Investigation On The Influence of A Novel Redirector With By-Pass Damping On The Performance of Load Sensing Steering System

Abstract

The load sensing steering system of articulated loaders is prone to large pressure shock and oscillation during steering operations, affecting the stability of the steering system. To improve this phenomenon, an optimized structure of the redirector with by-pass damping is proposed, which adding orifices and throttle grooves to the original redirector. In the study, to control the steering load and working conditions, the steering load of the loader is replaced by using a pressure regulating valve. The simulation and experimental results shows that, compared with the traditional redirector, using the novel structure redirector with by-pass damping ensures good load sensing characteristics, the peak output pressure shock caused by the load unit step signal decreases from 65.04bar to 56.35bar, with a decrease rate of 13.4%, reducing the pressure oscillation of the hydraulic system. The pressure fluctuation time can be reduced from 2.09s to 1.6s, with a decrease rate of 23.4%, the output pressure oscillation decays faster, the smoothness of the steering operation is significantly improved.