The invention relates to a method for overshoot limitation for a position-controlled
proportional valve, in particular when a
dead volume changes, comprising the steps of: determining an actual pressure value (A) and a
setpoint pressure value (B) that can be read into a PID
pressure controller (10), multiplying an output value of the PID
pressure controller (10) with an output value of a switch (5) to obtain a control value (S) to be output to the position-controlled
proportional valve;and optionally, in the following steps, determine whether the actual pressure value (A) lies within a first range, which is determined by adding a first threshold (C) to the
setpoint pressure (B), using a first
comparator (4), distinguish a first case in which the first
comparator (4) determines that the actual pressure value has left this first range, send a
signal to a clearing device (6) to clear an integral value in the PID
pressure controller (10), and also send a
signal to the switch (5) to reduce a predefined multiplication factor, by which the multiplier (11) multiplies the output value of the PID pressure controller (10), from an output multiplication factor to a predefined smaller positive factor (F), so that the control value (S) sent to the position-controlled
proportional valve is reduced. Furthermore, the invention relates to another similar method and devices for carrying out the methods.