Efficiency Test Method for Wheel Loaders
Development of a test method for assessing the energy efficiency of wheel loaders
Motivation
Increasing scarcity of fossil raw materials and the resulting increase in fuel costs and more stringent emission laws require an increase in the overall efficiency of mobile work machines. Assessing new drive technologies in terms of their efficiency potential requires a consistent and repeatable efficiency test method. Such a test method has not previously been available for wheel loaders, which are included amongst the most widespread construction machinery.
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Research objectives
The objective of this research project was the development of a test method that enables a realistic assessment of the energy efficiency of wheel loaders under exclusion of external influences due to operation, weather, and subsoil condition yet considering representative working tasks.
- Definition of representative test cycles for wheel loaders
- Implementation of practical field measurements
- Development of an approach for reproducing the test cycles on the 1 MW clamping test bed
- Development of devices for loading the working and steering hydraulics
- Implementation of efficiency tests on the test bed and validation of the test method
Research and project partners
- Atlas Weyhausen GmbH
- Baumaschinenbetrieb Handel mit Baustoffen und Maschinen BHR Recycling GmbH
- Gebr. Eigelshoven GmbH & Co. KG
- Hermann Paus Maschinenfabrik GmbH
- Komatsu Germany GmbH
- Liebherr-Werk Bischofshofen GmbH
- Nivelsteiner Sandwerke und Sandsteinbrüche GmbH
- Volvo Construction Equipment Germany GmbH
- Yanmar Compact Germany GmbH
Promoted by
Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Project sponsor
Forschungskuratorium Maschinenbau e.V. (Mechanical Engineering Research Forum).
This IGF project 19088 N of the Forschungsvereinigung Forschungskuratorium Maschinenbau e.V. was funded via the AiF as part of the programme for the promotion of joint industrial research (IGF) by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy on the basis of a resolution of the German Bundestag.
Further information can be obtained from the Forschungskuratorium Maschinenbau e.V., Lyoner Straße 18, 60528 Frankfurt or info@fkm-net.de.