Table 2 Technical comparison of the present water hydraulic directional valves.

From: Experimental study on a three-position four-way water hydraulic directional valve with a novel sealing structure

Inventor

Valve structure

Function

Materials

Pressure/MPa

Flow/L/min

Rexroth

Seat-type valve

2/2

Stainless-steel

42

12/25/40

Danfoss

Seat-type valve

4/3

Stainless-steel

14

60

Han

Seat-type valve

2/2

Al9-4、304

25

1100

Liu

Seat-type valve

2/2

QAl9-4、17-4PH

16

160

Yang

Seat-type valve

2/2

316 L

1.5

2.5

Liao

Seat-type valve

3/2

9Cr18、PEEK

31.5

500

Zhao

Seat-type valve

3/2

Stainless-steel

31.5

370

Majdic

Spool valve

4/3

X105CRMO17

16

30

Ebara

Spool valve

4/3

316/Polymer

7

35

Water Hydraulics

Spool valve

4/3

316/Polymer

16

30

Zhang et al. (this study)

Spool valve

4/3

316

25

80