Ezinhlelweni zamahydraulic, kubalulekile ukuqonda umehluko phakathi kwevalve ye-overcenter kanye ne-ai-valve yokulinganisa. Nakuba lezi zibili zifana kweminye imisebenzi, isibonelo, zombili zingasetshenziswa ukuvimbela umthwalo ekuweni mahhala, kunomehluko othile ezimisweni zabo zokusebenza kanye nezimo zohlelo lokusebenza.
I-valve ye-overcenter (ebuye ibizwe ngokuthi i-return check valve) iyi-valve yokusiza umshayeli enomsebenzi wokuhlola ukugeleza kwamahhala. Okubizwa ngokuthi isilinganiso somshayeli sibhekisela esilinganisweni phakathi kwendawo yengcindezi yomshayeli kanye nendawo echichimayo. Lesi silinganiso sibalulekile ebangeni lokucindezela lapho i-valve ingasuka khona ivaliwe ukuze ivuleke ngokugcwele, ikakhulukazi ngaphansi kwengcindezi yomthwalo ehlukahlukene. Isilinganiso esiphansi somshayeli sisho umehluko omkhulu wengcindezi yomshayeli odingekayo ukuze uvule ngokugcwele i-valve. Njengoba ingcindezi yomthwalo ikhula, umehluko odingekayo ekucindezelweni komshayeli wezilinganiso ezihlukahlukene zomshayeli uba mncane.
I-valve ye-counterbalance iyi-valve esetshenziselwa ukuvimbela isilinda somthwalo ukuba singawi, sinikeze ukusebenza okushelelayo. Uma kuqhathaniswa nama-valve okuhlola asebenza ngomshayeli, ama-valve aphikisayo awabangeli ukunyakaza okunyakazayo lapho umthwalo olawulwayo wehla. Amavalvu aphikisayo ngokuvamile asebenzisa i-cone noma izakhi zokulawula ukucindezela kwe-spool, anamavalvu aphikisana nekhoni asetshenziselwa ukuvimbela ukukhukhuleka kwesilinda nama-spool counterbalance valves asetshenziswa njengama-brake valves ekufakweni kwe-hydraulic motor.
Ukusetshenziswa kwama-valve aphikisayo kumasilinda anyakazayo kuyadingeka lapho imithwalo ingase ibangele ukuthi i-actuator igijime ngokushesha kunepompo. Ngaphandle kwalokho, ama-valve okulinganisa angasetshenziswa futhi ngamapheya amasilinda: ukucindezela komshayeli kuzovula i-valve yesilinda esilayishwe kakhulu kuqala, okuzokwenza ukuthi umthwalo udluliselwe kwenye isilinda, i-valve ehambisana nayo isavaliwe ngalesi sikhathi, edinga ukuvulwa kwe Ingcindezi yomshayeli incane.
Uma ukhetha phakathi kwe-valve ye-overcenter noma i-valve elinganiselayo, ukuzinza komshini kudinga ukucatshangelwa. Imithwalo engazinzile kufanele isebenzise isilinganiso esiphansi somshayeli ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuqina komshini. Uhlobo lwe-valve ekwakhiweni luphinde luthinte ukuzinza kwemvelo komkhiqizo. Isibonelo, isisombululo sevalvu ephakathi nendawo eklanywe i-Eaton sisebenzisa idizayini esebenza ngokuqondile ukuze yenze isiphethu esiyinhloko sibe nokuqina okuphezulu. Ngakho-ke, lapho ukucindezela komthwalo kushintsha, i-valve ngeke isabele ngokushesha, inciphisa izinguquko zokugeleza futhi inikeze ukuzinza kweSistimu jikelele.