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Toll Free: +1-800-272-MOOG
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1. INTRODUCTION

 

  

This manual provides the instructions and procedures necessary to install, 

operate, and troubleshoot the Moog 78N and 760N series servo valves. The 
78N and 760N series servo valves are electro hydraulic equipment for hazardous 
locations requiring explosion proof protection. The approved hazardous location 
markings include: 
                II 2 G Ex d IIA T3 Gb  KEMA 02ATEX2322 X,  
                 0344 per ATEX directive 2014/34/EU 
          Ex d IIA T3 Gb  IECEx DEK 13.0029X 
 

    per IECEx certification scheme. 

The 78N and 760N series servo valves are also approved by CSA and TIIS 
for hazardous locations. They are intended for directional, position, velocity, 
pressure, or force control in hydraulic control systems that operate with mineral 
based fluids, or others upon request.
 

2.  OPERATION

 

The Moog 78N and 760N Series Industrial Servo valves consist of a polarized 

electrical torque motor and two stages of hydraulic power amplification. The 
motor armature extends into the air gaps of the magnetic flux circuit and is 
supported in this position by a flexure tube member. The flexure tube acts as a 
seal between the electromagnetic and hydraulic sections of the valve. The two 
motor coils surround the armature one on each side of the flexure tube. 
 

The flapper of the first stage hydraulic amplifier is rigidly attached to the 

midpoint of the armature. The flapper extends through the flexure tube and 

passes between two nozzles, creating two variable orifices between the nozzle 
tips and the flapper.  The pressure controlled by the flapper and nozzle variable 
orifice is fed to the end areas of the second stage spool. 
 

The second stage is a conventional 4-way spool design in which output 

flow from the valve, at a fixed valve pressure drop, is proportional to spool 
displacement from the null position. A cantilever feedback spring is fixed to 
the flapper and engages a slot at the center of the spool. Displacement of the 
spool deflects the feedback spring which creates a force on the armature/flapper 
assembly.
 

Input signal induces a magnetic charge in the armature and causes a 

deflection of the armature and flapper. This assembly pivots about the flexure 
tube and increases the size of one nozzle orifice and decreases the size of the 
other. 
 

This action creates a differential pressure from one end of the spool to 

the other and results in spool displacement. The spool displacement transmits a 
force in the feedback wire which opposes the original input signal torque. Spool 
movement continues until the feedback wire force equals the input signal force. 

CAUTION

DISASSEMBLY, MAINTENANCE, OR REPAIR OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 

INSTRUCTIONS HEREIN OR OTHER SPECIFIC WRITTEN DIRECTIONS FROM MOOG WILL 

INVALIDATE MOOG’S OBLIGATIONS UNDER ITS WARRANTY AND YIELD THE EXPLOSION 

PROOF PROTECTION PERMIT NULL AND VOID. 

78N/760N Series Installation 

and Operation Instruction

Electrohydraulic Servo Valve

Explosion Proof

ELECTROHYDRAULIC VALVE CUT-AWAY

Figure 1  Moog Series 760N

Upper Polepiece

Flexure Tube

Flapper
Lower Polepiece
Feedback Wire

Inlet Orifice

Magnet

Coil

Armature

Nozzle

Spool

Control Port B

 Tank

Control Port A

Pressure

Filter

(760N shown)

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