Power management company Eaton, with North American headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio, recently announced the new CMA advanced mobile valve with independent metering, offering manufacturers various possibilities to differentiate machine capabilities. The CAN-enabled electrohydraulic mobile valve features on-board electronics and software algorithms, which is said to offer a valuable solution in the industry standards for intelligence, capabilities, dynamics and control.
Eaton says the CMA valve, available with rated flow of 90 or 200 liters per minute (LPM), improves machine performance without the need to compromise. Independent metering on the valve allows each spool to control its own work port for consistent speed and better control on services which transition between passive and over-running states. Real-time diagnostics and hose burst detection are made possible through the use of twin spool architecture, on-board sensors and data processing that provide pressure information to the user interface and implements proprietary Eaton control strategies to optimize performance.