As one of the most effective soft-start equipments for large power armoured face conveyor (AFC), valve-control filled hydrodynamic coupling has been the bottle-neck of the development of large AFC now. According to the resistance characteristic of AFC behind supports,the performance requirements of valve-control coupling were proposed.It was pointed that the design of working chamber of coupling and control valve, and manufacturing process are the key technologies of valve-control coupling. The working chamber was designed based on CFD method. The strength of pump wheel was analyzed using one-way fluid-structure interaction (FSI) and the structure of it was improved based on the FSI results. The high pressure external pilot controlled electro-hydraulic valve block was developed. A serial of technologies such as extra high-pressure assembly of keyless shaft connection and the casting of large copper alloy wheel were solved. And the valve-control coupling powered 1 000 kW was successfully developed. Experiments show that the control valve block has rapid response and the overall performance of valve-control coupling can satisfy the demand of AFC behind supports.