superstructure
92 1 Travel valve block RH Rotor

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Position Quantity Designation Location

93 1 Travel valve block LH Rotor
94 -96 ----
97 4 Anti – cavitation valve Travel block
98 - 99 ----
100 3 Swing gearbox Superstructure
101 ----
102 3 Swing motor Swing gearbox
103 - 104 ----
105 1 Pressure regulating valve Engine module
106 1 Flushing valve Engine module
107 – 108 ----
109 1 Pressure relief valve Engine module
110 2 Safety solenoid valve (swing) Engine module
111 1 Orifice for flushing valve Engine module
112 1 Pressure reducing valve Engine module
113 - 119 ----
120 2 Travel gearbox Undercarriage
121 4 Travel motor Travel gearbox
122 - 129 ----
130 2 Track tensioning cylinder Undercarriage
131 2 Diaphragm accumulator Undercarriage
132 ----
133 1 Track tensioning block Undercarriage
134 2 Track tensioning relief valves Undercarriage
135 - 144 ----
145 1 Cylinder (service lift) Superstructure
146 1 Valve Superstructure
147 1 Check valve Superstructure
148 - 149 ----
150 1 Cylinder (ladder) Superstructure
151 1 Control valve Superstructure
152 1 Bladder accumulator Superstructure
153 - 160 ----
161 2 4-spool control valve Boom
162 - 163 ----
164 2 Float valve Boom

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Position Quantity Designation Location

165 - 166 ----
167 1 Check valve Superstructure
168 - 181 ----
182 2 Boom cylinder Boom
183 4 2 x stick cylinder and 2 x bucket cylinder Boom
184 ----
185 ----
186 2 Clamshell cylinder Backwall
187 1 Distributor with pressure relief valve Backwall
188 1 Distributor Attachment
189 ----
190 1 Throttle check valve Attachment

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8.3.3 Components of the hydraulic
system of the RH170B Electric
(FS) / 6040 AC FS
Attention!
Position nos. are referred to circuit diagram
Part-No. 3 701 095 (00).
Some items are numbered on the schematic
but not mentioned here. They are not important
for the hydraulic functioning.
Drive unit Pos. 1
One Electric motor (squirrel cage type).
Pump transfer gearbox Pos. 2
The pump transfer gearbox is driven via an elastic
coupling by the electric motor and distributes the
motor's output to the relevant hydraulic pumps.
Main pump, compl. Pos. 3
Each main pump assembly comprises a variable -
displacement pump, a 2-stage pressure sequence
valve and a shut-off valve.
The 4 main pumps for attachment and travel are
axial-piston variable displacement pumps in bent-
axis design with slipper bearing.
The shut-off valves can be used to switch off the
pressure cut - off function for the main pumps.
Each pump has its own pressure - dependent reg-
ulator with a regulating range between 8 and 43
bar. At 43 bar, the pump rotary group is at its max-
imum angle and therefore at maximum flow. At 8
bar, the rotary group is at „zero“ oil flow. The regu-
lators are actuated by the proportional valve (23)
via the electronic load - limit governor in the PMS
system.
Swing pump Pos. 4
The 3 swing pumps to move the superstructure are
variable displacement axial piston pumps of
swashplate design. They are especially suited for
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operation in closed circuits. The pump flow is infi-
nitely variable and increases from „0“ to „max“
while the pump rotary group is being tilted out. If
the swashplate is de-stroked through the „zero“
position, the direction of the oil flow is altered
smoothly.
The pumps are fitted with a torque control that is
controlled by the pressure regulating valve (105).
Depending upon the pre - selected control pres-
sure, the valve allows infinite governing of
- operating pressure and
- torque magnitude and direction
on the swing motors (102).
Each swing pump has two pressure relief / anti -
cavitation valves.
The functions of these valves are:
1) To protect the swing circuit from overpressure
(max. 400 bar)
2) To ensure that the closed loop of oil in the
swing circuit remains full.
A gear - type pump is also mounted on each swing
pump, and serves as a charge pump for the closed
circuit. The charge pressure of the pumps is limited
by pressure relief valves integrated into the pumps.
The pumps also have chip/contamination and tem-
perature switches which send warning signals to
the BCS system if metal chips or excessive oil
temperatures are detected.
free Pos. 5
Servo pump Pos. 6
The servo pump is a tandem gear pump which is
mounted to one of the swing pumps (4) and sup-
plies the whole servo circuit with oil.
free Pos. 7
Fan pump A 10 V Pos. 8
The fan wheel for hydraulic oil cooling is driven by
two adjustable axial-piston pumps. The volume
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flow of the pumps and thus the speed of the fan
wheels is electronically controlled as a function of
the hydraulic oil temperature.
free Pos. 9
Oil cooling pump Pos. 10
Four gear pumps constantly draw oil from the tank
and pump it to the fan motors and the oil coolers.
Two pumps are mounted directly on the gearbox,
the other two pumps are mounted onto the swing
pumps (4).
free Pos. 11 – 18
Greasing system Pos. 19
Hydraulic oil of the pilot pressure system is used to
operate the grease pump and the control valve of
the central greasing system.
free Pos. 20 – 22
Proportional valve Pos. 23
These valve controls the main pumps (3). It is con-
trolled by a microprocessor in the PMS system and
governs the flow from the main pumps depending
on the actual pressure. All main pumps are gov-
erned by one proportional valve. The valve is actu-
ated by an adjustable, oil - immersed DC solenoid
and transforms electrical current proportionally into
hydraulic pressure.
A solenoid current of 820 mA corresponds to a
pressure of 43 bar in the pump governors. A cur-
rent of 200 mA corresponds to 8 bar.
free Pos. 24
Pilot pressure control block Pos. 25
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The pilot pressure control block contains the pres-
sure relief valves for the servo and auxiliary circuits
and the proportional valves to control the pilot
pressure oil for the main valve blocks (161), the
travel valve blocks (92 & 93) and the swing bal-
ance valve (105).
Solenoid valve bank Pos. 26
The assembly group comprises 4 solenoid valves
with the following functions:
- travel motor displacement (Y13)
- traveling pressure increase (Y31)
- swing parking brake (Y11)
- not used
free Pos. 27
Distributor block Pos. 28
The distributor block is connected to the 50 bar
system.
Distributor plate for main pump Pos. 29
An assembly group comprising
 4 primary pressure relief valves (30)
 4 high - pressure filters (32)
 1 Housing
Pressure relief valve Pos. 30
The relief valves are used as primary pressure
relief valves for the main pumps. They limit the
maximum pressure that can be reached by the
pumps (3) and therefore protect the system
against overload.
The valves are pilot controlled and have variable
settings.
free Pos. 31
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High - pressure filter Pos. 32

Check valve Pos. 39
The high - pressure filters in the high - pressure
lines from the main pumps protect the downline
units (e. g. control blocks and cylinders) against free Pos. 40 - 41
metal chips and particles from the pumps (3). Oth-
er than in the return flow filters (62), the oil flows
through the HP filters from outside to in. Pressure relief valve Pos. 42

The pressure relief valve is reducing the auxiliary

pressure supplied by the servo pumps (6) to 80
free Pos. 33 bar.

Filter Pos. 34
Check valve Pos. 43
The 3 filters are filtering the oil from the 3 swing
circuit charge pumps. free Pos. 44 - 46

Check valve Pos. 47

Emergency lowering valve Pos. 35
Check valve Pos. 48
The solenoid valve is operated with a button in the
operators cab.
An accumulator maintains an oil reserve for the
free Pos. 49 - 59
servo circuit so that it is possible to lower the work-
ing attachment to the ground even when the motor Hydraulic oil tank Pos. 60
has been shut down (e.g. in case of a motor or
hydraulic defect).
The tank stores all of the oil for the system and
contains two return flow filters (62), six by - pass
valves (63), four tank line pressurizing valves (64),
Filter Pos. 36 a check valve and a pressure switch.

This filter is filtering the oil which is feeding the

pilot pressure control block (25). Gate valve in intake line Pos. 61

The shut - off cocks can be used to isolate the

Check valve Pos. 37 hydraulic pumps from the oil tank. This makes it
possible to remove pumps without having to drain
all of the oil from the tank.
The check valve prevents loss of oil out of the ac-
cumulator for the access ladder.

Return flow filter Pos. 62

Diaphragm accumulator Pos. 38
This accumulator is compensating pressure drops
in the servo- and auxiliary system when various
consumers are activated at the same time.
Each return flow filter contains 7 filter elements to
clean the oil returning from inside to out. Any metal
chips are trapped by the magnetic rods installed
above the filters.

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By - pass valve Pos. 63 Pass the heat generated in the Gearbox system on
to the atmosphere using the air flows created by
the fans.
The six by - pass valves open at a pressure of 1.5
bar and prevent the return flow filters (62) bursting,
e. g. due to clogging. Oil then flows unfiltered back Thermostat valve Pos. 76
into the tank.
Tank line pressurizing valve Pos. 64
Filter Pos. 77
These four valves have fixed settings of approx. 12
bar. They are arranged in the return lines and keep This filter is filtering the oil of the pump transfer
a constant level of pressure in the hydraulic sys- gearbox (2).
tem.

Distributor Pos. 78
Gate valve in cooler return line Pos. 65
free Pos. 79
The shut - off cock can be used to isolate the hy-
draulic coolers from the oil tank. This makes it
possible to remove cooler elements without having Oil cooler Pos. 80
to drain all of the oil from the tank.
The hydraulic oil coolers pass the heat generated
in the hydraulic system to the atmosphere.
free Pos. 66 - 67 Cooling is achieved through the air stream pro-
duced by the fan wheel.
Distributor plate for oil cooling Pos. 68
Fan motor Pos. 81
The plate contains two pressure relief valves with a
cracking pressure of about 8 bar to prevent burst-
ing of the cooler elements. The fan motor drives the fan wheel of the oil cool-
er.
The fan motor is of the gear-wheel type with incor-
porated replenishing function.
free Pos. 69

Distributor plate for oil cooling Pos. 70 free Pos. 82 - 83

Each plate contains two check valves (71). The Filter housing Pos. 83
check valves function as anti - cavitation valves
while the engines are being shut down.
Cooled hydraulic oil from the oil coolers is filtered
before it returns to the hydraulic tank.

Check valve Pos. 71 The bypass valves in the filter chamber of the cool-
ing system prevent bursting of the return-flow filter
elements in the event of too high flow resistance
free Pos. 72 - 74 (e.g. when the oil is cold or when the filter ele-
ments are contaminated). The opening pressure is
1.5 bars. In this case, the oil flows back unfiltered
Gearbox oil cooler Pos. 75 into the tank. A filter sieve with a mesh size of 0.5
mm prevents contamination of the tank with larger
particles.

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Fan Pos. 84 Anti-cavitation valve Pos. 97

The fan produces the air flow to cool down the The 4 anti-cavitation valves are flange-mounted to
hydraulic oil. the traveling spool.
free Pos. 85 - 89 The valves permit replenishing of the travel motors
from the pre-charged return-flow lines and prevent
an interruption of the oil columns in the travel mo-
Travel block Pos. 90 tors.

The travel block comprises the following elements:

Rotor Pos. 91 free Pos. 98 - 99

Control-block traveling RH Pos. 92
Control-block traveling LH Pos. 93 Swing gearbox Pos. 100
Replenishing valves Pos. 97

The gearboxes are 2 - stage planetary reducers.

Rotor Pos. 91 The spring applied multi disc brakes on the swing
gearboxes serve to hold the superstructure sta-
tionary (parking brakes). They are actuated by a
The rotor ensures the hydraulic connection be- toggle switch in the cab.
tween the superstructure and the undercarriage. The brake must only be actuated when the super-
structure has stopped swinging.
The rotor has 7 channels:

4 x traveling
1 x track tensioning free Pos. 101
1 x traveling motor swiveling
1 x leakage-oil return
Swing motor Pos. 102

Travel control-block, right Pos. 92
Servo-controlled single control block for operation
of the right track with flange-mounted replenishing
valves.
The control function is ensured with electro-
hydraulic proportional valves (25).
The swing motors are 40°, fixed - displacement
axial piston pumps whose output speed is propor-
tional to the flow of oil. The output torque increases
with the pressure drop over the motor.
free Pos. 103 - 104

Pressure regulating valve (swing bal-

Travel control-block, left Pos. 93 ance valve) Pos. 105

Servo-controlled single control block for operation
of the left track with flange-mounted replenishing
valves.
The control function is ensured with electro-
hydraulic proportional valves (25).
The pressure regulating valve continuously varies
the magnitude and the direction of the swing pres-
sure and thus the magnitude and the direction of
the momentum at the swing motors depending on
the preselected control pressure.

The proportion between control pressure and op-

free Pos. 94 – 96 erating pressure is 1:16, i.e. a control pressure of
e.g. 10 bars at one of the control pressure ports

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(Y1 or Y2) corresponds to an operating pressure of
ca. 160 bars at the swing motors.
Flushing valve Pos. 106
The valve flushes the oil in the closed - loop swing
circuit. Each time a swing function is summoned, a
certain amount of oil is flushed out of the low pres-
sure side. The charge pumps mounted on the
swing pumps replace this oil with filtered, cooled oil
from the tank.
free Pos. 107 - 108
Pressure relief valve Pos. 109
The valve limits the pressure that controls the
pressure regulating valve (105) to max. 31 bar.
The valve is direct acting and has a variable set-
ting.
Solenoid valve (Safety valve) Pos. 110
The 3/2 way solenoid valves are installed in line
with the proportional valves for the swing function.
They function as safety valves in case of a mal-
function of a proportional valve.
Orifice Pos. 111
The fitting with orifice is limiting the oil flow which is
flushed out of the system by the flushing valve
(106).
Pressure reducing valve Pos. 112
The valve reduces the auxiliary pressure of 50 bar
to the required supply pressure of 35 bar for the
swing balance valve (105).
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free Pos. 113 - 119
Travel gearbox Pos. 120
The travel gearbox is a 3-stage wheel-hub plane-
tary gearbox. It is driven by two variable displace-
ment axial-piston motors for each gearbox.
Travel motor Pos. 121
The motors driving the travel gearboxes are varia-
ble displacement axial-piston units. One of the two
predetermined swivel angles is set by applying the
corresponding control pressure to pre-select either
high-traction forces at reduced traveling speed or a
high traveling speed at reduced traction.
The travel mode is pre-selected manually with a
switch in the dashboard.
Each motor is equipped with a mechanical holding
brake (multiple disk brake) which is actuated by
the traveling pressure available. This brake serves
as a parking brake and closes automatically when
the operating pressure is lower than that required
by the incorporated spring unit. As soon as an
operating pressure exceeding the spring force is
re-applied, the mechanical parking brake is re-
leased.
Each travel motor is equipped with an integrated
travel retarder valve.
The travel retarder valve prevents excessive rolling
of the excavator when driving downhill by throttling
the output side of the travel motor in such a way
that there is always a certain minimum pump pres-
sure at the inlet side to ensure filling of the axial-
piston motor with oil. This ensures safe downhill
driving by positive engagement and without cavita-
tion.
The pressure-relief valves in "cross-over" design
integrated in the motor protect the hydro-motor
against pressure shocks.
The valves are factory-adjusted to 380 bars.
free Pos. 122 - 129
Track tensioning cylinders Pos. 130
Single - acting (plunger) cylinders that keep the
crawler tracks tensioned.
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Diaphragm accumulator Pos. 131 This hydraulic cylinder is lowering or lifting the
access ladder.

The nitrogen accumulators act as shock absorbers

to dampen external forces acting on the crawler Control valve Pos. 151
tracks.

free Pos. 132 This hand valve is used to operate the cylinder of
the access ladder.

Track tensioning block Pos. 133 Bladder accumulator Pos. 152

The block contains the valves for the automatic The accumulator supplies pressurized oil for
track tensioning system which are changing the emergency lowering of the access ladder in case
track tensioning pressure depending on the oper- of a sudden engine shut-down.
ating condition of the machine.

Pressure relief valve Pos. 134

free Pos. 153 - 160
The track-tensioning assembly comprises 2 pres-
sure-relief valves with hand wheel and 2 test 4-spool valve block Pos. 161
points.
The hand wheels can be used to relieve the hy-
draulic track tension independently for each track. The two 4-spool valve blocks control the working
cylinders of the working attachment.
One valve block is located on the right side of the
free Pos. 135 - 144 boom and one on the left side.
For each function a secondary pressure-relief
valve and an anti-cavitation valve is installed.
Cylinder Pos 145

This hydraulic cylinder is lowering or lifting the

service station. free Pos. 162 - 163

Float valve Pos. 164

Control valve Pos. 146
The float valve permits pressure-less retraction of
the boom and stick cylinders by gravity. The valve
This solenoid valve is used to operate the cylinder opens a connection between the piston- and the
of the service station. rod-side of the cylinders to ensure the supply of oil
to the rod-side without having to use the main
pumps.
For pressure-assisted lowering of the boom and
Check (Non-return) valve Pos. 147 stick, the lowering function can be switched over
from float valve to main control spools by pressing
the button in the respective hand-lever.
The check valve avoids the drain of the hydraulic
cylinder for the service station.

free Pos. 165 - 166

free Pos. 148 - 149

Check valve Pos. 167

Cylinder Pos 150

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free Pos. 168 - 181 8.3.4 Hydraulic circuit diagram

The position nos. in the circuit diagram

Boom cylinder Pos. 182
Part-No. 3 701 095
The two double-acting hydraulic cylinders are in-
stalled between superstructure and boom. They are referred to chapter 8.3.2.
serve as lifting or lowering elements for the boom
and thus for the complete working attachment.

Bucket and Stick cylinder Pos. 183

The double-acting hydraulic cylinders are installed

between boom and stick respectively TriPower and
bucket backwall and serve to extend and retract
the stick or to turn the bucket.

free Pos. 184 - 185

Clamshell cylinder Pos. 186

The two double-acting hydraulic cylinders are in-

stalled between backwall and front lip and are
used to open and close the bucket.

Distributor Pos. 187

The distributor on the backwall of the bucket sup-

plies oil to the clamshell cylinders.
It also carries a relief valve to protect the clam
cylinder rod side if the clam is not completely
closed before the digging starts.

Distributor Pos. 188

free Pos. 189

Throttle check valve Pos. 190

The throttle check valves in the cylinder lines en-

sure smooth operation of the attachment.

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