Research on the Performance of a Novel Magnetorheological Damper for Mining

Backgrounds In this paper, a kind of mining MR damper with shear and valve working mode is designed. Compared with the traditional damper, this MR damper has better energy dissipation characteristics and can provide greater damping force in a short time. Its damping can be adjusted with the excitation current. Purposes The aim of the present paper is to analyze and study the performance of this novel mining MR damper and test the working performance and feasibility of this MR damper. Methods Optimizing and establishing a Simulink dynamic simulation model based on Bingham model and testing the performance parameters of the MR damper. The vibration mitigation experiment of mining vibrating screen based on spring damper is designed. Results This paper compares the experimental and simulation results and found that the error of the maximum damping force shall not exceed 3%.Compared with traditional metal spring and ROSTA spring, the MR damper can reduce the downtime of the vibrating screen by more than 80%. Conclusions From the results, the present paper provides theoretical basis for the performance test of the damper. The excitation current is the main factor affecting the maximum damping force of the MR damper. The correlation between the excitation current and the maximum damping force is more than 90%. MR damper can not only effectively avoid the resonance of the vibrating screen, but also will not affect the stable amplitude of the vibrating screen when it works, and can also greatly reduce the downtime of the vibrating screen.