ACTUATOR DEADHEAD/STALL DETECTION IN A LOAD SENSE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM

A load sense hydraulic system includes pressure sensors that provide feedback to an electronic controller to monitor a pressure margin between a pump supply pressure and an actuator meter-in load pressure. Pre-collapse and collapse of the pressure margin (the collapse indicating a deadhead or stall condition of the actuator), can be tracked by the electronic controller to establish a normal operating pressure margin. The established normal operating pressure margin can be assessed by the controller against a current, actual pressure margin based on feedback from the pressure sensors. A pre-determined threshold variation by the actual pressure margin from the normal operating pressure margin provides an indication of deadhead or stall condition to the controller. The controller may then responsively make modifications to the load sense hydraulic system to remedy the deadhead/stall condition.