determining fluid flow from valve

[trialsguy]

I am going to attach a wood splitter to my ingersoll lawn tractor that has a valve already in place that has a manual locking device that will lock on the hydraulics for the tiller.

I plan on using this to power my wood splitter, so I will lock it in position and run it to and through the control valve on the splitter.

My question is if there is a way to tell or if anything is designated on the valve telling me which direction the fluid will be traveling, I suppose its not that big of a deal I guess I could hook up the hoses to the quick disconnect and see which hose leaks first when I put the valve into position.

 

[AKKAMAAN]

I am going to attach a wood splitter to my ingersoll lawn tractor that has a valve already in place that has a manual locking device that will lock on the hydraulics for the tiller.

I plan on using this to power my wood splitter, so I will lock it in position and run it to and through the control valve on the splitter.

My question is if there is a way to tell or if anything is designated on the valve telling me which direction the fluid will be traveling, I suppose its not that big of a deal I guess I could hook up the hoses to the quick disconnect and see which hose leaks first when I put the valve into position.

On the new valve, it will show P or IN for inlet and T or OUT for outlet

work ports are A and B

 

[kennyd]

My question is if there is a way to tell or if anything is designated on the valve telling me which direction the fluid will be traveling, I suppose its not that big of a deal I guess I could hook up the hoses to the quick disconnect and see which hose leaks first when I put the valve into position.

That is the best way...without a schematic for the valve it will also be the easiest. If you have a gauge setup (only about $30 or so) you could plug it into one of the QD's and tell port port is energized also-and check your PRV setting at the same time.

 

[trialsguy]

Ok I picked up this valve https://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?UID=2232010700071954&item=9-7724&catname=hydraulic

after someone suggested it here on the board I think J_J . I have figured out which direction my tractor valves flows but can someone tell me which port opens on this valve say when I open the valve to split by pulling the lever towards me

I am guessing port A will have fluid pressure but not sure and I am trying to get the hoses as close to fitting without too much slack

Also I am hoping that once the thing is operational that the lever wont stick in the return position, I realize that it has detent but I have little to no movement before I have to push it farther to get to the return portion of the lever action which sticks in the detent, its not mounted solid yet so it may be a non issue once everything is mounted up

 

[J_J]

Ok I picked up this valve https://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?UID=2232010700071954&item=9-7724&catname=hydraulic

after someone suggested it here on the board I think J_J . I have figured out which direction my tractor valves flows but can someone tell me which port opens on this valve say when I open the valve to split by pulling the lever towards me

I am guessing port A will have fluid pressure but not sure and I am trying to get the hoses as close to fitting without too much slack

Also I am hoping that once the thing is operational that the lever wont stick in the return position, I realize that it has detent but I have little to no movement before I have to push it farther to get to the return portion of the lever action which sticks in the detent, its not mounted solid yet so it may be a non issue once everything is mounted up

In a logical mode, you would want the log to split by pushing the lever toward the wedge/base, and when you want it to retract, pull it back until it detents, and release the lever. Sense the retract mode is doing little work, any pressure about 600 psi would probably work, and the release pressure is variable. Most release at around 1100 psi, back to neutral.

 

[trialsguy]

Thanks

I think I figured out that the b port is on the return detent. So I will plumb the A port to the cylinder so that the ram is moving toward the wedge hence splitting, which requires me to pull the lever toward me to get the ram to move toward the wedge, really not too big of a issue, just wanted to get it right the first time around