GROUP 4 TRAVEL MOTOR

1. CONSTRUCTION
Travel motor consists motor unit, regulator and counter balance valve.

Motor unit

T
PG
MA TB MB

A B

VIEW W
W
VIEW V

Port Port name Port size

T
A Main port SAE 1
PG
B Main port SAE 1
MA Gauge port G 1/4
TB
MB MA MB Gauge port G 1/4
360k PG Gauge port G 1/8
T Drain port G 1/2
TB Drain port G 3/4

B A

Hydraulic circuit

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1) MOTOR UNIT

1 16 17 14 12 13 11 34 4 2 5 35

18 19 30,31,33 9 10 3 8 7 20,21,22,23

1 Shaft 11 Bearing 21 Shim

2 Cylinder block 12 Bearing 22 Shim
3 Center pin 13 Piece 23 Shim
4 Piston 14 Nut 30 Shim
5 Piston ring 16 Seal case 31 Shim
7 Spring seat 17 Oil seal 33 Shim
8 Spring 18 Retaining 34 Housing
9 Plate 19 O-ring 35 Control plate
10 Screw 20 Shim

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 2) REGULATOR

3 17 18 18,20 24 23 14

31
32

19
16
5
25
41 A
39
6
4
45 34
43
44
46
VIEW A

35 36 37 42 38 9 40

3 Control body 20 Plug 38 Spring seat

4 Piston 23 Plug 39 Spring seat
5 Rod 24 Plug 40 Spring
6 Adjust screw 25 Pin 41 Spring
9 Spring seat 31 Cap nut 42 O-ring
14 Bolt 32 Seal 43 O-ring
16 Screw 34 Plug 44 O-ring
17 Plug 35 Cover 45 Piston ring
18 O-ring 36 Barrel 46 Bolt
19 Lock nut 37 Spool

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3) COUNTER BALANCE VALVE

33
34 33
7 34
30
31
12
36
14 10
24 35
18
9
8
37

29

22
1
40
15

22 2
23 15
3
11 20
17 21 27
16 26 4
36 5
12 15 19
31 25
30
7
34
6
33

28

1 Body 14 Plug 26 O-ring

2 Spool 15 Plug 27 O-ring
3 Plunger 16 Plug 28 Bolt
4 Plug 17 Orifice 29 Bolt
5 Plug 18 Spring 30 Back up ring
6 Cover 19 Spring 31 O-ring
7 Guide 20 Spring 33 Plug
8 Plunger 21 Spring 34 O-ring
9 Relief valve 22 O-ring 35 O-ring
10 Plug 23 O-ring 36 Valve seat
11 Steel ball 24 O-ring 37 Plug
12 Steel ball 25 O-ring 40 Orifice

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2. DESCRIPTION
This oil hydraulic motor has the following function, as a motor for traveling of wheel hydraulic
excavator.
1) Automatic control of traveling torque corresponding to traveling resistance(HA regulator)
2) The function of control to prevent the negative pressure at the inlet of the motor, in order to avoid
reckless driving at downhill road.(Counter balance valve)
3) The function of supplying oil to the inlet of the motor, in order to prevent any cavitation.(Anti-
cavitation check valve which is built in the counter balance valve)

MB TB T

MA PG

Hydraulic circuit

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3. FUNCTION
1) HYDRAULIC MOTOR
The direction of shaft rotation is dependent on which is the port, A port or B port, the pressure oil
shall be connected to.
When pressure oil is led into the cylinder block in which seven pistons are flexibly mounted in a
circular formation, piston presses the shaft and sets it in rotation. One piston travels one stroke
during one rotation, which results in that oil is sucked and discharged. As each seven piston acts
such movement, in turn, continuously, the shaft can do rotary movement smoothly. The component
of hydraulic forces acting on the piston produces turning effect, therefore, as the swivel angle is big,
the turning effect is bigger.
In addition, as the swivel angle is big, the displacement is bigger, which result in the frequency of
rotation is less.
The control plate is connected to the control piston by means of the connecting rod, and the swivel
angle is dependent on the position of the control piston.

Shaft Housing Piston Plug Adjusting screw

Connecting rod Control piston Spool Counter balance valve

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2) HA REGULATOR
The higher pressure at the either side of A port or B port is selected by the shuttle valve fitted in the
counter balance valve, and it is led into the side of small diameter of control piston and the spool.
If circuit pressure value is lower than the pressure value at the start of swivel, the control pressure
acting on the side of the big diameter of control piston becomes zero, and thus the swivel angle is
the minimum. On the contrary, if the circuit pressure value is higher than the pressure value at the
start of swivel, the spool is shifted and the control pressure increases, which result in the control
piston moves toward to bigger swivel angle.
The control piston is feedback to the spool by means of the feedback spring, and it balances swivel
angle corresponding to the load pressure.
The traveling speed is steplessly variable in proportion to the load pressure, by means of the
function as above. When the load pressure is high, for example, at starting and or at climbing a
slope, swivel angle is set to be maximum, and torque is be maximum. And as the load pressure
drops down, the swivel angle is smaller, which result in higher speed of traveling. When the load
pressure is low, for example, traveling at level ground, the swivel angle is set to be minimum value,
which result in maximum speed of traveling.

The setting of this motor is as follows :

The pressure at start of swiveling can be controlled by the adjusting screw.
Turn right the adjusting screw, and the pressure at the start of swiveling rises up. Turn left the
adjusting screw, and the pressure at start of swiveling drops down. 27.1Mpa(276kgf/cm2) is
adjustable by one rotation of the screw. The pressure difference is dependent on the spring
constant of feedback spring. The adjustment, however, is not possible.

Max displacement

Min displacement

0
Pressure at the start of swiveling
Pressure at the stop of swiveling

Setting pressure of relief valve

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3) COUNTER BALANCE VALVE
(1) Outline
This counter balance valve is attached to the hydraulic motor(A6V115HA6.2) which is used for the
running operation of the wheel excavator. The valve functions as a double counterbalance valve
and prevents the excavator from overrunning when the machine runs either forwards or backwards.

B' Dr A' S

TB
MB MA
R1 R2

S1

B A
Forward Reverse

Hydraulic circuit

(2) Function
When the machine moves forwards
When the machine is accelerating, going uphill, or running on the level land, the force which is
created by the pressure activating at the left end of the spool overcomes the spring force and
thus makes the spool fully open. The direction of this free flow is illustrated as B ơ B' ơ Hyd.
motor ơ A' ơ A.
And when the machine is decelerating or going downhill, the machine tends to run, due to inertia,
at the speed which is greater than the one which the hydraulic pump can afford to supply. This
decreases the pressure acting on the port B, and at the same time weakens the force which
presses the spring to the right, so that the spool moves towards the direction which closes the
flow. This movement generates the counterbalance pressure at A' port, which works so that the
pressure at B port may not become vacuum. Because the position of the spool is determined by
the flow from the pump and also by the counterbalance pressure, the pressure at B port also
corresponds to the spring force depending on the spool position.

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 Control
valve

S1
(shuttle)
Forward Reverse

Neutral orifice(fixed type)

Orifice
Orifice A port
B port

Spool
Spring S port

D port
B' port A' port

Anti-cavitation T port
check valve

R2(High prssure) R1(High prssure)

Functioning diagram

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 When the machine is stopped
When an operator stops the machine, B port pressure gets low so that the spool moves back to
the neutral position where only the central throttle functions. This preset throttle generates the
counterbalance pressure at A' port, which in turns becomes hydraulic brake and the machine is
thus stopped. The relief valve regulates the brake-pressure and is actuated when the pressure
which is created at the neutral position(i.e. counterbalance pressure) reaches the set value. Also
the relief valve functions so as to cut off the surge pressure at A' port when the operator carries
out rapid operation. The anti-cavitation valves, which supply the flow from the T port, are fitted
on both sides of the valve in order that cavitation may not be generated both on A' and B' ports.
When the machine moves backwards
As with the case of the forward operation, counterbalancing function works when the machine
runs backwards.
When the machine is accelerating, going uphill, or running on the level land, the spool moves to
the left, and the direction of the free flow is illustrated as A ơ A' ơ Hyd. motor ơ B' ơ B.
And when the machine is decelerating or going downhill, the counterbalancing pressure is
generated this time at B' port and controls the machine. When the spool moves back to the
neutral position, the machine is stopped by means of counterbalancing pressure(B' port) which is
generated by the central throttle and of the brake-pressure of the relief valve.

(3) Adjustment of the relief valve(R1, R2)

Unscrew the hexagon nut. Pressure rises when turning the adjusting screw to the right. Pressure
drops when turning the screw to the left. One complete turn of the screw equals to the pressure
change of about 80kgf/cm2.

Hexagon Nut

Adjusting screw

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