Eaton announced the launch of the CMT mobile valve section, a streamlined new section option for the CMA advanced mobile valve. With the capability to control two bidirectional services from one section, an industry first, the CMT valve section increases design flexibility and reduces CMA valve bank size, weight, and overall system cost.
Like the existing CMA mobile valve section, the new CMT section is software-configurable and features CAN communication, onboard sensors, digital flow-sharing, and electronic load-sensing to provide precise flow control and high responsiveness. While the CMA section features independent metering, the CMT section utilizes the twin-spool architecture to control two services instead of one. This can reduce the total number of sections needed in a valve bank by as much as 50%, minimizing valve bank size and weight.
CMT mobile valve sections are stackable with CMA sections, which increase the design flexibility of the CMA advanced mobile valve. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can optimize the valve for all vehicle requirements by specifying sophisticated CMA sections for services that demand superior precision and control and streamlined CMT sections for standard machine functions. The availability of two stackable section options simplifies the use of the CMA valve on high-end and midrange machines without parts proliferation, due to shared componentry and procedures.
The CMA advanced mobile valve significantly improves machine performance and operator productivity. Featuring onboard electronics and sophisticated software algorithms, the CMA valve can optimize for conditions such as oscillation and vibration to deliver better stability, controllability, and fuel efficiency. Software-driven setup eliminates hardware change-outs and enables performance optimization in minutes instead of months, speeding time to market.
