Patent ID: 8516944

Claim:
A valve arrangement for supplying pressure medium to a hydraulic consumer ( 2 ), comprising a housing ( 58 ) which contains a directional valve ( 8 ) that includes an adjustable inlet metering orifice ( 10 , 12 ), a directional control part ( 14 , 16 ), and an individual pressure compensator ( 18 ) assigned to the inlet metering orifice ( 10 , 12 ); a load-lowering valve ( 44 , 46 ) is provided in a return from the consumer ( 2 ) and is acted upon in the opening direction via a pilot pressure; connected in parallel therewith is a non-return valve ( 48 , 50 ) which opens in the direction toward the consumer ( 2 ), wherein the pilot pressure is tapped in a channel ( 20 ) between the pressure compensator ( 18 ) and the directional control part ( 14 , 16 ).