472results about "Loaders" patented technology

A hitch point where a receiving vehicle is coupled to a following vehicle is located relative to a leading vehicle. The trajectory or route of the following vehicle is detected and a dynamic model estimates a location of a receiving area in the receiving vehicle relative to the leading vehicle based on the trajectory or route of the following vehicle and the location of the hitch point relative to the leading vehicle.

The internal geometry of a haulage vehicle is identified. A material transfer operation is controlled to transfer material from a material transfer vehicle to the haulage vehicle based on the internal geometry of the haulage vehicle.

An unmanned aerial vehicle that transports harvested crops harvested from a field, includes a flight device to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly, a controller configured or programmed to control operation of the flight device, a communication device to receive package position information indicating a first position where a target package for transport containing the harvested crops is located, and package weight information, and a support device to support the target package. The controller is configured or programmed to determine, based on the package weight information, whether the target package can be transported to a second position different from the first position, and when doing so, control the flight device to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly to the first position, cause the support device to support the target package, and control the flight device to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly to the second position.

An unloading control system accesses a weight / mass versus position fill profile for an identified container. The unloading control system generates control signals to position the material transfer vehicle so that an initial landing point of material in the container is at a desired positioned based upon the fill profile. The unloading control system generates control signals to unload material into the container according to the weight / mass versus position fill profile and obtains an indicated of the weight / mass of material transferred. The control system generates control signals to control the landing point of material in the container based upon the fill profile and the weight / mass of material transferred.

A computer implemented method includes obtaining historical operation data relative to a plurality of historical operations, the historical operation data including historical machine data, historical worksite data, historical productivity data, and historical logistics data; obtaining current operation data relative to an underway or upcoming operation, the current operation data including current machine data and current worksite data; generating, based on the obtained historical operation data and the obtained current operation data, an operation plan output relative to the underway or upcoming operation, the operation plan output including one or more of: (i) one or more machine routes; (ii) one or more sub-operation locations; (iii) one or more operation plan maps; or a combination of (i), (ii), and (iii); and generating control signals to control one or more mobile agricultural work machines based on the operation plan output.

A grain cart-specific control system is configured to control a grain cart. A master control system interacts with the grain cart-specific control system in order to issue master control commands. The grain cart-specific control system receives the master control commands and executes grain cart-specific commands to carry out the master control commands.

A harvesting machine is provided for harvesting a crop and discharging the harvested crop to an offboard container, such as a wagon or a truck, or the ground. The harvesting machine includes a power system to provide power, a crop harvester powered by the power system, and a crop discharging system to discharge crop from an onboard storage container to the offboard location, typically a container. During a harvesting operation, the harvesting machine operates at a nominal maximum power, typically a current power consumption. The nominal maximum power is reduced in anticipation of a predicted power used for discharging the harvested crop from the onboard storage container. The current power consumption for harvesting is adjusted and allocated by the predicted power to make available power for the crop discharging system. Once crop is discharged using the discharging power, the harvesting machine returns to the nominal maximum power.

The utility model discloses a small square bale double-bale-outlet picking and baling machine which comprises a machine frame, a conveying and feeding device, a driving device, a gear box, a compressing and cutting device, a baling chamber and a baling needle device, and the conveying and feeding device, the driving device, the gear box, the compressing and cutting device, the baling chamber and the baling needle device are arranged on the machine frame. A vertical moving cutter is further arranged in the middle of the rear end face of the compressing and cutting-off device, a vertical fixed cutter device and a bale separating plate located behind the vertical fixed cutter device are further arranged on the inner side of the bale pressing chamber, and when the compressing and cutting-off device is controlled to do reciprocating motion, the vertical moving cutter on the compressing and cutting-off device and the vertical fixed cutter device in the bale pressing chamber form a shearing effect. The device is used for horizontally and vertically cutting pasture or crop straw synchronously, and bundling and compressing the cut pasture or crop straw into square bundles. When forage grass or crop straw is harvested, the combined operation of picking, conveying, feeding, compressing, baling, bundling and the like can be completed, two bales can be output at a time, a large bale can also be output, and the bale density and the operation efficiency are improved.

Systems using sensors to monitor spillage of harvested crop. For example, some embodiments include an unloading conveyor configured to transfer agricultural material as well as one or more sensors configured to generate movement information associated with the agricultural material flowing out of the conveyor. Such embodiments can include a computing system, configured to predict an amount of the agricultural material that is likely to flow outside of a targeted area based on the movement information, and in response to the prediction, generate a signal that communicates an alert that the amount of the agricultural material is likely to flow outside of the targeted area or that controls an unloading process to change direction of the flow of the agricultural material to reduce an extent that agricultural material flows outside of the targeted area.

An agricultural harvesting system includes one or more processors and memory storing instructions, executable by the one or more processors, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform steps comprising: obtaining harvesting logistics data; identifying, based, at least, on the harvesting logistics data, one or more harvest zones, each harvest zone indicative of a respective area of a worksite to be harvested; selecting, based, at least, on the one or more harvest zones, one or more unloading zones, each unloading zone indicative of a respective area at the worksite at which a material receiving machine is to be positioned to receive harvested material; and generating a control signal based, at least, on the one or more unloading zones.

An agricultural machine includes: a machine frame; and a feeder system coupled with the machine frame and including a windguard assembly, the windguard assembly being configured for selectively occupying a first position and a second position by moving therebetween, the first position being associated with a normal flow direction of a crop material relative to the feeder system, the second position being associated with a reversal of the normal flow direction of the crop material.

Disclosed is an agricultural baler assembly having, a pickup assembly, a primary roller assembly and a secondary roller assembly. The pickup assembly includes a tine reel with tines that rotate about a rotation axis and a pickup drum surrounding a portion of the tine reel. The primary roller assembly has a primary roller mounted to the baler assembly frame by primary roller arms that pivot about a primary roller arm pivot axis. The secondary roller assembly has a secondary roller mounted to the primary roller arms or the baler assembly frame by secondary roller arms that pivot about a secondary roller arm pivot axis. The primary roller rotation axis is spaced a first distance from the primary roller arm pivot axis; and the secondary roller rotation axis is spaced a second distance from the primary roller arm pivot axis, and the second distance is less than the first distance.

The utility model discloses a straw cleaning device and a returning machine adopting the straw cleaning device, the straw cleaning device comprises one or a plurality of cleaning assemblies arranged in parallel, each cleaning assembly comprises a volute, the volute is fixedly arranged and sleeved outside a first auger, the first auger comprises a shaft rod, the shaft rod is sleeved outside the volute, and the shaft rod is sleeved outside the first auger. A spiral extending blade is arranged on the shaft rod, the volute comprises a cambered surface section, the two ends of the cambered surface section extend outwards to form a first free end and a second free end, the volute and the first auger define a removing cavity, and the first free end and the second free end jointly form a suction inlet with a downward opening. When the first auger rotates under the action of an external driving unit, guiding airflow can be generated on the periphery of the first auger, so that straw enters the clearing cavity through the suction inlet. The field returning machine comprises a machine frame, and a straw smashing unit and a straw cleaning device are sequentially arranged on the machine frame. The straw cleaning device is reasonable in structure and good in straw cleaning effect.

A harvesting machine is configured to gather harvested material into the harvesting machine during a harvesting operation. A conveyance subsystem configured to convey the harvested material from the harvesting machine to a receiving vehicle during the harvesting operation. An image capture system generates an image of the receiving vehicle and an image processor uses a machine learning system to recognize a boundary of the receiving vehicle. A control system determines a position of the receiving vehicle boundary relative to the harvesting machine, and generates a control signal based on the identified receiving vehicle boundary.

An agricultural harvesting system includes one or more processors and memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors. The instructions, when executed, configure the one or more processors to: determine a material transfer end location indicative of a geographic location at the worksite at which a material transfer operation between a harvester and material receiving machine is to end based, at least, on the data; determine a material transfer start location indicative of a geographic location at the worksite at which the material transfer operation between the harvester and the material receiving machine is to start based, at least, on the material transfer end location; and control at least one of the of the harvester and the material receiving machine based on at least one of the material transfer end location and the material transfer start location.

The invention discloses a rice and wheat straw field in-situ burning, returning and disinfecting all-in-one machine which is controlled by a control cabinet and comprises a straw picking and conveying system, a straw feeding system, a straw feeding system, a straw feeding system, a straw feeding system, a straw feeding system and a straw discharging system, wherein the straw picking and conveying system is used for picking up straws on the ground and conveying the straws into a straw high-efficiency layer burning system; the crawler-type multifunctional platform is used for bearing equipment to advance and providing power and control functions; the efficient straw grate-firing system is used for receiving the straw conveyed by the straw picking and conveying system and combusting the straw into straw ash to fall into a field, and flue gas generated by grate-firing is conveyed to the flue gas treatment system to be filtered and then discharged; the stubble in-situ burning and field-returning disinfection system can cut and crush stubbles, throw up the stubbles together with soil and then perform directional burning, uniformly mix burning residues and the soil and perform leveling and cooling treatment, and flue gas generated by burning is conveyed to the flue gas treatment system to be filtered and then discharged; and the flue gas treatment system is used for respectively treating the generated flue gas. According to the all-in-one machine, a straw field in-situ burning and returning disinfection operation mode is innovatively established, and a new path is provided for green and efficient utilization of straw resources.

A pick-up attachment for a harvesting machine preferably for a field chopper, particularly preferably for a self-propelled field chopper, includes a pick-up rotor having pick-up tools for picking crop up from the ground, at least one guide element that rests on the ground, which element takes on the guidance of the pick-up rotor and guides it relative to the ground, and a machine frame that is connected to the pick-up rotor. The pick-up rotor is composed of multiple segments connected to one another at least partially in an articulated manner, for adaptation to the contours of the ground. At least one guidance system movably connects the pick-up rotor, in particular a segment of the pick-up rotor, to the machine frame of the pick-up attachment.

The utility model relates to the technical field of bale collecting machinery, in particular to a dip angle bale picking machine. Comprising a machine body, an elastic tooth chain assembly, a dip angle chain and a horizontal chain. The machine body is provided with an inclined panel which is inclined downwards, and the inclined chain is mounted on the inclined panel; a horizontal panel is arranged at the top end of the dip angle panel, a horizontal chain is installed on the horizontal panel, and an elastic tooth chain assembly is arranged at the bottom end of the dip angle chain. Grass conveying plates are arranged on the elastic tooth chain assembly, the inclination angle chain and the horizontal chain, and the elastic tooth chain assembly is provided with a spring; the elastic tooth chain assembly lifts the bales from the ground to the inclined panel, the inclined chain moves the bales upwards to the horizontal panel, and the horizontal chain conveys the bales to the collecting platform. Traditional straw bales (two-rope straw bales and three-rope straw bales) can be picked up, and mesh bag straw bales can be picked up in a lossless mode.

Microprocessor for a scale system for a mobile storage carrier operates in three states: motion, stable, and fault where stability is determined based on load cell signal variations or external sources and a fault state follows a stable state in response to signal drift in one or more load cells.

The utility model discloses an impurity removing device assembly which comprises an impurity discharging assembly and an impurity removing assembly which are arranged front and back. The impurity removal assembly comprises a first supporting plate and a first packing auger, the first packing auger is sleeved with the first supporting plate, an impurity removal cavity is defined by the first supporting plate and the first packing auger, and smashed straw enters the impurity removal cavity through a first discharging opening and then is discharged from a first discharging opening; the impurity removing assembly comprises a volute and a second auger, the volute is arranged outside the second auger in a sleeving mode, an impurity removing cavity is defined by the volute and the second auger, and the first free end and the second free end of the volute jointly form a suction inlet with a downward opening. The straw collecting device is reasonable in structure, good in straw collecting effect and convenient for follow-up planting operation.

A harvester includes a first electromagnetic detecting and ranging module for detecting the location of a receiving vehicle and a second electromagnetic detecting and ranging module for detecting at least one of a fill level and a distribution of processed crop in a grain bin of the receiving vehicle. One or more computing devices are configured to receive first data from the first electromagnetic detecting and ranging module, receive second data from the second electromagnetic detecting and ranging module and use the first data and the second data to generate graphic data defining a graphical representation illustrating the relative positions of an unload conveyor of the harvester and the grain bin and illustrating at least one of a fill level and a distribution of processed crop in the grain bin. An electronic device is configured to use the graphic data to present the graphical representation on a graphical user interface.

An agricultural harvesting system obtains a yield map that maps yield values to different geographic locations in a worksite and a speed map that maps agricultural harvester speed values to different geographic locations in the worksite. The agricultural harvesting system identifies a geographic location in the worksite at which the agricultural harvester will be full, at least to a threshold level, based on the yield map; identifies a geographic location in the worksite at which a material transfer operation is to start based on the geographic location at which the agricultural harvester will be full, at least to the threshold level; and identifies a time at which the agricultural harvester will arrive at the material transfer location, based on the speed map. The agricultural harvesting system can control one or more of the agricultural harvester and a receiving machine.

An agricultural baler includes: a frame; a feeder system coupled with the frame and including: a floor; and a rotor and auger arrangement configured for moving between a first position and a second position, the rotor and auger arrangement being spaced farther apart from the floor in the second position relative to the first position.

A system includes a hanger assembly configured to couple to a drum that includes a first vertical arm bracket and a second vertical arm bracket configured to couple to the drum. The first vertical arm bracket includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first end is configured to couple to the housing and the second end is coupled to a first hub coupled to a first roller. The hanger assembly is configured to hang on a toolbar of a header of the agricultural harvester via the first roller and a second roller. The first roller is coupled to a cam system configured to adjust a position of the first roller relative to the toolbar to adjust a levelness of the drum relative to an adjacent drum hanging on the toolbar.

The invention discloses a square bundle bundling machine capable of reducing forage grass picking loss rate, which comprises a picking device, a conveying device, a screening device, a vibration device, a pre-compression device, a feeding device, a compression device, a detection device, a driving device and a control device, the picking device comprises a picking device, a picking device wheel, a suction box, a picking device wheel arm and a hydraulic cylinder, the suction box is matched with the picking device for synchronous operation, scattered and short pasture and leaves which are not grabbed by the picking device are sucked in and conveyed to the screening device through the conveying device and then conveyed to the pre-compression device, the vibration device drives the screening device to vibrate, and the pre-compression device drives the picking device to vibrate. Impurities such as soil and broken stones in forage grass can be separated, the industrial camera detects the distance between the bottom of a traction beam of the square bundle bundling machine and the ground, the hydraulic cylinder is automatically driven to adjust the height of the pickup device, the ground is prevented from being scratched, it is guaranteed that the scattered and short forage grass and leaves are effectively grabbed, and the pickup loss rate is reduced.

Device for transporting the wood chips produced by a chipper (1) and exiting its outlet opening (2) by means of a screw conveyor (8) which runs in a conveying tunnel (3) along the conveying direction (4), wherein one end (6) of the conveying tunnel (3) is open for the discharge of the wood chips, characterized in that the screw conveyor (8) is enclosed on all sides by the conveying tunnel (3), wherein one end (5) of the closed conveying tunnel (3) is connected to the outlet opening (2) via a connecting element in a flow-tight manner.

The invention relates to a device for transporting the wood chips produced by a chipper (1) and exiting its discharge opening (2). According to the invention, the device has a screw conveyor (8) for the purpose of reducing dust formation, which is enclosed on all sides by a conveying tunnel (3) along the conveying direction (4), wherein one end (5) of the conveying tunnel (3) can be connected to the discharge opening (2) via a connecting element in a flow-tight manner and the other end (6) of the conveying tunnel (3') is open for the discharge of the wood chips.

The invention relates to a receiving device (10) for a harvesting or collecting machine, wherein the drum comprises a rotatable drum (11) which is held on a support structure (37), the drum (11) having a drum shell (32) with an outer surface (12) and an inner surface (40), wherein a plurality of conveying tines (13) made of an elastic plastic with a tine base (47) and one or more individual tines (57) are arranged on the drum. Recesses are provided in the drum shell (32) for receiving an insert (49) provided on a tine holder (38) or a mounting projection (48) of the conveying tine. This allows a force (FG) acting on the conveying tines (13) to be directed into the mounting projection or the insert located inside the drum (11), thereby transferring the load to the drum (11) particularly efficiently.

A pre-cutter assembly includes a first set and a second set of knives. A controller is coupled to a first actuator and a second actuator for moving the first set and the second set of knives between a retracted position and a deployed position respectively. The controller may determine a current baler operating parameter and a status of the first and second sets of knives. The controller may then define a desired positional setting for the first and second sets of knives based on the current baler operating parameter and the status of the first and second sets of knives. The controller may then communicate a control signal to the first and second actuators to control the first and second actuators to position the first and second sets of knives in the desired position setting for the first and second sets of knives.