Apparatus for actuating rams on a track press.

摘要

Continuous link track as used on heavy duty machinery such as bulldozers is assembled and dismantled using a hydraulic press consisting of a plurality of rams all actuated by a common lever (1). Each function of the press corresponds to a particular set of ram movements as dictated by the lever (1) which configures a hydraulic circuit by means of two, three position, four port hydraulic valves (6 + 7). A valve spool (6a and 7a) on each hydraulic valve (6 and 7) is mechanically connected to the lever (1) via an assembly of linkages (20) which allows the lever (1) to move in two mutually orthogonal directions (A-B and X-Y). Movement of the lever (1) in each direction governs the action of a corresponding hydraulic valve (6 or 7).