Use of Direction

Control Valve
Presented By
GTI
Premangshu Saha
Use of Direction control valve:-

1) To control the direction of actuator movement, that

means,
a) Extend or retract of hydraulic cylinder.
b) Direction of rotation of hydraulic motor.
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2) Stop or hold any position of hydraulic actuator.

3) To active or isolate a branch circuit from main
circuit when require.
 For extend and retract of double acting cylinder we Valve Cylinder Cylinder
can use for individual manually lever operated ball Extend Retract
valve.
And as per our requirement we have to open or V1 close open
close every valve.
V2 open close

V3 close open

B V4 open close
A
V2 V3 V4 T

P
V1
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 For piston rod extend we have to connect
pressure line ‘P’ with cylinder port ‘A’ and Valve Cylinder Cylinder
tank line ‘T’ to cylinder port ‘B’. Extend Retract

For above operation we need to operate four

individual valve manually. V1 close open

V2 open close

V3 close open

B T V4 open close
A
V2 V3
V4

P
V1
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 For piston rod retract we have to connect
pressure line ‘P’ with cylinder port ‘B’ and Valve Cylinder Cylinder
tank line ‘T’ to cylinder port ‘A’. Extend Retract

For above operation we need to operate four

individual valve manually. V1 close open

V2 open close

V3 close open

B T V4 open close
A
V2 V3 V4

P
V1
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 For piston rod extend a single DC valve does
same thing as we did by manually with four
individual valve that’s mean it connects
A B pressure line ‘P’ with cylinder port ‘A’ and
tank line ‘T’ to cylinder port ‘B’.

P
T

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 For piston rod retract a single DC valve does
same thing as we did by manually with four
individual valve that’s mean it connects
A B pressure line ‘P’ with cylinder port ‘B’ and
tank line ‘T’ to cylinder port ‘A’.

P
T

M
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TT A
A P BB TT

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 Symbol of DC Valve

A B

4/3 solenoid operated

spring centered DC valve

P T
Intermediate or transition condition. It
1) No. of port 4 (A,B,P & T) is depends on operational
requirement.
2) No. of switching condition 3
a) P connected to B & A connected to T

b) All port isolated.

c) P connected to A & B connected to T

3) Actuates by solenoid & spring returns

Different Switching condition Different mode of actuation

By lever
By pedal

By roller
Detent
By Knob

Spring return
Solenoid
Variable solenoid

By pneumatic force
By hydraulic force
By electro pneumatic
By electro hydraulic

Symbol of infinite position for servo or proportional

valve.