Modified Design of a Precision Planter For a Robotic Assistant Farmer
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2-2- Test setup:
Soil bin at the College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan (Figure 2-3), is used to measure forces acting on different soil engagement tools. The bin is 1.8 m wide and 12 m long with an effective length of 9 m. The middle (about 5.7 m) of the soil bin is designated for force measurements using data logger. Soil engagement tools must be attached to a carriage that can move along the soil bin. Forces acting on the tool are measured using load cells in horizontal, vertical and lateral directions. The soil used in the bin is Saskatchewan soil, which is silty clay loam, 47% sand, 24% silt, and 29% clay and has about 0.3 m depth. Figure 2- 3- Soil bin, College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan 24 Carriage is a cubic structure which is used to prepare soil, as well as running attached tool for measuring forces. It moves along the soil bin on two rails on the sides of soil bin, on four steel wheels. An 11.2 kW electric motor with an electromagnetic clutch provides the power via a drive chain to move the carriage. Figure 2- 4- Sheep foot and smooth roller to pack the soil To prepare the soil, soil preparation tools must be attached to the carriage. After spraying water on the soil to increase the water content of the soil to a desired level, roto-tiller loosens the soil. Then to pack the soil, sheep foot and smooth roller are used (Figure 2-4). A connection mechanism is installed on the carriage to connect the tillage tool and it can be moved in the lateral direction; so it gives the ability to use the whole width of the soil bin. A control panel is used to control the speed, to start, stop and control the direction of the motion of the carriage. Six load cells are used to measure the forces applied to tillage tool in the vertical, horizontal and lateral directions. Three load cells to measure vertical force (2 in front and 1 in the back), 2 load cells to measure horizontal force (draft force) and 1 load cell for measuring lateral force (side 25 force). The position and orientation of load cells are shown in Figure 2-5. In this picture one of the load cells for vertical force, which is located at the back, is not shown. The equipment were calibrated by another member of our team (Ahad Armin) for his experiments. The draft force reported here, is the summation of the two forces measured by the horizontal load cells. These two load cells can also provide moment in the horizontal plane, if needed. An adjustable link is used to attach the disc to the carriage. Utilizing this link we can set the disc angle of the coulter disc (Figure 2-6). To set the tilt angle, wedges with different angles are used in between the bolting plate. In Figure 2-7 it is shown how a 25º angle wedge is used in test setup to create the tilt angle. Figure 2- 5- Load Cells, position and orientation: 1) Side force, 2) Draft forces, 3) Vertical force 26 Figure 2- 6- Disc coulter and adjustable connection link to set disc angle Figure 2- 7- Using wedges to set tilt angle Download 6.98 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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