Design and Test of Load-Lifting Performance for Hydraulic Linkage of the High-Medium Horsepower Tractor

Abstract

To improve the detection efficiency and safety of the tractor, the research proposed a device for detecting the loading–lifting performance of the lower link of the tractor based on the four-bar mechanism. According to the actual use requirements and the testing standards, the critical components in the device were designed. The dynamic analysis of the load-lifting device was carried out by dynamic simulation, and the component strength in the machine was checked by the finite element simulation method. The results showed that the designed device could realize the hooking and connection of the lower link without an artificial method. The average cost of the device was 5.13 s to realize the connection with the lower link, and it took 7.30 s to raise the lower hitch point to a set height, about 750 mm. The loading test showed that the device could keep the loading force of the lower link stable during the lifting process. The designed device could shorten the detection time of the tractor hydraulic linkage and improve the cost, safety, and efficiency of detection. The research could provide a reference for the design of hydraulic linkage detection devices for the large-medium horsepower tractors and help realize the intelligent detection of tractors.

Keywords

• agricultural engineering
• tractor
• hydraulic linkage
• hooking
• loading–lifting
• simulation