Patent ID: 7434393

Claim:
A control arrangement for the pressure medium supply of at least two hydraulic consumers, comprising a variable displacement pump arrangement which has a variable capacity, and comprising at least two adjustable meter-in orifices each associated with a respective one of the consumers and respectively adjustable in dependence on a target value set at a target value entry means through the intermediary of a control means, and comprising a means outputting a control signal to the variable displacement pump in dependence on the set target values, characterized by respective sensors provided in the pressure medium flow paths downstream from the meter-in orifices for detecting the individual load pressures, by a means for detecting the consumer having the highest load pressure based on the signals detected by the sensors and for controlling open the meter-in orifice associated with the consumer having the highest load pressure, wherein upstream or downstream from each meter-in orifice a pressure compensator is arranged which is subjected in the closing direction to the pressure upstream from the meter-in orifice, and in the opening direction to the pressure downstream from the associated meter-in orifice.