Steering

Superior steering performance

We all depend on the vital work performed by machines — and by their operators. Controlling these machines is essential to improving productivity and maintaining safe working conditions.

Together with the experts at Danfoss, you can implement the right hydraulic or electrohydraulic steering solution. This helps you to keep you confidently in control.

When choosing the best steering system for your mobile machines, you must consider applications involving high speed, precision, low noise requirements and more — all with impeccable safety. After 50 years in the steering business, we can anticipate those needs with innovative mobile steering solutions. These are for agriculture, construction, material handling, road building and other application types.

Great steering performances are fundamental to maximum productivity and operator comfort in the field. We tailor our steering systems to your specific application. Making them as compact as possible so they fit neatly in your machine. Robust, high-quality components are used throughout, providing the lowest possible lifecycle cost. From the simplest, low-cost hydraulic unit, to the most sophisticated electrohydraulic steering solution, our portfolio can fulfill almost every specification.

Complete steering system solutions

A comprehensive Danfoss steering subsystem solutions overview, including great insights on key applications.

Explore the steering portfolio e-book

Related products

Electrohydraulic steering

PLUS+1® joysticks

Joystick input device used for steer-by-wire systems. Certified - SIL 2 fail safe. Improving operator comfort and ergonomics. Joystick range features a single- and dual-axis configurations, multiple mechanical and electrical interface options.

PLUS+1® displays

Many options are available with our PLUS+1® programmable displays. Ranging from plug and play to customized operator interfaces with optional external camera.

PLUS+1® operator interfaces

Related applications

News

Case studies

Farmer's farewell to fatigue

FENDT launched the first combine harvester equipped with IDEALDrive – a machine you steer with a joystick, not a traditional steering wheel.

Improving operator comfort and productivity

With more commercially available steering input options, including mini-wheels and joysticks, it was trendy to switch to a new method. We had multiple discussions with our customers about steering solutions that were very much driven by the current trend. Ergonomic benefits of joystick steering, for example, were implied, but we couldn’t prove anything.