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In conventional hydraulic systems, a fixed or variable displacement pump is used to supply a number of separate branches of a circuit, each with potentially different flow rate and pressure requirements which can vary widely with time. Conventional approaches to distributing the flow to the individual branches generally involve valves controlling the flow to each individual branch. This can lead to significant energy losses from valve throttling, depending upon the actual flow and pressure requirements of each part of the circuit. In the system discussed in this paper, the entire output of the pump is quickly and sequentially directed to each individual branch of the circuit. The average speed of the actuator is controlled by the proportion of time that the pump flow is being directed to that branch. A small accumulator is incorporated in each branch of the circuit to smooth the velocity of the actuator.